▁fifth ▁overall . ▁ ▁Singapore ' s ▁first ▁Olympic ▁medal ▁was ▁won ▁by ▁Tan ▁How e ▁Li ang , ▁who ▁won ▁silver ▁in ▁light weight ▁weight l ifting ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁The ▁first ▁Olympic ▁gold ▁medal ▁was ▁won ▁by ▁Joseph ▁School ing ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁ 1 0 0 ▁met re ▁but ter fly ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁In ▁table ▁tennis , ▁J ing ▁Jun ▁Hong ▁and ▁Li ▁J ia wei ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁winning ▁med als ▁by ▁finishing ▁in ▁fourth ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Sydney ▁Olympics ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Ath ens ▁Olympics ▁respectively . ▁Singapore ▁sent ▁a ▁big ▁cont ing ent ▁to ▁the ▁Be ij ing ▁Olympics , ▁and ▁many ▁felt ▁that ▁with ▁many ▁top ▁table ▁tennis ▁players ▁in ▁Singapore ' s ▁squad , ▁this ▁was ▁their ▁best ▁chance ▁of ▁winning ▁a ▁medal ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁– ▁they ▁were ▁proven ▁right . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Be ij ing ▁Olympics , ▁Li ▁J ia wei , ▁together ▁with ▁F eng ▁T ian wei ▁and ▁Wang ▁Yu egu , ▁beat ▁the ▁South ▁Korea ▁Women ' s ▁Table ▁Tennis ▁team , ▁composed ▁of ▁D ang ▁Ye - Se o , ▁Kim ▁Ky ung - Ah ▁and ▁Park ▁Mi - You ng ▁ 3 - 2 ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s , ▁ass uring ▁Singapore ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁and ▁ending ▁Singapore ' s ▁