Malaysia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Malaysia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	MAS
CGA	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	olympic.org.my
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	20 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
British North Borneo (, 1962)  Sarawak (, 1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.

Medal summary[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	1	2	1	4	2
Total	1	2	1	4	12

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Sylvia Ng	Badminton	Women's singles
Silver	Ong Teong Boon	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver		Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	James Selvaraj Ong Teong Boon Saw Swee Leong Sylvia Ng	Badminton	Mixed team

Athletics[]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.89	6	N/A		Did not advance
	400 m hurdles	54.36	6 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
		N/A				2:56:08	12

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
	High jump	2.05	7

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	100 m	12.85	7	Did not advance
	100 m hurdles	14.77	6	N/A		Did not advance

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

Badminton[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
		W	W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj		W	W	L	Did not advance
		W	W	L	Did not advance
Saw Swee Leong		W	W	W	W	W	Bronze medal match  Ray Stevens (ENG) L	4
James Selvaraj		N/A	W	W	L	Did not advance
Ong Teong Boon		N/A	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett (ENG) L
		W	L	Did not advance
		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) L
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) W
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		N/A		W	L	Did not advance
Ong Teong Boon		W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj		W	W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj Ong Teong Boon Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		N/A		W	W	W	Bronze medal match  New Zealand (NZL) W

Shooting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Abdul Rahman		1155	27
		0	20
Ally Ong		182	8
Edmund Yong		167	13

Swimming[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
		4:52.02	11
		9:56.94	9
		1:23.35	17
		3:00.86	13
		1:11.63	15
		2:38.55	14
		2:42.12	13

Weightlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
								197.5	5

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