Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games

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Malaysia at the
1978 Asian Games
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg
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
File:Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)
File:Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946).svg 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

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 1 1 1 3 7
File:Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling 1 0 0 1 5
File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing 0 0 1 1 12
File:Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey 0 0 1 1 3
Total 2 1 3 6 12

Medallists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games
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

Main article: Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Group B
Team Pld W L
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 4 4 0
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4 3 1
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 2 2
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong 4 1 3
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 4 0 4
Qualified for the finals
Seventh to fourteenth place classification
Team Pld W L
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 7 6 1
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 7 6 1
File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq 7 5 2
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 7 4 3
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong 7 3 4
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 7 3 4
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 7 1 6
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 7 0 7
Ranked 7th in final standings

Women's tournament

Final round
Team Pld W L
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4 4 0
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 4 3 1
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4 2 2
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 4 1 3
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 0 4
Ranked 5th in final standings

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1978 Asian Games
Athlete Event Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Yusoff Hashim Men's 67 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1978 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Bronze medal match
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg 2–1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Bangkok
Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Main article: Football at the 1978 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Preliminary round; Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
File:Flag of India.svg India 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
Qualified for the semifinals
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg1 – 0File:Flag of India.svg India
Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg0 – 1File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Semifinal; Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 4 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
Qualified for the gold medal match
Qualified for the bronze medal match
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg2 – 1File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg1 – 7File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg1 – 0File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Ranked 7th in final standings

References

  1. ↑ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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