Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
# Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Singapore sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, represented by six athletes competing in four sports: swimming, sailing, equestrian and athletics. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was supposed to be Desiree Lim, a sailor. However, as the sailing events were held in Qingdao, it was Theresa Goh (swimming) who was the flagbearer on that day. The 2008 Summer Paralympics marked the first time Singapore had won a Paralympic medal of any kind.

Yip Pin Xiu won two medals for swimming; gold in the women's 50 meter backstroke S3 and silver in the women's 50 meter freestyle S3. Laurentia Tan won two bronze medals in equestrian. Due to the efforts by the medal winners, Yip was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Tan awarded the Public Service Medal.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Yip Pin Xiu | Swimming | Women's 50m Backstroke S3 | 15 September |
| Silver | Yip Pin Xiu | Swimming | Women's 50m Freestyle S3 | 13 September |
| Bronze | Laurentia Tan | Equestrian | Individual Championship Test Grade 1A | 9 September |
| Bronze | Laurentia Tan | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle Test Grade 1A | 11 September |

## Sports

### Athletics

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Chee Keong Eric Ting | T52 | 400m | 1:29.89 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Laurentia Tan | Nothing To Lose | Mixed individual championship test grade Ia | 68.800 | |
| Laurentia Tan | Nothing To Lose | Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia | 70.167 | |

### Sailing

Singaporeans will compete in the following event in sailing:

* Lim Kok Liang Desiree - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
* Tan Wei Qiang Jovin - Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18

### Swimming

**Women**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Theresa Goh | S5 | 50m freestyle | 53.67 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Theresa Goh | S5 | 100m freestyle | 1:33.20 | 6 Q | 1:32.92 | 6 |
| Theresa Goh | S5 | 200m freestyle | 3:18.51 | 4 Q | 3:14.22 | 4 |
| Yip Pin Xiu | S3 | 50m freestyle | 57.04 WR | 1 Q | 57.43 | |
| Yip Pin Xiu | S3 | 50m backstroke | 57.92 WR | 1 Q | 58.75 | |
