Singapore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Singapore was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 101-member strong contingent comprising 63 sportspersons and 38 officials. Singapore won a total of 18 medals, 5 of them gold: its best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games.

Singapore at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSIN
CGASingapore National Olympic Council
Websitewww.singaporeolympics.com
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors63 in 8 sports
Officials38
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
18
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
The Official Logo of the Singapore Commonwealth Games Association

Medallists edit

                        Total
  Singapore 5 6 7 18
Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Li Jiawei
Sharon Tan
Zhang Xueling
Table Tennis Women's Team
  Gold Yang Zi
Zhang Xueling
Table Tennis Mixed Doubles
  Gold Li Jiawei
Zhang Xueling
Table Tennis Women's Doubles
  Gold Zhang Xueling Table Tennis Women's Singles
  Gold On Shaw Ming Shooting Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol
  Silver Cai Xiaoli
Jason Ho
Yang Zi
Table Tennis Men's Team
  Silver Cai Xiaoli
Li Jiawei
Table Tennis Mixed Doubles
  Silver Sharon Tan
Yan Xu
Table Tennis Women's Doubles
  Silver Li Jiawei Table Tennis Women's Singles
  Silver Zhang Jin Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle
  Silver Jiang Yan Mei
Li Yujia
Badminton Mixed doubles
  Bronze Ong Jun Hong
Zhang Jin
Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
  Bronze Zhang Jingna
Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong
Shooting Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
  Bronze Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong Shooting Women's 10m Air Rifle (Singles)
  Bronze Jason Ho
Sharon Tan
Table Tennis Mixed Doubles
  Bronze Cai Xiaoli
Yang Zi
Table Tennis Men's Doubles
  Bronze Yan Xu Table Tennis Women's Singles
  Bronze Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Li Yujia
Badminton Mixed doubles

Athletics edit

Field events edit

Women edit

Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Du Xianhui Shot put 16.76 5
Zhang Guirong 17.39 4

Badminton edit

Men edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Hendra Wijaya Singles   John Moody (NZL)
W (21–15, 21–9)
  Chetan Anand (IND)
L (16–21, 21–13, 11–21)
Did not advance
Kendrick Lee   Dinuka Karunaratne (SRI)
W (21–11, 21–4)
  Wong Choong Hann (MAL)
L (17–21, 20–22)
Did not advance
Tan Wei Kiat Aaron   Aamir Ghaffar (ENG)
L (11–21, 9–21)
Did not advance
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra

Ronald Susilo

Doubles   Koo Kien Keat /
Chan Chong Ming (MAL)
L (17–21, 17–21)
Did not advance

Women edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Li Li Singles   Aparna Popat (IND)
L (21–10, 21–23, 17–21)
Did not advance
Liu Fan Frances   Anna Rice (CAN)
W (21–16, 21–19)
  Susan Hughes (SCO)
L (18–21, 19–21)
Did not advance
Xing Aiying   Saina Nehwal (SRI)
W (14–21, 21–13, 21–6)
  Wong Mew Choo (MAL)
L (10–21, 10–21)
Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei
Li Yujia
Doubles   Nicole Gorden /
Sara Petersen (NZL)
W (21–13, 21–4)
  Gail Emms /
Donna Kellogg (ENG)
W (21–8, 21–14)
  Chin Eei Hui /
Wong Pei Tty (MAL)
L (17–21, 19–21)
 

Mixed edit

Athlete Event Quarter-finals Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra

Li Yujia

Doubles   Travis Denney /
Kate Wilson-Smith (AUS)
W (23–21, 21–17)
  Nathan Robertson /
Gail Emms (ENG)
L (21–19, 14–21, 17–21)
  Koo Kien Keat /
Wong Pei Tty (MAL)
W (21–14, 21–23, 21–6)
 

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

Men edit

Ho was the first gymnast to qualify for the Commonwealth games[1] and was the only gymnast representing Singapore.[2]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ho Wah Toon Vault 15.700 Did not advance
Floor 12.150 Did not advance

Netball edit

The Singapore national netball team qualified for the Commonwealth games by winning the 2005 Asian Netball Championships held in Singapore. The win qualified the team as the Asian team of the 5 international netball regions by the International Netball Federation. This is the first time Singapore compete in the Netball event of the Games.[3]

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Singapore Tournament   Jamaica
L 22–67
  Samoa
L 33–76
  Barbados
L 40–51
  Wales
L 36–45
  Australia
L 19–107
6 Did not advance 12
Roster[3]
  • Chen Hui Fen
  • Grace Sim Qiao Ying
  • Jean Ng Joo Lin
  • Jeanine Heng Wei Ping
  • Li Ling
  • Li Qingyi
  • Pearlyn Chan
  • Premila Hirubalan
  • Tan Huiyan
  • Vanessa Marie Lee
  • Wendy Tan Lee Hiang
  • Zhang Tingjun
Pool B
Qualified for the semifinals
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 5 4 1 0 387 169 +218 9
  Jamaica 5 4 1 0 324 174 +150 9
  Samoa 5 3 0 2 264 254 +10 6
  Wales 5 2 0 3 185 271 -86 4
  Barbados 5 2 0 3 183 279 -96 4
  Singapore 5 0 0 5 150 346 -196 0
Semi-final
Friday 17 March
13:00 (UTC+11)

Stats
Jamaica   67–22   Singapore    State Netball and Hockey Centre
Umpires: Sharon Kelly (AUS), Marion Johnson-Hurley (BAR)
Reserve umpire: Amanda Nottingham (NZL)
Scoring by quarter: 19-7, 15-8, 18-5, 15-2
Davis   25/32 (78%)
Thomas   23/26 (88%)
Forbes   11/14 (79%)
Ffrench   8/10 (80%)
Tan   10/14 (71%)
Li   7/10 (70%)
Chen   3/5 (60%)
Heng   2/5 (40%)

Saturday 18 March
15:00 (UTC+11)

Stats
Singapore   33–76   Samoa    State Netball and Hockey Centre
Umpires: Michelle Phippard (AUS), Carolene Logan (GBR)
Reserve umpire: Jacqui Jashari (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 6-21, 10-18, 9-16, 8-21
Heng   12/15 (80%)
Li   9/11 (82%)
Tan   8/8 (100%)
Chan   2/2 (100%)
Chen   2/4 (50%)
Latu   44/51 (86%)
Fuimaono   15/16 (94%)
Fa'asavalu   13/17 (76%)
Vaai   3/7 (43%)
Tofilau   1/1 (100%)

Monday 20 March
20:30 (UTC+11)

Stats
Barbados   51–40   Singapore    State Netball and Hockey Centre
Umpires: Bronwyn Meek (NZL), Michelle Phippard (AUS)
Reserve umpire: Bill Alexander (ENG)
Scoring by quarter: 7-14, 15-9, 17-8, 12-9
Browne   37/40 (93%)
Bishop   14/20 (70%)
Tan   22/32 (69%)
Li   14/19 (74%)
Heng   4/7 (57%)

Tuesday 21 March
20:30 (UTC+11)

Stats
Wales   45–36   Singapore    State Netball and Hockey Centre
Umpires: Bill Alexander (ENG), Stacey Campton (AUS)
Reserve umpire: Sharon Kelly (AUS)
Scoring by quarter: 11-8, 12-6, 13-8, 9-14
Ace   22/30 (73%)
James   13/19 (68%)
Abbott   10/20 (50%)
Lewis   0/1 (0%)
Tan   24/31 (77%)
Heng   11/13 (85%)
Li   1/7 (14%)

Thursday 23 March
14:00 (UTC+11)
Report
Stats
Singapore   19–107   Australia    State Netball Hockey Centre
Umpires: Carolene Logan (GBR), Chris Campbell (JAM)
Reserve umpire: Bronwyn Meek (NZL)
Scoring by quarter: 4-25, 4-28, 4-26, 7-28
Tan   9/18 (50%)
Heng   5/9 (56%)
Li   4/5 (80%)
Chen   1/2 (50%)
Tan   0/1 (0%)
Cox   44/51 (86%)
Dehn   35/42 (83%)
McMahon   17/20 (85%)
Pratley   11/11 (100%)
11th Place match
Friday 24 March
13:00 (UTC+11)

Stats
Singapore   46–52   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    State Netball and Hockey Centre
Umpires: Chris Campbell (JAM), Marion Johnson-Hurley (BAR)
Reserve umpire: Carolene Logan (GBR)
Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 10-10, 13-15, 8-15
Tan   30/50 (60%)
Heng   9/15 (60%)
Li   7/9 (78%)
Gordon   27/32 (84%)
Christopher   22/23 (96%)
Sandy   3/4 (75%)

Shooting edit

Men edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Choo Choon Seng Trap 107 24
Lee Wung Yew 114 13
Choo Choon Seng
Lee Wung Yew
Trap Pairs 182 5
On Shaw Ming 25m Centre Fire Pistol 578  
Ong Jun Hong 10m Air Rifle 587 7 100.8 6
Zhang Jin 595 2 101.9  
Ong Jun Hong
Zhang Jin
10m Air Rifle Pairs 1177  
Poh Lip Meng 10m Air Pistol 568 11
Soo Kwok Seng 560 20
Poh Lip Meng
Soo Kwok Seng
10m Air Pistol Pairs 1141 4

Women edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lim Chea Rong 50m Rifle Prone 576 13
50m Rifle 3 Position 552 21
Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong 10m Air Rifle 397 3 102.9  
Zhang Jingna 391 9 Did not advance
Zhao Huijing 10m Air Pistol 376 6 93.5 6
Lim Chea Rong
Zhang Jingna
50m Rifle 3 Position 182 5
Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong
Zhang Jingna
10m Air Rifle Pairs 781  

Swimming edit

Men edit

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chen Hai Leow 50 metre EAD freestyle 31.72 13 Did not advance
100 metre EAD freestyle 1:11.80 13 Did not advance
Lim Keng Joo 50 metre EAD freestyle 32.14 16 Did not advance
100 metre EAD freestyle 1:11.39 12 Did not advance
Lieu Teck Hua 50 metre EAD freestyle 38.53 20 Did not advance
100 metre EAD freestyle 1:17.03 16 Did not advance
Tay Zhirong 50 metre freestyle 24.29 18 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 52.40 18 Q 52.15 15 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 1:55.84 19 Did not advance
Su Shirong 50 metre freestyle 24.35 21 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 52.96 21 Did not advance
50 metre butterfly 26.12 23 Did not advance
100 metre butterfly 56.80 18 Did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:12.55 15 Did not advance
Cheah Mingzhe 200 metre freestyle 1:57.70 22 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:09.68 13 Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle 16:28.87 8 Q 16:18.34 8
Tan Lee Yu 100 metre backstroke 59.15 15 Q 59.38 14 Did not advance
Tan Jin Wen 50 metre breaststroke 30.47 17 Did not advance
100 metre breaststroke 1:07.14 21 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:27.53 10 Did not advance
Ng Cheng Xun 50 metre butterfly 26.06 22 Did not advance
100 metre butterfly 57.03 19 Did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:08.29 13 Did not advance
Tay Zhirong
Tan Lee Yu
Su Shirong
Cheah Mingzhe
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:31.19 6
Tay Zhirong
Tan Lee Yu
Su Shirong
Cheah Mingzhe
200 metre freestyle relay DSQ
Tan Lee Yu
Tan Jin Wen
Su Shirong
Tay Zhirong
100 metre medley relay 3:57.26 7 Q 3:56.08 7

Women edit

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Goh Rui Si Theresa 50 metre EAD freestyle 45.29 10 Did not advance
100 metre EAD freestyle 1:36.40 9 Did not advance
Ho Ruyu Ruth 50 metre freestyle 27.51 20 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 1:00.00 23 Did not advance
Ho Shu Yong 50 metre freestyle 27.45 17 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 59.78 19 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:12.50 25 Did not advance
Joscelin Yeo 50 metre freestyle DNS Did not advance
50 metre butterfly DNS Did not advance
100 metre butterfly DNS Did not advance
200 metre individual medley DNS Did not advance
Ong Chui Bin Mylene 100 metre freestyle 59.92 20 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 2:11.63 23 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:42.86 15 Did not advance
Quah Ting Wen 200 metre freestyle 2:09.10 20 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:28.91 14 Did not advance
800 metre freestyle 9:07.93 10 Did not advance
400 metre individual medley 5:04.52 11 Did not advance
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette 50 metre backstroke 30.55 8 Q 30.62 9 Did not advance
100 metre backstroke 1:06.08 13 Q 1:06.47 14 Did not advance
Tao Li 50 metre backstroke DNS Did not advance
50 metre butterfly 27.70 10 Q 27.25 6 Q 27.06 5
100 metre butterfly 1:01.35 11 Q 1:00.15 6 Q 1:00.63 8
200 metre butterfly 2:15.49 7 Q 2:15.85 7
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette
Joscelin Yeo
Ho Shu Yong
Ong Chui Bin Mylene
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:54.15 6
Ho Shu Yong
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette
Quah Ting Wen
Ong Chui Bin Mylene
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 8:41.28 7
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette
Joscelin Yeo
Tao Li
Ong Chui Bin Mylene
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 4:17.30 7

Table Tennis edit

Singles edit

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals GM / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cai Xiaoli Men Bye   Pierre-Luc Hinse (CAN)
W 4–1
  Peter Jackson (NZL)
W 4–1
  Sharath Kamal (IND)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Jason Ho   Rikesh Padarath (FIJ)
W 4–0
  Matthew Kahn (GUY)
W 4–0
  Chan Koon Wah (MAS)
W 4–1
  Soumyadeep Roy (IND)
W 4–3
  Adam Robertson (WAL)
L 4–0
Did not advance
Clarence Lee   Tokannata Ioatene (KIR)
W 4–0
  Trevor Farley (BAR)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Lee Han Ting   Shahid Ismail (MDV)
W 4–1
  David Zalcberg (AUS)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Yang Zi Bye   Paul Drinkhall (ENG)
W 4–2
  Subhajit Saha (IND)
W 4–1
  William Henzell (AUS)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Li Jiawei Women Bye Bye   Joanna Parker (ENG)
W 4–0
  Zhang Mo (CAN)
W 4–0
  Yan Xu (SIN)
W 4–1
  Zhang Xueling (SIN)
L 3–4
 
Zena Sim   Offiong Edem (NGR)
L 1–4
  Shirley Yan (CAN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Tan Paey Fern Bye Bye   Chiu Soo Jin (MAL)
W 4–1
  Miao Miao (AUS)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Yan Xu Bye Bye   Mouma Das (IND)
W 4–0
  Stephanie Sang (AUS)
W 4–0
  Li Jiawei (SIN)
L 1–4
  Miao Miao (AUS)
W 4–0
 
Zhang Xueling Bye Bye   Ng Sock Khim (MAS)
W 4–1
  Li Jin Karen (NZL)
W 4–1
  Miao Miao (AUS)
W 4–0
  Li Jiawei (SIN)
W 4–3
 

Doubles edit

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals GM / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cai Xiaoli
Yang Zi
Men   Bence Csaba /
Faazil Kassam (CAN)
W 3–0
  Andrew Baggaley /
Andrew Rushton (ENG)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Li Jiawei
Zhang Xueling
Women   Joanna Parker /
Kelly Sibley (ENG)
W 3–1
  Li Jin Karen /
Annie Yang (NZL)
W 3–0
  Tan Paey Fern /
Yan Xu (SGP)
W 3–0
 
Tan Paey Fern
Yan Xu
  Ng Sock Khim /
Beh Lee Wei (MAS)
W 3–0
  Miao Miao /
Jian Fang Lay (AUS)
W 3–2
  Li Jiawei /
Zhang Xueling (SGP)
L 0–3
 
Yang Zi
Zhang Xueling
Mixed   Ng Sock Khim /
Chan Koon Wah (MAS)
W 3–0
  Jason Ho /
Tan Paey Fern (SIN)
W 3–0
  Cai Xiaoli /
Li Jiawei (SIN)
W 3–1
 
Cai Xiaoli
Li Jiawei
  Soumyadeep Roy /
Mouma Das (IND)
W 3–0
  Russ Lavale /
Miao Miao (AUS)
W 3–1
  Yang Zi /
Zhang Xueling (SIN)
L 1–3
 
Jason Ho
Tan Paey Fern
  Ng Sock Khim /
Chan Koon Wah (MAS)
W 3–0
  Yang Zi /
Zhang Xueling (SIN)
L 0–3
  Russ Lavale /
Miao Miao (AUS)
W 3–2
 

Team edit

Athletes Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal GM / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Cai Xiaoli
Jason Ho
Clarence Lee
Lee Han Ting
Yang Zi
Men's Team   Fiji (FIJ)
W 3–0
  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
W 3–0
  Malawi (MAW)
W 3–0
  Barbados (BAR)
W 3–0
  Canada (CAN)
W 3–0
  Jamaica (JAM)
W 3–0
1 Q   Seychelles (SEY)
W 3–2
  Wales (WAL)
W 3–0
  India (IND)
L 2–3
 
Li Jiawei
Zena Sim
Tan Paey Fern
Yan Xu
Zhang Xueling
Women's Team   New Zealand (NZL)
W 3–0
  Canada (CAN)
W 3–0
  Uganda (UGA)
W 3–0
1 Q   Wales (WAL)
W 3–0
  India (IND)
W 3–0
  Wales (WAL)
W 3–0
 

References edit

  1. ^ Gymnastics, Singapore. "Representation 1979-2010". www.singaporegymnastics.org.sg. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ^ "Pride of representing Singapore helps gymnast Hoe Wah Toon persevere". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ a b "Singapore Commonwealth Team Announced". IFNA. 19 February 2006. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.