Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in London
Competitors	30 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Pandelela Rinong [1]
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name Malaya. Malaysia did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid was the Chef de Mission of the national delegation at the Games. ^[2]

Olympic Council of Malaysia sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Malaysia's Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nine Malaysian athletes had competed in Beijing, including platform diver Pandelela Rinong, who was appointed by the council to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony. Diver Yeoh Ken Nee, on the other hand, made his Olympic return in London, after a twelve-year absence. For the first time since its official Olympic debut, Malaysia did not qualify athletes in taekwondo.

This was Malaysia's most successful Olympics outing since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was surpassed by their results in 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a total of 2 medals. Flagbearer Pandelela Rinong made history as the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal and the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic medal in any event besides badminton, when she took the bronze medal in women's 10 meter platform diving. Meanwhile, badminton player Lee Chong Wei, repeated his silver medal victory from Beijing, becoming the first Malaysian athlete to hold more than one Olympic medal.

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Lee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles 5 August  Bronze Pandelela Rinong Diving Women's 10 metre platform 9 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Badminton 0 1 0 1 Diving 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 1 2

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, a team for the men's team event and one archer for the women's individual event.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cheng Chu Sian	Men's individual	658	45	Mohamad  (MAS) (20) L 4–6	Did not advance
Haziq Kamaruddin		654	48	Gankin  (KAZ) (17) L 4–6	Did not advance
Khairul Anuar Mohamad		669	20	Cheng C S  (MAS) (45) W 6–4	Xing Y  (CHN) (13) W 5–4	Godfrey  (GBR) (4) W 6–5	Furukawa  (JPN) (5) L 2–6	Did not advance
Cheng Chu Sian Haziq Kamaruddin Khairul Anuar Mohamad	Men's team	1981	10	—		Mexico  (MEX) (7) L 211–216	Did not advance
Nurul Syafiqah Hashim	Women's individual	599	60	Lin C-e  (TPE) (5) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has selected two athletes by wildcard.

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lee Hup Wei	High jump	2.16	30	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noraseela Khalid	400 m hurdles	1:00.16	9	did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Chong Wei	Men's singles	Lång  (FIN) W (21–8, 14–21, 21–11)	—		1 Q	Santoso  (INA) W (21–12, 21–8)	Kashyap  (IND) W (21–19, 21–11)	Chen L  (CHN) W (21–13, 21–14)	Lin D  (CHN) L (21–15, 10–21, 19–21)
Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Men's doubles	Kawamae / Sato  (JPN) W (21–12, 21–14)	Bach / Gunawan  (USA) W (21–12, 21–14)	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d  (KOR) L (16–21, 11–21)	2 Q	—	Isara / Jongjit  (THA) W (21–16, 21–18)	Fu / Cai  (CHN) L (9–21, 19–21)	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d  (KOR) L (21–23, 10–21)	4
Tee Jing Yi	Women's singles	Bae Y-j  (KOR) L (21–16, 15–21, 12–21)	Allegrini  (ITA) W (21–7, 21–14)	—	2	Did not advance
Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	Mixed doubles	Chen H-l / Cheng W-h  (TPE) L (12–21, 21–6, 15–21)	Xu C / Ma J  (CHN) L (14–21, 8–21)	Prapakamol / Thoungthongkam  (THA) L (16–21, 15–21)	4	—	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mohammed Adiq Husainie Othman	Men's road race	Did not finish
Amir Rusli		Did not finish

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Azizulhasni Awang	Men's sprint	10.226 70.408	11	Zhang M  (CHN) W 10.473 68.748	Bye	Dmitriev  (RUS) L	Nakagawa  (JPN)   Canelón  (VEN) W 10.456 68.859	Kenny  (GBR) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final   Dmitriev  (RUS)   Watkins  (USA)   Förstemann  (GER) L	8

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Azizulhasni Awang	Men's keirin	2 Q	Bye	2 Q	6
Fatehah Mustapa	Women's keirin	4 R	5	Did not advance	15

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 9 quota spots in diving, 2 each from 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai and Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur and 5 from the 2012 Diving World Cup.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Huang Qiang	3 m springboard	433.85	19	Did not advance
Yeoh Ken Nee		452.60	10 Q	441.65	12 Q	437.45	10
Bryan Nickson Lomas	10 m platform	434.95	19	Did not advance
Huang Qiang Bryan Nickson Lomas	3 m synchronised springboard	—				405.09	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cheong Jun Heong	3 m springboard	272.45	20	Did not advance
Ng Yan Yee		257.85	24	Did not advance
Pandelela Rinong	10 m platform	349.00	2 Q	352.50	5 Q	359.20
Traisy Vivien Tukiet		285.00	22	Did not advance
Cheong Jun Heong Pandelela Rinong	3 m synchronised springboard	—				283.50	8
Leong Mun Yee Pandelela Rinong	10 m synchronised platform	—				308.52	7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yu Peng Kean	Individual sabre	Zeid  (EGY) W 15–12	Szilágyi  (HUN) L 1–15	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Khairul Nizam Mohd Affendy	Laser	42	47	48	47	47	44	37	45	40	45	EL	394	47

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has ensured berths in the following events of shooting: ^{[3] [4]}

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nur Suryani Muhd Taibi	10 m air rifle	392	34	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ^{[5] [6]}

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heidi Gan	10 km open water	—		2:00:45.0	16
Khoo Cai Lin	800 m freestyle	8:51.18	30	Did not advance

References

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2. Duncan Mackay (29 April 2011). "Malaysia appoints Chef de Mission for London 2012". Inside the Games . Retrieved 30 January 2022.
3. "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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6. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011, retrieved 8 June 2011