Singapore at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, for the first time as a fully independent country.

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Canagasabai Kunalan

First round : 10.4 s
Second round : 10.3 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Canagasabai Kunalan — Heats: 21.3 s (did not advance)

Shooting

Free pistol

Loh Kok — 499 points (→ 66th place)

Rapid fire pistol

Loh Kok — 566 points (→ 46th place)

Swimming

Patricia Chan — did not start any of the six events she was entered

Weightlifting

Bantamweight

Chye Hong-Tung

Press: 92.5 kg
Snatch: 87.5 kg
Jerk: 122.5 kg
Total: 302.5 kg (→ 12th place)

Featherweight

Phung Kim-Chua — disqualified

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