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 2022
Other related appearances
British North Borneo (1958, 1962)  Sarawak (1958, 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	Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Katherine Teh	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Saw Swee Leong Sylvia Ng Whee Chee Geok	Badminton	Mixed team

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Field event

Women

Track events

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
Abu Bakar Sufian	Men's singles	W	W	L	did not advance
James Selvaraj		W	W	L	did not advance
Moo Foot Lian		W	W	L	did not advance
Saw Swee Leong		W	W	W	W	W	Bronze medal match  Ray Stevens (ENG) L	4
Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj	Men's doubles	—	W	W	L	did not advance
Moo Foot Leong Ong Teong Boon		—	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett (ENG) L
Chee Geok Whee	Women's singles	W	L	did not advance
Katherine Teh Swee Phek		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
Katherine Teh Swee Phek Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Women's doubles	—		W	L	did not advance
Ong Teong Boon Chee Geok Whee	Mixed doubles	W	L	did not advance
James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek		W	W	L	did not advance
Abu Bakar Sufian Chee Geok Whee James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Mixed team	—		W	W	W	Bronze medal match  New Zealand (NZL) W

Shooting

Men

Swimming

Women

Weightlifting

Men