History Of The Singapore Olympics....
As Singapore recovered from the ravages of the Second World War, our new political and sports administators formed the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council in 1947 ( The name would change to the singapore National 1970. ) The following sports associations were the original Olympic Council in members of the SOSC : football, athletics, swimming, weightlifting, basketball, hockey, boxing, badminton and table tennis.
The first president of the Council was acting Colonial Secretary H.P. Bryson, who was quickly followed by andrew Gilmour, who served from 1948 to 1951. As a newly named Crown Colony in 1946 ,Singapore was recognized as an independent 'Olympic country' and, thus was eligible to send athletes to the London game in 1948-the first Games since the outbreak of the War in Europe in 1939.
Singapore has taken part in every Summer Olympics since 1948, with one exception. Singapore joined the US-led boycott of the Moscow Games in 1980. The country's colours have been raised at the Commonwealth Games beginning in 1952, to the Asian Games from 1951 and the South East Asian Games, beginning from 1959 when they were known as the South East Asian Peninsular Games.
