Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games

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IOC code  MAS
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1978 Asian Games in Bangkok
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 12		 Gold
2		 Silver
1		 Bronze
3		 Total
6
Asian Games history (summary)
Asian Games

*As Malaya
Asian Winter Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Asian Beach Games
Asian Youth Games
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1954 • 1958 • 1962)
Sarawak (1962)
Southeast Asian Games history
Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

*As Malaya

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 September 1978. Athletes from Malaysia won overall six medal and finished 12th in a medal table.[1]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 1 1 1 3 7
Boxing 0 0 1 1 12
Field hockey 0 0 1 1 3
Total 2 1 3 6 12

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Saik Oik Cum Athletics Women's 400 metres
 Silver Vellasamy Subramaniam Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
 Bronze Khoo Chong Beng Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk
 Bronze Yusoff Hashim Boxing Men's 67 kg
 Bronze Malaysia national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament

Athletics

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
Road event
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Vellasamy Subramaniam 20 km road walk 1:31:59 2nd
Khoo Chong Beng 1:33:57 3rd
Women
Track event
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Saik Oik Cum 400 m 55.09 1st

Basketball

Men's tournament

Group B
Team Pld W L
 North Korea 440
 Japan 431
 Malaysia 422
 Hong Kong 413
 Qatar 404
Qualified for the finals
9 December
Japan  88–73  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
10 December
North Korea  74–63  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
12 December
Malaysia  114–76  Hong Kong
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
13 December
Malaysia  163–37  Qatar
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
Seventh to fourteenth place classification
Team Pld W L
 Malaysia 761
 Pakistan 761
 Iraq 752
 Kuwait 743
 Hong Kong 734
 Saudi Arabia 734
 Bahrain 716
 Qatar 707
14 December
Malaysia  101–88  Pakistan
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
15 December
Malaysia  vs.  Bahrain
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
16 December
Malaysia  vs.  Qatar
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
17 December
Malaysia  94–88  Saudi Arabia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
18 December
Malaysia  vs.  Iraq
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
19 December
Kuwait  66–65  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
20 December
Malaysia  vs.  Hong Kong
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
Ranked 7th in final standings

Women's tournament

Final round
Team Pld W L
 South Korea 440
 China 431
 Japan 422
 Thailand 413
 Malaysia 404
10 December
Thailand  61–53  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
12 December
South Korea  108–20  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
15 December
China  vs.  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
17 December
Japan  85–29  Malaysia
Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
Ranked 5th in final standings

Boxing

Athlete Event Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Yusoff Hashim Men's 67 kg 3rd

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Bronze medal match
Malaysia  2–1  Japan
Bangkok
Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Men's tournament

Preliminary round; Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malaysia 4220020+2
 India 2210131+2
 Bangladesh 0200204−4
Qualified for the semifinals


Malaysia  1 – 0  India
Semifinal; Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 6330051+4
 China PR 43201113+8
 Thailand 2310248−4
 Malaysia 03003210−8
Qualified for the gold medal match
Qualified for the bronze medal match


Thailand  2 – 1  Malaysia


Malaysia  1 – 7  China PR
Ranked 7th in final standings

References

  1. ↑ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Retrieved 10 August 2014.