Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games

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Malaysia at the
1978 Asian Games
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.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
Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg  North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)
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]

Contents

Medal summary

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 11137
Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling 10015
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing 001112
Field hockey pictogram.svg Field hockey 00113
Total213612

Medallists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Saik Oik Cum Athletics Women's 400 metres
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
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vellasamy Subramaniam Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Khoo Chong Beng Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yusoff Hashim Boxing Men's 67 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Malaysia national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament

Athletics

Key
Men
Road event
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Vellasamy Subramaniam 20 km road walk 1:31:59Silver medal icon.svg
Khoo Chong Beng 1:33:57Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
Track event
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Saik Oik Cum 400 m 55.09Gold medal icon.svg

Basketball

Men's tournament

Group B
TeamPldWL
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 440
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 431
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 422
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 413
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 404
Qualified for the finals

Women's tournament

Final round
TeamPldWL
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 440
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 431
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 422
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 413
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 404

Boxing

AthleteEventFinalRank
Opposition
Score
Yusoff Hashim Men's 67 kg Bronze medal icon.svg

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Bronze medal match
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg2–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bangkok
Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Men's tournament

Preliminary round; Group C
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4220020+2
Flag of India.svg  India 2210131+2
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 02002044
Qualified for the semifinals

References

  1. "Overall medal standings Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2014.