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Singapore at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

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Singapore at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeSIN
National federationSingapore Swimming Association
Websitewww.swimming.org.sg
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors22 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Singapore competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. This was the first time Singapore won a medal at the World Aquatics Championship, with Joseph Schooling winning bronze in the Men's 100 m butterfly event.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Joseph Schooling Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly 8 August

Diving

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Singaporean divers qualified for the individual spots and synchronized teams at the World Championships.[2]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Fong Kay Yian 3 m springboard 206.20 44 did not advance
Freida Lim 10 m platform 191.05 37 did not advance
Myra Lee
Freida Lim
10 m synchronized platform 244.32 16 did not advance

Swimming

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Singaporean swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Singapore Championships and Southeast Asian Games (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

The Singaporean team consists of 11 swimmers (five men and six women), all coached by former Spanish breaststroker and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist Sergio Lopez Miro.[4] Among the official roster featured U.S.-based swimmer and Asian Games champion Joseph Schooling and Olympic siblings Quah Zheng Wen and Quah Ting Wen.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lionel Khoo 50 m breaststroke 28.87 46 did not advance
Pang Sheng Jun 400 m individual medley 4:29.61 38 did not advance
Quah Zheng Wen 100 m freestyle 49.99 39 did not advance
50 m backstroke 25.44 20 did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.40 NR 21 did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:59.32 21 did not advance
Joseph Schooling 50 m butterfly 23.40 NR 5 Q 23.27 AS 7 Q 23.25 AS 7
100 m butterfly 51.65 NR 5 Q 51.40 NR 7 Q 50.96 AS 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 1:56.85 13 Q 1:56.11 10 did not advance
Danny Yeo 200 m freestyle 1:51.29 49 did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:57.44 50 did not advance
Quah Zheng Wen
Danny Yeo
Pang Sheng Jun
Lionel Khoo
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:27.01 28 did not advance
Lionel Khoo
Quah Zheng Wen
Joseph Schooling
Danny Yeo
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:40.93 19 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roanne Ho 50 m breaststroke 32.20 38 did not advance
Quah Ting Wen 50 m freestyle 26.51 53 did not advance
100 m freestyle 56.84 43 did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:02.13 38 did not advance
50 m butterfly 27.58 37 did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:00.30 36 did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:14.93 29 did not advance
Rachel Tseng 400 m freestyle 4:19.97 33 did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:01.19 34 did not advance
1500 m freestyle 17:26.53 23 did not advance
Samantha Yeo 200 m breaststroke 2:33.85 36 did not advance
Amanda Lim
Quah Ting Wen
Marina Chan
Rachel Tseng
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:51.10 18 did not advance
Quah Ting Wen
Amanda Lim
Marina Chan
Rachel Tseng
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:24.60 18 did not advance
Quah Ting Wen
Samantha Yeo
Amanda Lim
Marina Chan
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:17.26 23 did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Danny Yeo
Amanda Lim
Quah Ting Wen
Quah Zheng Wen
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:34.58 13 did not advance
Quah Zheng Wen
Roanne Ho
Quah Ting Wen
Danny Yeo
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:57.51 13 did not advance

Synchronized swimming

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Singapore fielded a full squad of eight synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.[2]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Stephanie Chen
Debbie Soh
Duet technical routine 71.6715 29 did not advance
Carolyn Buckle
Natalie Chen
Stephanie Chen
Gwyneth Goh
Nadine Khor
Shona Lim
Debbie Soh
Miya Yong
Team technical routine 71.5776 19 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Auto, Hermes (8 August 2015). "Swimming: Joseph Schooling wins Singapore's first ever medal at the World Championships | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Chua, Siang Yee (25 July 2015). "Happily in the deep end: Divers and synchro swimmers can improve further with top-class experience". The Straits Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ "2015 FINA World Championships Kazan, Russia – Athletes Entries". Singapore Swimming Federation. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Quah Zheng Wen set for another tough schedule at world meet". AsiaOne. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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