Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	32 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Lee Chong Wei [1]
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 0 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 5
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Malaysia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other editions under the name Malaya. Tan Sri Mohamed Al-Amin Abdul Majid was the chef de mission of the national delegation at the Games. ^[2]

The Olympic Council of Malaysia fielded a team of 32 athletes, 17 men and 15 women, across ten sports at the Games, matching its largest team ever from Beijing eight years earlier. ^[3] Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Malaysia made its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to weightlifting after an eight-year absence. Badminton had the largest team by sport with eight athletes, a quarter of the nation's full roster.

The Malaysian team featured two Olympic medalists from London, including platform diver Pandelela Rinong, who became the first female from her country to stand on the podium, and badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei, who sought redemption for the nation's first ever gold after losing two previous finals to China's Lin Dan in the men's singles. ^[4] Appearing in his fourth Olympics as the most experienced athlete, Lee was selected to lead his contingent as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony. ^{[1] [5]} Apart from the medalists, eleven Malaysian athletes previously competed in London, including track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang, and badminton tandem Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying. ^[6]

Malaysia left Rio de Janeiro with a total of five medals (four silver and one bronze), signifying its most successful outcome in Olympic history and doubling the previous highest medal tallies set at Atlanta 1996 and London 2012. ^[7] Among the nation's medalists were Awang, who became the first track cyclist from Southeast Asia to stand on the Olympic podium, and Pandelela, who upgraded her individual bronze from London to share a silver with her partner Cheong Jun Hoong in the synchronised platform diving. Badminton superstar Lee managed to claim a silver for the third consecutive time in the men's singles, adding it to those won by Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong in the men's doubles, and Chan and Goh in the mixed doubles. ^{[7] [8]}

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Cheong Jun Hoong Pandelela Rinong Diving Women's synchronised 10 m platform 9 August  Silver Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying Badminton Mixed doubles 17 August  Silver Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong Badminton Men's doubles 19 August  Silver Lee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles 20 August  Bronze Azizulhasni Awang Cycling Men's keirin 16 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Badminton 0 3 0 3 Diving 0 1 0 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Total 0 4 1 5

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Three Malaysian archers qualified for the men's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey. ^{[9] [10]}

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
Haziq Kamaruddin	Men's individual	645	50	Garrett  (USA) L 0–6	did not advance
Khairul Anuar Mohamad		665	22	Pila  (COL) W 6–0	Floto  (GER) L 4–6	did not advance
Mohd Akmal Nor Hasrin		635	55	Rodríguez  (ESP) L 0–6	did not advance
Haziq Kamaruddin Khairul Anuar Mohamad Mohd Akmal Nor Hasrin	Men's team	1945	12	—		France  (FRA) L 2–6	did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian athletes have achieved qualifying standards in the following event (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[11] [12] [13]}

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli	Women's 100 m	12.12	3 q	12.62	8	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nauraj Singh Randhawa	Men's high jump	2.26	18	did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia has qualified a total of eight badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, as well as the pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles. ^[14]

Men

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	Singles	Opti  (SUR) W (21–2, 21–3)	Wong  (SIN) W (21–18, 21–8)	—	1 Q	Bye	Chou T-c  (TPE) W (21–9, 21–15)	Lin D  (CHN) W (15–21, 21–11, 22–20)	Chen L  (CHN) L (18–21, 18–21)
Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Doubles	Fuchs / Schöttler  (GER) W (21–14, 21–17)	Chew / Pongnairat  (USA) 0W (21–12, 21–10)	Fu HF / Zhang N  (CHN) 0W (16-21, 21–15, 21–18)	1 Q	—	Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s  (KOR) W (17–21, 21–18, 21–19)	Chai B / Hong W  (CHN) W (21–18, 12–21, 21–17)	Fu HF / Zhang N  (CHN) L (21–16, 11–21, 21–23)

Women

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
Tee Jing Yi	Singles	Gavnholt  (CZE) 0W (22-20, 21–15)	Yamaguchi  (JPN) L (18–21, 5–21)	—	2	did not advance
Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	Doubles	Olver / Smith  (GBR) W (21–17, 24–22)	Poon L Y / Tse Y S  (HKG) W (21–15, 21–13)	Maheswari / Polii  (INA) L (19–21, 19–21)	2 Q	—	Matsutomo / Takahashi  (JPN) L (16–21, 21–18, 9–21)	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	Doubles	Isara / Amitrapai  (THA) W (21–13, 21–19)	Middleton / Choo  (AUS) W (21–17, 21–15)	Ahmad / Natsir  (INA) L (15–21, 11–21)	2 Q	Mateusiak / Zięba  (POL) W (21–17, 21–10)	Xu C / Ma J  (CHN) W (21–12, 21–19)	Ahmad / Natsir  (INA) L (14–21, 12–21)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Malaysia has entered two riders to compete only in the men's keirin and women's sprint, respectively, at the Olympics, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

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
Fatehah Mustapa	Women's sprint	11.207 64.245	21	did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Azizulhasni Awang	Men's keirin	5 R	1 Q	3 Q

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronised teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. ^{[15] [16]} Two more divers have been selected through the 2015 Asian Diving Cup. ^{[17] [18]} The Malaysian team was announced on 29 June 2016. ^[19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ahmad Amsyar Azman	3 m springboard	341.70	29	did not advance
Ooi Tze Liang	10 m platform	379.50	22	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cheong Jun Hoong	3 m springboard	282.25	21	did not advance
Ng Yan Yee		299.05	17 Q	324.75	5 Q	306.60	10
Pandelela Rinong	10 m platform	332.45	6 Q	336.95	6 Q	330.45	11
Nur Dhabitah Sabri		325.85	8 Q	307.65	11 Q	338.00	9
Cheong Jun Hoong Nur Dhabitah Sabri	3 m synchronised springboard	—				293.40	5
Cheong Jun Hoong Pandelela Rinong	10 m synchronised platform	—				344.34

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Danny Chia (world no. 230), Gavin Green (world no. 321), Kelly Tan (world no. 153) and Michelle Koh (world no. 443) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. ^{[20] [21]}

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Danny Chia	Men's	73	70	70	71	288	+4	48
Gavin Green		73	74	72	68	287	+3	47
Michelle Koh	Women's	79	71	76	82	308	+24	58
Kelly Tan		78	70	76	73	297	+13	51

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and the Asian Sailing Championships. ^[22]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Khairulnizam Afendy	Men's Laser	38	33	40	33	20	21	DNF	37	31	28	EL	281	35
Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif	Women's Laser Radial	26	33	34	30	33	35	31	26	29	33	EL	274	33

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia has qualified one shooter in the men's pistol events by virtue of his best finish at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series and Asian Championships, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016. ^[23]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Johnathan Wong	Men's 10 m air pistol	574	28	did not advance
	Men's 50 m pistol	535	37	did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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)): ^{[24] [25]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Welson Sim	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:47.67	26	did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:51:57	34	—		did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:32.63	39	—		did not advance
Heidi Gan	Women's 10 km open water	—				1:59:07.9	21
Phee Jinq En	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:10.22	33	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. ^[26] The team must allocate this place by 20 June 2016. ^[27]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohd Hafifi Mansor	Men's −69 kg	140	12	176	10	316	12

See also

• Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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External links

• Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)