Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Malaysia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Beijing
Competitors32 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Azizulhasni Awang (opening)
Elizabeth Jimie (closing)
Medals
Ranked 72nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg  North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever won throughout Malaysia's participation history since its nationhood in 1957. Hockey legend Dato Ho Koh Chye was the chef-de-mission of the delegation. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles

Archery

Malaysia will send archers to the Olympics for the second time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Only men qualified for Malaysia, with Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earning spots for the country by placing 8th and 27th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz adding a third spot with his third-place finish at the Asian championships. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Khalmizam Aziz Men's individual 6745Flag of Romania.svg  Bodnar  (ROU) (60)
L 105–106
Did not advance
Cheng Chu Sian 66026Flag of Australia.svg  Gray  (AUS) (39)
W 109–101
Flag of Finland.svg  Hatava  (FIN) (58)
W 110–103
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee C-H  (KOR) (10)
W 105 (19)–105 (18)
Flag of Russia.svg  Badënov  (RUS) (31)
L 104–109
Did not advance
Muhammad Sulaiman 65927Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-Y  (TPE) (38)
L 106–107
Did not advance
Khalmizam Aziz
Cheng Chu Sian
Muhammad Sulaiman
Men's team 19933ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) (6)
L 213–218
Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Lee Hup Wei High jump 2.2032did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Yuan Yufang 20 km walk DNF
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Roslinda Samsu Pole vault 4.30=16did not advance

Badminton

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lee Chong Wei Singles ByeFlag of Singapore.svg  Susilo  (SIN)
W 21–13, 21–14 [3]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Navickas  (LTU)
W 21–5, 21–7
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kuncoro  (INA)
W 21–9, 21–11
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee H-i  (KOR)
W 21–18, 13–21, 21–13
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin D  (CHN)
L 12–21, 8–21
Silver medal icon.svg
Wong Choong Hann ByeFlag of Indonesia.svg  Hidayat  (INA)
W 21–19, 21–16
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsieh Y-H  (TPE)
L 21–14, 17–21, 18–21
Did not advance
Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
Doubles Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Hwang J-m /
Lee J-j  (KOR)
L 22–20, 13–21, 16–21
Did not advance
Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
Flag of Japan.svg  Sakamoto /
Ikeda  (JPN)
W 21–12, 21–16
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kido /
Setiawan  (INA)
L 16–21, 18–21
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Wong Mew Choo Singles ByeFlag of South Africa.svg  Harrington  (RSA)
W 21–4, 21–4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Nedelcheva  (BUL)
W 21–16, 21–8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu L  (CHN)
L 7–21, 27–29
Did not advance
Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty
Doubles Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee H-j /
Lee K-w  (KOR)
L 14–21, 19–21
Did not advance

Cycling

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's sprint 10.272
70.093
7 QFlag of Australia.svg  Bayley  (AUS)
L
Flag of Japan.svg  Kitatsuru  (JPN)
Flag of Poland.svg  Kwiatkowski  (POL)
W 10.959
65.699
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Kenny  (GBR)
L
Flag of Germany.svg  Nimke  (GER)
Flag of Italy.svg  Chiappa  (ITA)
W 11.010
65.395
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Hoy  (GBR)
L
Did not advance5th place final
Flag of France.svg  Sireau  (FRA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mulder  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bos  (NED)
L
8
Azizulhasni Awang
Josiah Ng
Mohd Rizal Tisin
Men's team sprint 44.725
60.368
7 QFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 44.822
60.238
Did not advance7
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's keirin 1 QBye410
Josiah Ng 2 QBye49

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Bryan Nickson Lomas 10 m platform 384.3526Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Elizabeth Jimie 3 m springboard 253.50=21Did not advance
Leong Mun Yee 253.50=21Did not advance
Pandelela Rinong 10 m platform 249.2027Did not advance

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Kevin Lim Laser BFD2428422234343926CANEL24938

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan 25 m rapid fire pistol 56415Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Daniel Bego 200 m freestyle 1:50.92 NR 44Did not advance
100 m butterfly 54.3854Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:01.2837Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Khoo Cai Lin 400 m freestyle 4:23.3738Did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:04.8634Did not advance
Leung Chii Lin 50 m freestyle 26.7548Did not advance
Lew Yih Wey 400 m individual medley 4:55.8334Did not advance
Siow Yi Ting 200 m breaststroke 2:27.8019Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:17.1129Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Elaine Teo Women's −57 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Tanrıkulu  (TUR)
L 4–7
Did not advanceFlag of the United States.svg  D López  (USA)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Che Chew Chan Women's +67 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Karimova  (UZB)
W 5–4
Flag of Norway.svg  Solheim  (NOR)
L 1–3
Did not advanceFlag of Egypt.svg  Abd Rabo  (EGY)
L 1–5
Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim Men's −56 kg 121814492658

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