Now that the Winter Olympic Games are just around the corner, I have checked how Singapore is doing in the Olympics.
Relying on wikipedia I have learned, that Singapore has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Big surprise! :)
In the Summer Games since 1948 when they first competed, Singaporean athletes have won 4 medals (2 silvers, 2 bronzes) but never gold. Of the 4 medals 2 are for team and 2 for individual achievements, in 2 sports: silver for weightlifting in 1960 (Rome), silver in 2008 (Beijing) for the women's table tennis team (beaten by China), and 2 bronze medals in 2012 (London) in women's table tennis, one for the team (beating the Korean team), and one in singles (beating a Japanese opponent).
In cash payout for Olympic gold medals, Singapore is number 1. Or would be if a Singaporean athlete had (ever) won gold. But alas! In 2012 Italy paid the most (S$225,000) to Olympic gold winners, followed by Russia (S$167,000), while the US only paid S$31,000 per gold medal. Compare that with the S$1,000,000 Singapore has promised for an Olympic gold! Even the bronze medal winner athlete has received S$250,000! Of which, however, she had to pay back a mandatory 20% to the National Sports Association for future training costs!
Singapore has never hosted Summer Olympic Games, never bid for them either, but held the 117th International Olympic Committee Session in 2005 to select the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Singapore has however bid for and won the hosting of the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010. The event was organized between 14 and 26 August 2010 with the participation of 3,532 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18, from 204 nations, in 201 events of 26 sports.
