Malaya at the 1962 Asian Games

Malaya at the 1962 Asian Games
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Jakarta
Competitors	121 in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 9 Total 15
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)   Sarawak (1962)

The Federation of Malaya competed in the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 August 1962 to 4 September 1962. It ranked eighth in the overall medal table with two gold medals, four silver medals and nine bronze medals. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	1	2	4	7	6
Badminton	1	2	2	5	2
Cycling	0	0	1	1	5
Field hockey	0	0	1	1	3
Football	0	0	1	1	3
Total	2	4	9	15	8

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Silver	Abdul Rahim Ahmed Karu Selvaratnam Mani Jegathesan Victor Asirvatham	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Silver	Teh Kew San	Badminton	Men's singles
Silver	Annie Keong Jean Moey Kok Lee Ying Ng Mei Ling Tan Gaik Bee	Badminton	Women's team
Bronze	Karu Selvaratnam	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze	Mani Jegathesan Thor Gim Soon V. Vijiaratnam Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze	Cyril Perera	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Maureen Ann Lee	Athletics	Women's long jump
Bronze	Billy Ng Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe	Badminton	Men's team
Bronze	Ng Mei Ling Tan Gaik Bee	Badminton	Women's doubles
Bronze	Jaafar Bibon Mohamad Jaafar Rosli Abdul Kadir	Cycling	Men's team road race
Bronze	Malaysia national field hockey team Mike Shepherdson Kandiah Anandarajah Ho Koh Chye Manikam Shanmuganathan Michael Arulraj Thuraisingam Sinnadurai Lawrence van Huizen Chua Eng Wah Chelliah Paramalingam Mani Sockalingam Rajaratnam Yogeswaran Arumugam Sabapathy Aboo Samah Mohd Hariff Taib Ismail Ali Robin Jayesuria	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Malaysia national football team Sexton Lourdes Tunku Ismail Yee Seng Choy Ahmad Nazari Foo Fook Choon Abdullah Nordin Kamaruddin Ahmad Edwin Dutton Boey Chong Liam Roslan Buang I. J. Singh Stanley Gabrielle Abdul Ghani Minhat Robert Choe Mahat Ambu Arthur Koh M. Govindarajoo Richard Choe Ibrahim Mydin	Football	Men's tournament

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1962 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

Track events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Mani Jegathesan	100 m	10.6
Mani Jegathesan	200 m	21.3 GR
Karu Selvaratnam	400 m hurdles	53.4
Mani Jegathesan Thor Gim Soon V. Vijiaratnam Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	4 × 100 m relay	41.5
Abdul Rahim Ahmed Karu Selvaratnam Mani Jegathesan Victor Asirvatham	4 × 400 m relay	41.5

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Cyril Perera	Result											5575
	Points

Women

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Maureen Ann Lee	Long jump	5.31

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1962 Asian Games

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Teh Kew San	Men's singles			Gold medal match Tan Joe Hok   Indonesia L
Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Men's doubles			Gold medal match   Indonesia  (INA) Tan Joe Hok Liem Tjeng Kiang W
Billy Ng Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe	Men's team	Cambodia  (CAM) W 5–0	Thailand  (THA) L 2–3	Bronze medal match   Singapore  (SIN) W 3–2
Ng Mei Ling Tan Gaik Bee	Women's doubles
Annie Keong Jean Moey Kok Lee Ying Ng Mei Ling Tan Gaik Bee	Women's team	—	Japan  (JPN) W 3–2	Gold medal match   Indonesia  (INA) L 2–3

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1962 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	236	171	+65	6
South Korea	3	2	1	236	203	+24	5
Singapore	3	1	2	216	247	−29	4
Malaya	3	0	3	184	244	−60	3

Qualified for the finals

25 August

South Korea

84–65

Malaya

Senayan Basketball Hall, Jakarta

26 August

Japan

65–58

Malaya

Senayan Basketball Hall, Jakarta

27 August

Singapore

95–61

Malaya

Senayan Basketball Hall, Jakarta

Seventh to ninth place classification

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Rank
Cambodia	2	2	0	149	131	+18	4	7
Singapore	2	1	1	156	142	+14	3	8
Malaya	2	0	2	126	158	−32	2	9

30 August

Cambodia

73–60

Malaya

Senayan Basketball Hall, Jakarta

31 August

Singapore

85–66

Malaya

Senayan Basketball Hall, Jakarta

Ranked 9th in final standings

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1962 Asian Games

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jaafar Bibon Mohamad Jaafar Rosli Abdul Kadir	Men's individual road race

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1962 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Mike Shepherdson
• Kandiah Anandarajah
• Ho Koh Chye
• Manikam Shanmuganathan
• Michael Arulraj
• Doraisamy Munusamy
• Lawrence van Huizen
• Chua Eng Wah
• Chelliah Paramalingam
• Mani Sockalingam
• Rajaratnam Yogeswaran
• Arumugam Sabapathy
• Aboo Samah
• Mohd Hariff Taib
• Ismail Ali
• Robin Jayesuria

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6	Semi-finals
2	Malaya	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	2
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

26 August India   3–0   Malaya Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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28 August Malaya   5–1   South Korea Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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30 August Malaya   4–0   Hong Kong Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Semifinal

2 September Pakistan   5–0   Malaya Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Bronze medal match

3 September Japan   0–2   Malaya Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Main article: Football at the 1962 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Squad

• Sexton Lourdes
• Tunku Ismail
• Yee Seng Choy
• Ahmad Nazari
• Foo Fook Choon
• Abdullah Nordin
• Kamaruddin Ahmad
• Edwin Dutton
• Boey Chong Liam
• Roslan Buang
• I. J. Singh
• Stanley Gabrielle
• Abdul Ghani Minhat
• Robert Choe
• Mahat Ambu
• Arthur Koh
• M. Govindarajoo
• Richard Choe
• Ibrahim Mydin

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
South Vietnam	3	2	0	1	9	1	9.000	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Malaya	3	2	0	1	18	6	3.000	4
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	9	3	3.000	4
Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	27	0.037	0

Source: RSSSF

26 August

Malaya	15–1	Philippines

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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28 August

Indonesia	2–3	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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29 August

South Vietnam	3–0	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

• Malaya won a draw for second place against Indonesia on 30 August, necessary as they were both equal on points and goal average.

Semifinal

1 September

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Bronze medal match

3 September

South Vietnam	1–4	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1962 Asian Games

Men's tournament (nine-a-side)

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
	Japan	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	0	0	—
	South Korea	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	0	0	—
	Philippines	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	328	325	1.009
4	Indonesia	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	307	301	1.020
5	Singapore	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	180	295	0.610
6	Malaya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	163	315	0.517

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Malaya	21–4	21–12	21–8			63–24
27 Aug	Malaya	0–3	Philippines	18–21	10–21	10–21			38–63
28 Aug	Japan	3–0	Malaya	21–6	21–10	21–5			63–21
29 Aug	Indonesia	3–0	Malaya	21–11	21–11	21–15			63–37
1 Sep	Malaya	0–3	Singapore	16–21	9–21	18–21			43–63

Ranked 6th in final standings

References

1. "Overall medal standings – Jakarta 1962". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2014.