Summer Olympic Games 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, except for the 1906 Intercalated Games, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four years later the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris attracted more than four times as many athletes, including 20 women, who were allowed to officially compete for the first time, in croquet, golf, sailing, and tennis. The Games were integrated with the Paris World's Fair and lasted over 5 months. It is still disputed which events exactly were "Olympic", since few or maybe even none of the events were advertised as such at
Singaporean participation in international games Commonwealth Games at Cardiff, Wales in 1958 and the inaugural Southeast Asian Games (then known as the SEAP Games) in 1959. Since then, Singapore has been a regular participant in these games. Singaporean participation in international games The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, the predecessor of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), was established in 1947. It became an affiliate of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1948. The same year, Singapore sent its first two-men team to the Olympics in London. The late Lloyd Valberg became the first Singaporean ever to participate in the Olympic Games. He was accompanied