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	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	2	1	4

Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1966
British Commonwealth Games
1970 1974
Commonwealth Games
1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Other related appearances

Malaya (1950–1962)

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
01 ! Gold	Sylvia Ng	Badminton	Women's singles
02 ! Silver	Moo Foot Lian Ong Beng Teong	Badminton	Men's doubles
02 ! Silver	Katherine Teh	Badminton	Women's singles
03 ! Bronze	Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Moo Foot Lian Ong Beng Teong Saw Swee Leong Sylvia Ng Whee Chee Geok	Badminton	Mixed team

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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 and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.89	6	N/A		Did not advance
Simit Bolkiah	400 m hurdles	54.36	6 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Vellasamy Subramaniam	30 km walk	N/A				2:56:08	12

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Baljit Singh Sidhu	High jump	2.05	7

Women
Track events

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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	N/A	W	W	L	Did not advance
Moo Foot Leong Ong Beng Teong	Men's doubles	N/A	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett (ENG) L	02 !
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	02 !
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) W	01 !
Katherine Teh Swee Phek Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Women's doubles	N/A		W	L	Did not advance
Ong Beng Teong Chee Geok Whee	Mixed doubles	W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek	Mixed doubles	W	W	L	Did not advance
Abu Bakar Sufian Chee Geok Whee James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek Moo Foot Lian Ong Beng Teong Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Mixed team	N/A		W	W	W	Bronze medal match New Zealand (NZL) W	03 !

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Abdul Rahman	50 m rifle prone	1155	27
Felix Choong Huen Ho	Rapid fire pistol	0	20
Ally Ong	Skeet	182	8
Edmund Yong	Skeet	167	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christine Lam	400 m freestyle	4:52.02	11
Christine Lam	800 m freestyle	9:56.94	9
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	100 m breaststroke	1:23.35	17
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	200 m breaststroke	3:00.86	13
Christine Lam	100 m butterfly	1:11.63	15
Christine Lam	200 m butterfly	2:38.55	14
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	200 m individual medley	2:42.12	13

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Leong Ah Wah	56 kg							197.5	5

References

Associations at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Africa	The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Sierra Leone Swaziland Tanzania Zambia

Americas	Bermuda British Honduras Canada Guyana

Asia	Bangladesh Hong Kong India Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka

Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Cayman Islands Grenada Jamaica Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands

Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Western Samoa

Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Malaysia did not compete in Games before 1966, or in 1986

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