Malaysia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Malaysia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	35 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Nor Saiful Zaini Nasiruddin
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Other related appearances
North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medal summary

Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	0	1	1	2	5
Total	0	1	1	2	58

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	Badminton	Men's doubles	31 July
Bronze	Rashid Sidek	Badminton	Men's singles	31 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 event

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Watson Nyambek	100 m	10.55	6	did not advance

Field event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Loo Kum Zee	High jump	2.15	30	did not advance

Women

Road event

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Annastasia Raj	10 km walk	—						45:47	24

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
Rashid Sidek	Men's singles	Bye	Andrey Antropov (RUS) W 15–11, 15–7	Yu Lizhi (CHN) W 15–5, 15–2	Joko Suprianto (INA) W 15–5, 15–12	Dong Jiong (CHN) L 6–15, 16–18	Bronze medal match  Hariyanto Arbi (INA) W 5–15, 15–11, 15–6
Ong Ewe Hock		Robert Liljequist (FIN) W 17–14, 12–15, 15–2	Jeroen van Dijk (NED) W 15–11, 15–10	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (DEN) L 14–17, 9–15	did not advance
Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock (2)	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang (CHN) W 15–8, 15–2	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin (KOR) W 18–17, 15–8	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono (INA) W 15–10, 15–4	Gold medal match  Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja (INA) L 15–5, 13–15, 12–15
Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her		—	Anil Kaul Iain Sydie (CAN) W 15–7, 15–3	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto (INA) W 18–13, 4–15, 15–6	Simon Archer Chris Hunt (GBR) W 15–5, 15–12	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja (INA) L 15–3, 15–5	Bronze medal match  Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono (INA) L 4–15, 15–12, 15–8	4
Chan Chia Fong	Women's singles	Bye	Ye Zhaoying (CHN) L 4–11, 1–11	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sapok Biki	Light flyweight	Jesús Martínez (MEX) L 4–15	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1				Run 2				Total	Rank
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Sal Ayob	Men's K-1	189.15	70	259.15	42	174.54	55	229.54	41	229.54	43

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Mohamed Nasihin Nubil Ibrahim
• Maninderjit Singh Magmar
• Lailin Abu Hassan
• Brian Jaya Siva
• Lim Chiow Chuan
• Charles David
• Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
• Lam Mun Fatt
• Shankar Ramu
• Nor Saiful Zaini Nasiruddin
• Kaliswaran Muniandy
• Aphthar Singh Piara
• Mirnawan Nawawi
• Calvin Fernandez
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan
• Hamdan Hamzah

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	14	6	+8	9
Australia	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	7
Great Britain	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	5
South Korea	5	1	2	2	12	13	–1	4
South Africa	5	0	3	2	7	12	–5	3
Malaysia	5	0	2	3	7	15	–8	2

  Qualified for semifinals

21 July 1996 09:00 Netherlands 2 – 0 Malaysia Lomas  10' Klein Gebbink  29' Report Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

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23 July 1996 17:30 Malaysia 2 – 2 South Africa Nawawi  38', 61' Report Nicol  26' G. Fulton  64' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

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25 July 1996 17:30 Malaysia 2 – 2 Great Britain Nasiruddin  4' Abdul Aziz  69' Report Shaw  41' Giles  63' Umpires: Ayman Amin (EGY) Antonio Morales (ESP)

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27 July 1996 09:00 Malaysia 1 – 5 Australia Nasiruddin  44' Report Davies  3' Choppy  4', 6', 10' Lewis  37' Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

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29 July 1996 17:30 Malaysia 2 – 4 South Korea Nasiruddin  60' Nawawi  64' Report Kang Keon-Wook  16', 40' Park Shin-Heum  39' Kim Jong-Yi  49' Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

Ninth to twelfth place classification

31 July 1996 08:30 Argentina 4 – 4 (a.e.t.) Malaysia Retegui  14', 55' Ferrara  57' J. Lombi  69' Report A. Singh  26' Siva  38' Nawawi  39' Shamuganathan  59' Penalties   3 – 0   Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Kayoshi Sana (JPN)

Eleventh to twelfth place match

1 August 1996 08:30 Malaysia 4 – 1 United States Lim Chiow Chuan  34', 44' Nawawi  38' Shanmuganathan  56' Report Butcher  68' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Antonio Morales (ESP)

Ranked 11th in final standings

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Kevin Lim	Laser	32	26	36	34	35	39	48	33	40	41	25	300	37

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kaw Fun Ying	Skeet	110	54	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Lim	100 m backstroke	57.68	32	did not advance
Alex Lim	200 m backstroke	2:06.17	31	did not advance
Elvin Chia	100 m breaststroke	1:04.46	29	did not advance
Elvin Chia	200 m breaststroke	2:20.39	25	did not advance
Anthony Ang	100 m butterfly	56.41	45	did not advance
Anthony Ang	200 m butterfly	2:03.01	31	did not advance
Wan Azlan Abdullah	100 m individual medley	2:12.11	36	did not advance
Wan Azlan Abdullah	400 m individual medley	4:38.95	27	did not advance
Alex Lim Anthony Ang Elvin Chia Wan Azlan Abdullah	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:52.58	20	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Final B		Final A
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tay Li Leng	100 m breaststroke	1:14.17	36	did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database