Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games

Malaysia at the
1978 Asian Games
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors158 in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
6
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)
 Sarawak (1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 September 1978. Athletes from Malaysia won overall six medal and finished 12th in a medal table.[1]

Medal summary

[edit]

Medals by sport

[edit]
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 1 1 1 3 7
Bowling 1 0 0 1 5
Boxing 0 0 1 1 12
Field hockey 0 0 1 1 3
Total 2 1 3 6 12

Medallists

[edit]
Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Saik Oik Cum Athletics Women's 400 metres
 Gold Alan Hooi
Khoo Boo Jin
Edward Lim
Holloway Cheah
P. S. Nathan
Lee Kok Hong
Bowling Men's team of 5
 Silver Vellasamy Subramaniam Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
 Bronze Khoo Chong Beng Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
 Bronze Yusoff Hashim Boxing Men's 67 kg
 Bronze Malaysia national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament

Athletics

[edit]
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Road event
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Vellasamy Subramaniam 20 km road walk 1:31:59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Khoo Chong Beng 1:33:57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Track event
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Saik Oik Cum 400 m 55.09 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Basketball

[edit]

Men's tournament

[edit]
Group B
Team Pld W L
 North Korea 4 4 0
 Japan 4 3 1
 Malaysia 4 2 2
 Hong Kong 4 1 3
 Qatar 4 0 4
Qualified for the finals
Seventh to fourteenth place classification
Team Pld W L
 Malaysia 7 6 1
 Pakistan 7 6 1
 Iraq 7 5 2
 Kuwait 7 4 3
 Hong Kong 7 3 4
 Saudi Arabia 7 3 4
 Bahrain 7 1 6
 Qatar 7 0 7
Ranked 7th in final standings

Women's tournament

[edit]
Final round
Team Pld W L
 South Korea 4 4 0
 China 4 3 1
 Japan 4 2 2
 Thailand 4 1 3
 Malaysia 4 0 4
Ranked 5th in final standings

Boxing

[edit]
Athlete Event Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Yusoff Hashim Men's 67 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Field hockey

[edit]

Men's tournament

[edit]
Bronze medal match
Malaysia  2–1  Japan
Bangkok
Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

[edit]

Men's tournament

[edit]
Preliminary round; Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malaysia 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
 India 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
 Bangladesh 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
Qualified for the semifinals
Malaysia 1 – 0 India

Bangladesh 0 – 1 Malaysia
Semifinal; Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 6 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
 China 4 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8
 Thailand 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
Qualified for the gold medal match
Qualified for the bronze medal match
Thailand 2 – 1 Malaysia

Malaysia 1 – 7 China

South Korea 1 – 0 Malaysia
Ranked 7th in final standings

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Retrieved 10 August 2014.