Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Malaysia at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors32 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Lee Chong Wei [1]
Medals
Ranked 60th
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg  North Borneo (1956)

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]

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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

Archery

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]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Haziq Kamaruddin Men's individual 64550Flag of the United States.svg  Garrett  (USA)
L 0–6		did not advance
Khairul Anuar Mohamad 66522Flag of Colombia.svg  Pila  (COL)
W 6–0		Flag of Germany.svg  Floto  (GER)
L 4–6		did not advance
Mohd Akmal Nor Hasrin 63555Flag of Spain.svg  Rodríguez  (ESP)
L 0–6		did not advance
Haziq Kamaruddin
Khairul Anuar Mohamad
Mohd Akmal Nor Hasrin 		Men's team 194512—Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 2–6		did not advance

Athletics

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

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli Women's 100 m 12.123 q12.628did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Nauraj Singh Randhawa Men's high jump 2.2618did not advance

Badminton

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
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lee Chong Wei Singles Flag of Suriname.svg  Opti  (SUR)
W (21–2, 21–3)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Wong  (SIN)
W (21–18, 21–8)		—1 QByeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chou T-c  (TPE)
W (21–9, 21–15)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin D  (CHN)
W (15–21, 21–11, 22–20)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen L  (CHN)
L (18–21, 18–21)		Silver medal icon.svg
Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong 		Doubles Flag of Germany.svg  Fuchs /
Schöttler  (GER)
W (21–14, 21–17)		Flag of the United States.svg  Chew /
Pongnairat  (USA)
W (21–12, 21–10)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu HF /
Zhang N  (CHN)
W (16-21, 21–15, 21–18)		1 Q—Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Y-d /
Yoo Y-s  (KOR)
W (17–21, 21–18, 21–19)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chai B /
Hong W  (CHN)
W (21–18, 12–21, 21–17)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu HF /
Zhang N  (CHN)
L (21–16, 11–21, 21–23)		Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Tee Jing Yi Singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Gavnholt  (CZE)
W (22-20, 21–15)		Flag of Japan.svg  Yamaguchi  (JPN)
L (18–21, 5–21)		—2did not advance
Vivian Hoo
Woon Khe Wei 		Doubles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Olver /
Smith  (GBR)
W (21–17, 24–22)		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Poon L Y /
Tse Y S  (HKG)
W (21–15, 21–13)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Maheswari /
Polii  (INA)
L (19–21, 19–21)		2 Q—Flag of Japan.svg  Matsutomo /
Takahashi  (JPN)
L (16–21, 21–18, 9–21)		did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying 		Doubles Flag of Thailand.svg  Isara /
Amitrapai  (THA)
W (21–13, 21–19)		Flag of Australia.svg  Middleton /
Choo  (AUS)
W (21–17, 21–15)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ahmad /
Natsir  (INA)
L (15–21, 11–21)		2 QFlag of Poland.svg  Mateusiak /
Zięba  (POL)
W (21–17, 21–10)		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu C /
Ma J  (CHN)
W (21–12, 21–19)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ahmad /
Natsir  (INA)
L (14–21, 12–21)		Silver medal icon.svg

Cycling

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
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
Fatehah Mustapa Women's sprint 11.207
64.245		21did not advance
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's keirin 5 R1 Q3 QBronze medal icon.svg

Diving

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
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ahmad Amsyar Azman 3 m springboard 341.7029did not advance
Ooi Tze Liang 10 m platform 379.5022did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Cheong Jun Hoong 3 m springboard 282.2521did not advance
Ng Yan Yee 299.0517 Q324.755 Q306.6010
Pandelela Rinong 10 m platform 332.456 Q336.956 Q330.4511
Nur Dhabitah Sabri 325.858 Q307.6511 Q338.009
Cheong Jun Hoong
Nur Dhabitah Sabri 		3 m synchronised springboard —293.405
Cheong Jun Hoong
Pandelela Rinong 		10 m synchronised platform —344.34Silver medal icon.svg

Golf

Malaysia has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Danny Chia (world no. 230), Dhia Nur Hilmi Rosman (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]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Danny Chia Men's 73707071288+448
Dhia Nur Hilmi Rosman 73747268287+347
Michelle Koh Women's 79717682308+2458
Kelly Tan 78707673297+1351

Sailing

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

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Khairulnizam Afendy Men's Laser 383340332021DNF373128EL28135
Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif Women's Laser Radial 26333430333531262933EL27433

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

Shooting

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]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Johnathan Wong Men's 10 m air pistol 57428did not advance
Men's 50 m pistol 53537did not advance

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

Swimming

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]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Welson Sim Men's 200 m freestyle 1:47.6726did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:51:5734—did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:32.6339—did not advance
Heidi Gan Women's 10 km open water —1:59:07.921
Phee Jinq En Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:10.2233did not advance

Weightlifting

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]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Mohd Hafifi Mansor Men's −69 kg 140121761031612

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