It was founded in 1947 as the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council (SOSC) before renaming to its current iteration in 1970.

The SNOC is currently headed by Grace Fu, who was elected on 5th January following the resignation of former President Tan Chuan Jin.

[5] The IOC code for Singapore was changed from SIN to SGP in September 2016, and is first used in Danang 2016, Asian Beach Games.

[6] In 1968, the SNOC introduced the Singapore Sports Awards to recognise athletes who made significant achievements.

The awards cover a wide variety of categories, and also honours other parts of the fraternity apart from athletes and officials.