Malaysia at the 1998 Asian Games

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Malaysia at the
1998 Asian Games
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors134 in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
14
Total
29
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 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 20 December 1998. Malaysia ended the games at 29 overall medals. [1] Its chef-de-mission was Zakaria Ahmad. [2]

Contents

Medal summary

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton 00226
Cue sports pictogram.svg Cue sports 11024
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian 01124
Karate pictogram.svg Karate 20462
Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing 03038
Sepaktakraw pictogram.svg Sepaktakraw 02133
Squash pictogram.svg Squash 10122
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming 11134
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 011210
Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu 01127
Total510142912

Multiple medalists

Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals.

NameSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Alex Lim Swimming 112
Sam Chong Cue sports 112
Yong Hock Kin Badminton 22

Medallists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ooi Chin Kay
Sam Chong
Cue sports Men's snooker doubles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Muralitharan Chandra Karate Men's kumite 55 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Muniandy Rajoo Karate Men's kumite 70 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nicol David Squash Women's singles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Alex Lim Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sam Chong Cue sports Men's snooker singles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar
Wan Zaleha Radzi
Equestrian Team dressage
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohd Nazmi Sharif Sailing Men's optimist
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kevin Lim Sailing Men's laser
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Malik Sulaiman Sailing Super Moth
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sepaktakraw Men's regu
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sepaktakraw Men's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alex Lim Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Wan Yuen Taekwondo Women's +70 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oh Poh Soon Wushu Men's changquan
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yong Hock Kin Badminton Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chan Chong Ming
Cheah Soon Thoe
James Chua
Jeremy Gan
Roslin Hashim
Pang Cheh Chang
Wong Choong Hann
Yong Hock Kin
Badminton Men's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sarah Yap Bowling Women's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil Equestrian Individual jumping
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arivalagan Ponniah Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Suresh Rao Subramaniam Karate Men's kumite +75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lim Lee Lee Karate Women's individual kata
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Premila Supramaniam Karate Women's kumite +60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sepaktakraw Men's circle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kenneth Low Squash Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Elvin Chia Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Soo Lai Yin Taekwondo Women's 55 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ho Ro Bin Wushu Men's nanquan

Athletics

Key
Men
Track events
AthleteEventRound 1SemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Watson Nyambek 100 m 10.251 Q11.414
Romzi Bakar 400 m 47.693 q47.735Did not advance
Yazid Parlan 48.373 q48.418Did not advance
Teoh Boon Lim 20 km road walk Disqualified
Govindasamy Saravanan 50 km road walk Did not finish
Teoh Boon Lim 4:45:365
4 × 400 m relay 3:09.014 q3:10.318
Field event
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistanceRankDistanceRank
Loo Kum Zee High jump 2.1914
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventRound 1SemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Shanti Govindasamy 100 m 11.473 Q11.414
Shanti Govindasamy 200 m 23.562 Q23.424
Yuan Yufang 10,000 m track walk 45:33.924

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Roslin Hashim Men's singles Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Ng Wei  (HKG)
W 15–9, 15–7
Flag of Thailand.svg  Boonsak Ponsana  (THA)
W 15–8, 11–15, 17–16
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Hendrawan  (INA)
L 11–15, 6–15
Did not advance
Yong Hock Kin (2)ByeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Tam Kai Chuen  (HKG)
W 17–14, 15–5
Flag of India.svg  Pullela Gopichand  (IND)
W 15–7, 15–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Dong Jiong  (CHN)
L 5–15, 10–15
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Chan Chong Ming
Jeremy Gan
Men's doubles Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Fumihiko Machida
Seiichi Watanabe  (JPN)
W 15–12, 15–9
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lee Wei-jen
Horng Shin-jeng  (TPE)
W 15–12, 14–17, 15–10
Flag of Thailand.svg  Pramote Teerawiwatana
Siripong Siripool  (THA)
L 7–15, 15–13, 4–15
Did not advance
Ng Mee Fen Women's singles Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Koon Wai Chee  (HKG)
W 10–13, 11–7, 11–6
Flag of India.svg  Aparna Popat  (IND)
W 11–7, 11–8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gong Zhichao  (CHN)
L 7–11, 3–11
Did not advance
Woon Sze Mei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chan Ya-lin  (TPE)
L 2–11, 2–11
Did not advance
Joanne Quay
Law Pei Pei
Women's doubles Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Ra Kyung-min
Chung Jae-hee  (KOR)
L 2–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Lim Pek Siah
Chor Hooi Yee
Flag of Thailand.svg  Sathinee Chankrachangwong
Mathinee Naraweerawut  (THA)
L 4–15, 8–15
Did not advance
Chan Chong Ming
Joanne Quay
Mixed doubles Flag of the Philippines.svg  Kennevic Asuncion
Amparo Lim  (PHI)
W 15–0, 15–11
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Budi Santoso
Meiluawati  (INA)
W 15–10, 15–5
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min  (KOR)
L 3–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Wong Choong Hann
Chor Hooi Yee
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chang Jeng-shyuang
Chen Li-chin  (TPE)
W 12–15, 15–13, 15–11
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Dong-soo
Yim Kyung-jin  (KOR)
L 2–15, 7–15
Did not advance

Men's team
Quarterfinal
9 December
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg14Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Chen Feng 02 Yong Hock Kin 13–15, 11–15
Horng Shin-jeng / Lee Wei-jen 21 Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe 15–10, 5–15, 12–15
Lee Mou-chou 02 Roslin Hashim 7–15, 9–15
Lee Sung-yuan / Lin Wei-hsiang 02 Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan 14–17, 6–15
Chien Yu-hsiu 02 Wong Choong Hann 15–10, 15–9
Semifinal
10 December
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg41Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Hendrawan 20 Yong Hock Kin 15–4, 15–7
Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky 20 Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe 15–5, 15–5
Taufik Hidayat 02 Roslin Hashim 10–15, 14–17
Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan 20 Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan 15–5, 15–4
Budi Santoso 20 Wong Choong Hann 15–9, 15–9
Ranked 3rd in final standings

Women's team
Quarterfinal
8 December
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg05Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Woon Sze Mei 02 Mia Audina 1–11, 2–11
Lim Pek Siah / Chor Hooi Yee 02 Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban 6–15, 10–15
Lee Yin Yin 02 Meiluawati 3–11, 2–11
Law Pei Pei / Joanne Quay 02 Indarti Isolina / Carmelita 0–15, 1–15
Ng Mee Fen 02 Cindana Hartono 3–15, 7–15

Bowling

Women
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Sarah Yap Singles Bronze medal icon.svg
Low Poh Lian Masters 152415

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rakib Ahmad Men's flyweight (51 kg)ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Bulat Zhumadilov  (KAZ)
L 9–20
Did not advance
Adnan Yusoh Men's bantamweight (54 kg)ByeFlag of Palestine.svg  Ihab Tafesh  (PLE)
WRSC
Flag of Thailand.svg  Sontaya Wongprates  (THA)
L 6–19
Did not advance
Muruguthevan Balakrishnan Men's lightweight (60 kg)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Asghar Ali Shah  (PAK)
L 2–5
Did not advance

Cue sports

Men

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Ewin Lean Kam Beng English billiards singles Flag of Thailand.svg  Praput Chaithanasakun  (THA)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Moh Loon Hong Flag of Thailand.svg  Mongkol Kanfaklang  (THA)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Lee Thye Hong
Ooi Chin Kay
English billiards doubles Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Mikhail Kim
Bahtiyor Umarov  (UZB)
W
Flag of India.svg  Devendra Joshi
Balchandra Bhaskar  (IND)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Moh Loon Hong
Ewin Lean Kam Beng
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kohobala Sirisama
Sabdeen Shaharwardi  (SRI)
W 3–0
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Reynaldo Grandea
Ricardo Ancaja  (PHI)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Tan Kah Thiam
Chew Lean Teng
Eight-ball doubles Flag of Singapore.svg  Chong Wei Onn
Tan Lai Huat  (SIN)
W 7–6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Ching-shun
Chao Fong-pang  (TPE)
L 3–9
Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng
Ooi Fuk Yuen
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kuniko Takahashi
Satoshi Kawabata  (JPN)
L 2–7
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Romeo Villanueva
Gandy Valle  (PHI)
L 10–11
Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng Nine-ball singles Flag of Thailand.svg  Chatchawan Ruptae  (THA)
L 6–9
Did not advance
Ooi Fuk Yuen Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Morishima Mitsuyoshi  (JPN)
L 7–9
Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng
Ooi Fuk Yuen
Nine-ball doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Didi
Zhang Kai  (CHN)
W 9–8
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Romeo Villanueva
Gandy Valle  (PHI)
L 10–11
Did not advance
Tan Kah Thiam
Chong Tin Sam
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Mikhail Kim
Bahtiyor Umarov  (UZB)
W
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kuniko Takahashi
Morishima Mitsuyoshi  (JPN)
L 5–9
Did not advance
Ooi Chin Kay Snooker singles ByeFlag of Mongolia.svg  Jamsran Enkhlur  (MGL)
W 5–0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)
W 5–3
Flag of India.svg  Mohammed Al-Hashemi  (IND)
W 5–2
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Shokat Ali  (PAK)
L 5–6
Bronze medal match
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Kwok Ming  (HKG)
L 0–5
4
Sam Chong ByeFlag of Singapore.svg  Bernard Tey Choon Kiat  (SIN)
W 5–4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hung Chung Ming  (TPE)
W 5–2
Flag of India.svg  Yashin Merchant  (IND)
W 5–4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Kwok Ming  (HKG)
W 6–2
Gold medal match
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Shokat Ali  (PAK)
L 6–7
Silver medal icon.svg
Sam Chong
Ooi Chin Kay
Snooker doubles Gold medal match
Flag of Thailand.svg  Phaitoon Phonbun
Noppadon Noppachorn  (THA)
W 6–4
Gold medal icon.svg
Sam Chong
Ooi Chin Kay
Snooker team Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)
W 3–0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)
W 2–1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
L 1–2
Bronze medal match
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)
L 1–2
4

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Nor Effandy Rosli Men's road race 4:41:218
Shahrulneeza Razali 4:59:3226
Mohd Mahazir Hamad 4:59:3229

Equestrian

Dressage
AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil ?? Individual dressage Did not advance
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil Pizazz Girande
Camelias
11085 Q11795
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar Jirlow11006 Q109313
Wan Zaleha Radzi Chagall Junior10668 Q11148
Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar
Wan Zaleha Radzi
??;
Pizazz Girande;
Jirlow;
Chagall Junior;
Team dressage 3274Silver medal icon.svg
Jumping
AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Koh Thong Hau Roberto Bold Individual jumping 55.5020 Q52.5032
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil San Patrignano71.006 Q104.006
Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil Heros78.503 Q121.00Bronze medal icon.svg
Tunku Mokhsin Domingo44.5025 Q54.5031
Koh Thong Hau
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Tunku Mokhsin
Roberto Bold;
San Patrignano;
Heros;
Domingo;
Team jumping 96.004 Q159.504
Eventing
AthleteHorseEventPenaltiesTotalRank
DressageCross-countryJumping
Tunku Nazroff Sprite Individual eventing 80.400.005.0085.409
Husref Malek McPherson124.800.0010.00134.8013
Ashraff Denal Ali Deutsche Mark81.80WD1000.00
James Ravindra Alf62.60EL1000.00
Tunku Nazroff
Husref Malek
Ashraff Denal Ali
James Ravindra
Sprite;
McPherson;
Deutsche Mark;
Alf;
Team eventing 267.80937.4015.001220.204

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Squad listPool matchesSemifinalFinalRank
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
T 1–1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
W 9–0
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
L 1–2
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
W 6–0
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Women
AthleteEvent
Rope
Rank
Hoop
Rank
Clubs
Rank
Ribbon
Rank
TotalRank
Carolyn Au Yong Individual all-around 37.02313

Karate

Men
Kumite
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Muralitharan Chandra 55 kg Bandeira do Leal Senado.svg  Ho Pak Chun  (MAC)
W 6–0
Flag of Brunei.svg  Muhammed Shukri Masri  (BRU)
W 6–0
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Isfan Tanjung  (INA)
W 6–5
Gold medal match
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Bader Al-Otaibi  (KUW)
W 6–1
Gold medal icon.svg
Puvaneswaran Ramasamy 60 kg Flag of Indonesia.svg  Arif Taufan Syamsuddin  (INA)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Muniandy Rajoo 70 kg Flag of Nepal.svg  Dipak Shrestha  (NEP)
W 6–0
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vu Quoc Huy  (VIE)
W 6–5
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Raafat Al-Karad  (SYR)
W 6–2
Gold medal match
Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Amouzadeh  (IRI)
W 6–1
Gold medal icon.svg
Arivalagan Ponniah 75 kg Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Sadullo Kosimov  (TJK)
W 2–0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Liao Yun-chih  (TPE)
W 2–2
Flag of Iran.svg  Alireza Katiraei  (IRI)
L 1–11
Bronze medal match
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Osama Ali  (SYR)
W 3–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Suresh Rao Subramaniam +75 kg Flag of Nepal.svg  Krishna Gurung  (NEP)
W 3–2
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Nour Shamseh  (SYR)
W 2–1
Bronze medal match
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Moukhammad Bodakov  (TJK)
W 6–2
Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
Kata
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Lim Lee Lee Individual kata 36.23 Q41.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Kumite
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ng Chai Lin 53 kg Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Lamis Al-Sabsabi  (SYR)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Lim Lee Lee 60 kg Flag of Vietnam.svg  Tham Pham Hong  (VIE)
L 1–3
Bronze medal match
Flag of Thailand.svg  Phetlada Ausabay  (THA)
L 1–2
4
Premila Supramaniam +60 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Natalya Solodilova  (KAZ)
W 6–3
Flag of Thailand.svg  Panadda Tamchuchaichana  (THA)
L 2–3
Bronze medal icon.svg

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
Net pointsRank
Mohd Nazmi Sharif Optimist 18Silver medal icon.svg
Kevin Lim Laser 18Silver medal icon.svg
Open
AthleteEventFinal
Net pointsRank
Malik Sulaiman Super Moth 17Silver medal icon.svg

Squash

Individual
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kenneth Low (3) Men's singles ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Koo Ryun-hoe  (KOR)
W 9–0, 9–1, 9–1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Jackie Lee  (HKG)
W 9–1, 9–5, 9–1
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Zarak Jahan Khan  (PAK)
L 8–10, 7–9, 0–9
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Ong Beng Hee (5)ByeFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Saman Tillekeratne  (SRI)
W 9–6, 9–3, 9–5
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Amjad Khan  (PAK)
L 4–9, 6–9, 9–1, 8–10
Did not advance
Kuan Choy Lin (3) Women's singles Flag of India.svg  Sohini Kumari  (IND)
W 9–4, 9–0, 9–0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Della Lee  (SIN)
L 5–9, 6–9, 10–9, 8–10
Did not advance
Nicol David (1)ByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masami Kofuji  (JPN)
W 9–3, 9–2, 9–0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Mah Li Lian  (SIN)
W 9–5, 9–1, 9–7
Gold medal match
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Rebecca Chiu  (HKG)
W 9–3, 9–1, 9–6
Gold medal icon.svg

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Alex Lim 100 m backstroke 57.653 Q55.53Gold medal icon.svg
Alex Lim 200 m backstroke Q2:00.94 NR Silver medal icon.svg
Elvin Chia 100 m breaststroke 1:03.814 Q1:03.09Bronze medal icon.svg

Wushu

Men
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Oh Poh Soon Changquan 27.78Silver medal icon.svg
Ho Ro Bin Nanquan 9.30Bronze medal icon.svg

References

  1. "Overall medal standings Bangkok 1998". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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