Malaysia at the 1998 Asian Games

Malaysia at the
1998 Asian Games
Malaysia at the; 1998 Asian Games
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors	134 in 18 sports
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 5 Silver 10 Bronze 14 Total 29
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;
Other related appearances
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Malaysia competed in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 20 December 1998. Malaysia ended the games at 29 overall medals.^[1] Its chef-de-mission was Zakaria Ahmad.^[2]

Medal summary[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	0	0	2	2	6
Cue sports	1	1	0	2	4
Equestrian	0	1	1	2	4
Karate	2	0	4	6	2
Sailing	0	3	0	3	8
Sepaktakraw	0	2	1	3	3
Squash	1	0	1	2	2
Swimming	1	1	1	3	4
Taekwondo	0	1	1	2	10
Wushu	0	1	1	2	7
Total	5	10	14	29	12

Multiple medalists[]

Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals.

Name	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alex Lim	Swimming	1	1		2
	Cue sports	1	1		2
Yong Hock Kin	Badminton			2	2

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold		Cue sports
Gold		Karate
Gold		Karate
Gold	Nicol David	Squash	Women's singles
Gold	Alex Lim	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Silver		Cue sports	Men's snooker singles
Silver		Equestrian
Silver		Sailing
Silver	Kevin Lim	Sailing
Silver	Malik Sulaiman	Sailing
Silver		Sepaktakraw
Silver		Sepaktakraw
Silver	Alex Lim	Swimming
Silver	Lee Wan Yuen	Taekwondo
Silver		Wushu	Men's changquan
Bronze	Yong Hock Kin	Badminton	Men's singles
Bronze	Chan Chong Ming James Chua Jeremy Gan Roslin Hashim Wong Choong Hann Yong Hock Kin	Badminton	Men's team
Bronze		Bowling
Bronze		Equestrian
Bronze		Karate
Bronze		Karate
Bronze		Karate
Bronze		Karate
Bronze		Sepaktakraw
Bronze		Squash	Men's singles
Bronze	Elvin Chia	Swimming
Bronze		Taekwondo
Bronze		Wushu	Men's nanquan

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	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Watson Nyambek	100 m	10.25	1 Q			11.41	4
	400 m	47.69	3 q	47.73	5	Did not advance
	400 m	48.37	3 q	48.41	8	Did not advance
		N/A				Disqualified
Govindasamy Saravanan		N/A				Did not finish
		N/A				4:45:36	5
	4 × 400 m relay			3:09.01	4 q	3:10.31	8

Field event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Loo Kum Zee	High jump	N/A		2.19	14

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shanti Govindasamy	100 m	11.47	3 Q	N/A		11.41	4
Shanti Govindasamy	200 m	23.56	2 Q	N/A		23.42	4
Yuan Yufang		N/A				45:33.92	4

Badminton[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roslin Hashim	Men's singles	Ng Wei (HKG) W 15–9, 15–7	Boonsak Ponsana (THA) W 15–8, 11–15, 17–16	Hendrawan (INA) L 11–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Yong Hock Kin (2)	Men's singles	Bye	Tam Kai Chuen (HKG) W 17–14, 15–5	Pullela Gopichand (IND) W 15–7, 15–4	Dong Jiong (CHN) L 5–15, 10–15	Did not advance
Chan Chong Ming Jeremy Gan	Men's doubles	Fumihiko Machida (JPN) W 15–12, 15–9	(TPE) W 15–12, 14–17, 15–10	Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool (THA) L 7–15, 15–13, 4–15	Did not advance
	Women's singles	Koon Wai Chee (HKG) W 10–13, 11–7, 11–6	Aparna Popat (IND) W 11–7, 11–8	Gong Zhichao (CHN) L 7–11, 3–11	Did not advance
	Women's singles	Chan Ya-lin (TPE) L 2–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Joanne Quay	Women's doubles	N/A	Ra Kyung-min Chung Jae-hee (KOR) L 2–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Lim Pek Siah Chor Hooi Yee	Women's doubles	N/A	Sathinee Chankrachangwong (THA) L 4–15, 8–15	Did not advance
Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay	Mixed doubles	Kennevic Asuncion Amparo Lim (PHI) W 15–0, 15–11	Budi Santoso Meiluawati (INA) W 15–10, 15–5	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min (KOR) L 3–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Wong Choong Hann Chor Hooi Yee	Mixed doubles	Chang Jeng-shyuang Chen Li-chin (TPE) W 12–15, 15–13, 15–11	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin (KOR) L 2–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Men's team
Quarterfinal

9 December

Chinese Taipei

1–4

Malaysia

Chen Feng	0–2	Yong Hock Kin	13–15, 11–15
/	2–1	/	15–10, 5–15, 12–15
	0–2	Roslin Hashim	7–15, 9–15
/	0–2	Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan	14–17, 6–15
Chien Yu-hsiu	0–2	Wong Choong Hann	15–10, 15–9

Semifinal

10 December

Indonesia

4–1

Malaysia

Hendrawan	2–0	Yong Hock Kin	15–4, 15–7
Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky	2–0	/	15–5, 15–5
Taufik Hidayat	0–2	Roslin Hashim	10–15, 14–17
Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan	2–0	Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan	15–5, 15–4
Budi Santoso	2–0	Wong Choong Hann	15–9, 15–9

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Women's team
Quarterfinal

8 December

Malaysia

0–5

Indonesia

	0–2	Mia Audina	1–11, 2–11
Lim Pek Siah / Chor Hooi Yee	0–2	Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban	6–15, 10–15
	0–2	Meiluawati	3–11, 2–11
/ Joanne Quay	0–2	Indarti Isolina /	0–15, 1–15
	0–2	Cindana Hartono	3–15, 7–15

Bowling[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank

		1524	15

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's flyweight (51 kg)	Bye	Bulat Zhumadilov (KAZ) L 9–20	Did not advance
	Men's bantamweight (54 kg)	Bye	() W RSC	Sontaya Wongprates (THA) L 6–19	Did not advance
	Men's lightweight (60 kg)	N/A	Asghar Ali Shah (PAK) L 2–5	Did not advance

Cue sports[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		N/A		(THA) L 0–3	Did not advance
		N/A		(THA) L 0–3	Did not advance
		N/A		(UZB) W	(IND) L 0–3	Did not advance
		N/A		(SRI) W 3–0	(PHI) L 1–3	Did not advance
		N/A		(SIN) W 7–6	Yang Ching-shun Chao Fong-pang (TPE) L 3–9	Did not advance
		N/A		(JPN) L 2–7	(PHI) L 10–11	Did not advance
		N/A		(THA) L 6–9	Did not advance
		N/A		(JPN) L 7–9	Did not advance
		N/A		(CHN) W 9–8	(PHI) L 10–11	Did not advance
		N/A		(UZB) W	(JPN) L 5–9	Did not advance
	Snooker singles	Bye	(MGL) W 5–0	Marco Fu (HKG) W 5–3	(IND) W 5–2	Shokat Ali (PAK) L 5–6	Bronze medal match (HKG) L 0–5	4
	Snooker singles	Bye	(SIN) W 5–4	(TPE) W 5–2	(IND) W 5–4	(HKG) W 6–2	Gold medal match Shokat Ali (PAK) L 6–7
		N/A					Gold medal match Phaitoon Phonbun Noppadon Noppachorn (THA) W 6–4
	Snooker team	N/A		Mongolia (MGL) W 3–0	Singapore (SIN) W 2–1	Thailand (THA) L 1–2	Bronze medal match Pakistan (PAK) L 1–2	4

Cycling[]

Road[]

Event	Time	Rank
Men's road race	4:41:21	8
	4:59:32	26
	4:59:32	29

Equestrian[]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	??				Did not advance
	Pizazz Girande Camelias		1108	5 Q	1179	5
	Jirlow		1100	6 Q	1093	13
	Chagall Junior		1066	8 Q	1114	8
	??; Pizazz Girande; Jirlow; Chagall Junior;		N/A		3274

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Roberto Bold		55.50	20 Q	52.50	32
	San Patrignano		71.00	6 Q	104.00	6
	Heros		78.50	3 Q	121.00
	Domingo		44.50	25 Q	54.50	31
	Roberto Bold; San Patrignano; Heros; Domingo;		96.00	4 Q	159.50	4

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties			Total	Rank
Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage	Cross-country	Jumping	Total	Rank
	Sprite	Individual eventing	80.40	0.00	5.00	85.40	9
	McPherson		124.80	0.00	10.00	134.80	13
	Deutsche Mark		81.80	WD	–	1000.00	–
	Alf		62.60	EL	–	1000.00	–
	Sprite; McPherson; Deutsche Mark; Alf;	Team eventing	267.80	937.40	15.00	1220.20	4

Field hockey[]

Men's tournament[]

Squad list	Pool matches		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Japan T 1–1 Hong Kong W 9–0 Pakistan L 1–2 Singapore W 6–0		Did not advance

Gymnastics[]

Rhythmic[]

Women

Athlete	Event
Athlete	Event	Rope Rank	Hoop Rank	Clubs Rank	Ribbon Rank	Total	Rank
						37.023	13

Karate[]

Men
Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		(MAC) W 6–0	(BRU) W 6–0	(INA) W 6–5	Gold medal match (KUW) W 6–1
Puvaneswaran Ramasamy		(INA) L 0–6	Did not advance
		(NEP) W 6–0	(VIE) W 6–5	(SYR) W 6–2	Gold medal match (IRI) W 6–1
		() W 2–0	(TPE) W 2–2	Alireza Katiraei (IRI) L 1–11	Bronze medal match (SYR) W 3–1
		(NEP) W 3–2	(SYR) W 2–1		Bronze medal match () W 6–2

Women
Kata

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
		36.2	3 Q	41.5

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
			(SYR) L 0–2	Did not advance
				(VIE) L 1–3	Bronze medal match (THA) L 1–2	4
			(KAZ) W 6–3	(THA) L 2–3

Sailing[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Net points	Rank
		18
Kevin Lim		18

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Net points	Rank
Malik Sulaiman		17

Squash[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
(3)	Men's singles	Bye	(KOR) W 9–0, 9–1, 9–1	(HKG) W 9–1, 9–5, 9–1	Zarak Jahan Khan (PAK) L 8–10, 7–9, 0–9	Did not advance
Ong Beng Hee (5)	Men's singles	Bye	(SRI) W 9–6, 9–3, 9–5	Amjad Khan (PAK) L 4–9, 6–9, 9–1, 8–10	Did not advance
(3)	Women's singles	N/A	(IND) W 9–4, 9–0, 9–0	Della Lee (SIN) L 5–9, 6–9, 10–9, 8–10	Did not advance
Nicol David (1)	Women's singles	N/A	Bye	(JPN) W 9–3, 9–2, 9–0	Mah Li Lian (SIN) W 9–5, 9–1, 9–7	Gold medal match Rebecca Chiu (HKG) W 9–3, 9–1, 9–6

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Lim	100 m backstroke	57.65	3 Q	55.53
Alex Lim			Q	2:00.94 NR
Elvin Chia		1:03.81	4 Q	1:03.09

Wushu[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Changquan	27.78
	Nanquan	9.30

References[]

^ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1998". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ Slide share

[1] "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1998". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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