Malaya at the 1962 Asian Games

Malaya at the
1962 Asian Games
Malaya at the; 1962 Asian Games
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Jakarta
Competitors	121 in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 9 Total 15
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;
Other related appearances
	(, , ); (1962)

Federation of Malaya competed in the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 August 1962 to 4 September 1962. This country is ranked number 8 with 2 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	1	2	4	7	6
Badminton	1	2	2	5	2
Cycling	0	0	1	1	5
Field hockey	0	0	1	1	3
Football	0	0	1	1	3
Total	2	4	9	15	8

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics
Gold	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Badminton
Silver	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics
Silver	Abdul Rahim Ahmed Karu Selvaratnam Mani Jegathesan Victor Asirvatham	Athletics
Silver	Teh Kew San	Badminton
Silver		Badminton
Bronze	Karu Selvaratnam	Athletics
Bronze	Mani Jegathesan Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	Athletics
Bronze		Athletics
Bronze		Athletics
Bronze	Billy Ng Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe	Badminton
Bronze		Badminton
Bronze		Cycling
Bronze	Malaysia national field hockey team Mike Shepherdson Kandiah Anandarajah Ho Koh Chye Manikam Shanmuganathan Michael Arulraj Lawrence van Huizen Chelliah Paramalingam Rajaratnam Yogeswaran Arumugam Sabapathy	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Malaysia national football team Tunku Ismail Edwin Dutton Abdul Ghani Minhat	Football	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
Track events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mani Jegathesan		10.6
Mani Jegathesan		21.3 GR
Karu Selvaratnam		53.4
Mani Jegathesan Shahrudin Mohamed Ali		41.5
Abdul Rahim Ahmed Karu Selvaratnam Mani Jegathesan Victor Asirvatham		41.5

Combined events –

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
	Result											5575
	Points											5575

Women
Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
		5.31

Badminton[]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Teh Kew San				Gold medal match Tan Joe Hok Indonesia L
Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan				Gold medal match Indonesia (INA) Tan Joe Hok Liem Tjeng Kiang W
Billy Ng Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe		(CAM) W 5–0	Thailand (THA) L 2–3	Bronze medal match (SIN) W 3–2

		N/A	Japan (JPN) W 3–2	Gold medal match Indonesia (INA) L 2–3

Basketball[]

Men's tournament[]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	236	171	+65	6
South Korea	3	2	1	236	203	+24	5
Singapore	3	1	2	216	247	−29	4
	3	0	3	184	244	−60	3

	Qualified for the finals

25 August

South Korea

84–65

, Jakarta

26 August

Japan

65–58

, Jakarta

27 August

Singapore

95–61

, Jakarta

Seventh to ninth place classification

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Rank
Cambodia	2	2	0	149	131	+18	4	7
Singapore	2	1	1	156	142	+14	3	8
	2	0	2	126	158	−32	2	9

30 August

Cambodia

73–60

, Jakarta

31 August

Singapore

85–66

, Jakarta

Ranked 9th in final standings

Cycling[]

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank

Field hockey[]

Men's tournament[]

Team roster

Group A

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	12	0	+12	6	Semi-finals
2	Malaya	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4	Semi-finals
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	2	8	−6	2
4	South Korea	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

26 August

India	3–0	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

28 August

Malaya	5–1	South Korea

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

30 August

Malaya	4–0	Hong Kong

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Semifinal

2 September

Pakistan	5–0	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Bronze medal match

3 September

Japan	0–2	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football[]

Men's tournament[]

Squad

Group A

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
South Vietnam	3	2	1	9	1	9.000	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Malaya	3	2	1	18	6	3.000	4	Qualified for the semifinals
Indonesia	3	2	1	9	3	3.000	4
Philippines	3	0	3	1	27	0.037	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

26 August

Malaya	15–1	Philippines

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

28 August

Indonesia	2–3	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

29 August

South Vietnam	3–0	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Malaya won a draw for second place against Indonesia on 30 August, necessary as they were both equal on points and goal average.

Semifinal

1 September

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Bronze medal match

3 September

South Vietnam	1–4	Malaya

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Volleyball[]

Men's tournament (nine-a-side)[]

Final round

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
	Japan	10	5	0	15	1	15.000
	South Korea	9	4	1	13	4	3.250
	Philippines	8	3	2	11	6	1.833	328	325	1.009
4	Indonesia	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	307	301	1.020
5	Singapore	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	180	295	0.610
6		5	0	5	0	15	0.000	163	315	0.517

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
25 Aug	South Korea	3–0		21–4	21–12	21–8	63–24
27 Aug		0–3	Philippines	18–21	10–21	10–21	38–63
28 Aug	Japan	3–0		21–6	21–10	21–5	63–21
29 Aug	Indonesia	3–0		21–11	21–11	21–15	63–37
1 Sep		0–3	Singapore	16–21	9–21	18–21	43–63

Ranked 6th in final standings

References[]

^ "Overall medal standings – Jakarta 1962". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[1] "Overall medal standings – Jakarta 1962". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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