Singapore is situated in South East Asia and lies just north of the Equator. It is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the narrow Johor Straits. The name Singapore derives from the Sanskrit Singa Pura, 'City of the Lion'. Singapore has taken part in every Games since their debut in 1958. Singapore participated as a crown colony in 1958 and 1962, and as an independent Commonwealth country from 1966 onwards.

Singapore at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Singapore finished twenty-eighth at Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games staged with a reduced program of 10 sports. Singapore won 2 silver for 2 medals in total, competing without its most successful discipline, table tennis, which was not part of the slimmed-down Glasgow program.

With table tennis absent, one of the medals came in the pool, a breakthrough showing for Singapore's swimmers and the second medal was won in artistic gymnastics. The final medal standings, with Singapore's placing, are shown below.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 70 45 56 171
2 England 29 45 36 110
3 Canada 19 20 23 62
4 India 13 17 9 39
5 Scotland 13 9 17 39
6 New Zealand 10 14 12 36
7 Nigeria 10 7 7 24
8 Jamaica 10 4 5 19
9 Wales 9 10 12 31
10 Malaysia 8 3 5 16
11 South Africa 7 11 10 28
12 Northern Ireland 3 4 9 16
13 Kenya 3 4 5 12
14 Cyprus 1 5 6 12
15 Mauritius 1 2 1 4
16 Cameroon 1 1 3 5
17 Jersey 1 1 0 2
17 Samoa 1 1 0 2
17 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 2
20 Fiji 1 0 1 2
20 Isle of Man 1 0 1 2
20 Bahamas 1 0 1 2
23 British Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1
23 Dominica 1 0 0 1
23 Grenada 1 0 0 1
26 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 4 7
27 Uganda 0 2 1 3
28 Singapore 0 2 0 2

Trivia

  • The Manchester Games in 2002 was their best ever appearance in terms of medals, four gold (badminton and table tennis) from a total of 13 medals.
  • The most successful sport of the Singapore team in Table Tennis.