Malaysia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Beijing
Competitors32 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Azizulhasni Awang (opening)
Elizabeth Jimie (closing)
Medals
Ranked 72nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever won throughout Malaysia's participation history since its nationhood in 1957. Hockey legend Dato Ho Koh Chye was the chef-de-mission of the delegation.[1]

Medalists

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Lee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia will send archers to the Olympics for the second time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Only men qualified for Malaysia, with Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earning spots for the country by placing 8th and 27th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz adding a third spot with his third-place finish at the Asian championships.[2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Khalmizam Aziz Men's individual 674 5  Bodnar (ROU) (60)
L 105–106 		Did not advance
Cheng Chu Sian 660 26  Gray (AUS) (39)
W 109–101 		 Hatava (FIN) (58)
W 110–103 		 Lee C-H (KOR) (10)
W 105 (19)–105 (18) 		 Badënov (RUS) (31)
L 104–109 		Did not advance
Muhammad Sulaiman 659 27  Chen S-Y (TPE) (38)
L 106–107 		Did not advance
Khalmizam Aziz
Cheng Chu Sian
Muhammad Sulaiman 		Men's team 1993 3 — Bye  Italy (ITA) (6)
L 213–218 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Lee Hup Wei High jump 2.20 32 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Yuan Yufang 20 km walk DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Roslinda Samsu Pole vault 4.30 =16 did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lee Chong Wei Singles Bye  Susilo (SIN)
W 21–13, 21–14[3] 		 Navickas (LTU)
W 21–5, 21–7 		 Kuncoro (INA)
W 21–9, 21–11 		 Lee H-i (KOR)
W 21–18, 13–21, 21–13 		 Lin D (CHN)
L 12–21, 8–21 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wong Choong Hann Bye  Hidayat (INA)
W 21–19, 21–16 		 Hsieh Y-H (TPE)
L 21–14, 17–21, 18–21 		Did not advance
Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah 		Doubles —  Hwang J-m /
Lee J-j (KOR)
L 22–20, 13–21, 16–21 		Did not advance
Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong 		—  Sakamoto /
Ikeda (JPN)
W 21–12, 21–16 		 Kido /
Setiawan (INA)
L 16–21, 18–21 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Wong Mew Choo Singles Bye  Harrington (RSA)
W 21–4, 21–4 		 Nedelcheva (BUL)
W 21–16, 21–8 		 Lu L (CHN)
L 7–21, 27–29 		Did not advance
Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty 		Doubles —  Lee H-j /
Lee K-w (KOR)
L 14–21, 19–21 		Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's sprint 10.272
70.093 		7 Q  Bayley (AUS)
L 		 Kitatsuru (JPN)
 Kwiatkowski (POL)
W 10.959
65.699 		 Kenny (GBR)
L 		 Nimke (GER)
 Chiappa (ITA)
W 11.010
65.395 		 Hoy (GBR)
L 		Did not advance 5th place final
 Sireau (FRA)
 Mulder (NED)
 Bos (NED)
L 		8
Azizulhasni Awang
Josiah Ng
Mohd Rizal Tisin 		Men's team sprint 44.725
60.368 		7 Q  France (FRA)
L 44.822
60.238 		— Did not advance 7
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's keirin 1 Q Bye 4 10
Josiah Ng 2 Q Bye 4 9

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Bryan Nickson Lomas 10 m platform 384.35 26 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Elizabeth Jimie 3 m springboard 253.50 =21 Did not advance
Leong Mun Yee 253.50 =21 Did not advance
Pandelela Rinong 10 m platform 249.20 27 Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Kevin Lim Laser BFD 24 28 42 22 34 34 39 26 CAN EL 249 38

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan 25 m rapid fire pistol 564 15 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniel Bego 200 m freestyle 1:50.92 NR 44 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 54.38 54 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:01.28 37 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Khoo Cai Lin 400 m freestyle 4:23.37 38 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:04.86 34 — Did not advance
Leung Chii Lin 50 m freestyle 26.75 48 Did not advance
Lew Yih Wey 400 m individual medley 4:55.83 34 — Did not advance
Siow Yi Ting 200 m breaststroke 2:27.80 19 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:17.11 29 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Elaine Teo Women's −57 kg  Tanrıkulu (TUR)
L 4–7 		Did not advance  D López (USA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Che Chew Chan Women's +67 kg  Karimova (UZB)
W 5–4 		 Solheim (NOR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance  Abd Rabo (EGY)
L 1–5 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim Men's −56 kg 121 8 144 9 265 8

See also

References

  1. ^ "Souvenir Programme Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2010.
  2. ^ "FITA Olympic Qualification - Men" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  3. ^ yb. "Olympics: Singapore's Susilo bows out of men's badminton singles". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
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