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Malaysia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Malaysia at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAS
(MAL used at these Games)
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors62 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Kuda Ditta[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time that the Federation had competed under that name, as it was previously named Malaya, while North Borneo and Singapore had sent separate teams to the Games (Singapore became separate again later). 62 competitors, 58 men and 4 women, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.[2]

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1964 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 events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mani Jegathesan 100 m 10.60 3 Q 10.62 5 did not advance
Mani Jegathesan 200 m 20.99 2 Q 21.40 3 Q 21.26 8 did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam 800 m 1:58.5[a] 8 — did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam 1500 m 3:59.4[b] 10 — did not advance
Kuda Ditta 110 m hurdles 15.17 6 — did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam 400 m hurdles 53.8[c] 7 — did not advance
Dilbagh Singh Kler 3000 m steeplechase 9:18.8[d] 10 — did not advance
Canagasabai Kunalan
John Daukom
Mani Jegathesan
Mazlan Hamzah 		4 × 100 m relay 41.4 6 — did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam
Kuda Ditta
Mohamed Abdul Rahman
Victor Asirvatham 		4 × 400 m relay 3:17.6[e] 6 — did not advance
Field event
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Nashatar Singh Sidhu Javelin throw 51.63 25 did not advance
Women
Track event
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mary Rajamani 400 m 57.8[f] 6 — did not advance

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jumaat Ibrahim Flyweight —  Sulley Shittu (GHA)
L KO 		did not advance
Gopalan Ramakrishnan Light welterweight Bye  Nadimi Ghasre Dashti (IRI)
L RSC 		did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Nine cyclists represented Malaysia in 1964.

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Hamid Supaat Men's individual road race DNF
Michael Andrew DNF
Stephen Lim 4:39:51.83 72
Zain Safaruddin DNF
Arulraj Rosli
Choy Mow Thim
Ng Joo Pong
Tjow Choon Boon 		Men's team time trial 3:11:47.02 32

Track

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Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ng Joo Pong Men's 1000 m time trial 1:20.68 24
Pursuit
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent
Result 		Rank Opponent
Result 		Rank Opponent
Result 		Rank Opponent
Result 		Rank
Tjow Choon Boon Men's individual pursuit  Amar Singh Sokhi (IND)
L 		– did not advance
Arulraj Rosli
Choy Mow Thim
Kamsari Salam
Ng Joo Pong 		Men's team pursuit  Uruguay (URU)
L DNF 		– did not advance

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

One male fencer, represented Malaysia in 1964.

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ronnie Theseira Foil  Ștefan Haukler (ROU)
L 0–5

 Witold Woyda (POL)
L 1–5
 Pasquale La Ragione (ITA)
L 0–5
 Tim Gerresheim (EUA)
L 0–5
 Brian McCowage (AUS)
L 1–5
 Didier Tamayo (COL)
L 2–5
7th in group

did not advance
Ronnie Theseira Épée  Hans Lagerwall (SWE)
L 2–5

 Bruno Habārovs (URS)
L 3–5
 Roland Losert (AUT)
L 0–5
 Claudio Polledri (SUI)
L 1–5
 John Humphreys (AUS)
L 2–5
 Zelmar Casco (ARG)
L 1–5
 Kim Man-sig (KOR)
L 3–5
8th in group

did not advance
Ronnie Theseira Sabre  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL)
L 0–5

 Jenő Hámori (USA)
L 0–5
 Cesare Salvadori (ITA)
L 0–5
 Octavian Vintilă (ROU)
L 0–5
 Jan Boutmy (AHO)
L 1–5
 Nguyễn Thế Lộc (VIE)
L 4–5
8th in group

did not advance

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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Team roster
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 India 7 5 2 0 18 4 12
 Spain 7 4 3 0 16 3 11
 Germany 7 2 5 0 9 4 9
 Netherlands 7 4 1 2 20 4 9
 Malaysia 7 2 2 3 11 13 6
 Belgium 7 2 2 3 10 13 6
 Canada 7 1 0 6 5 25 2
 Hong Kong 7 0 1 6 3 26 1
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the consolation round
11 October 1964
Malaysia  4–1  Hong Kong
12 October 1964
Spain  3–0  Malaysia
14 October 1964
Malaysia  3–3  Belgium
15 October 1964
Malaysia  0–0  Germany
17 October 1964
India  3–1  Malaysia
18 October 1964
Netherlands  2–0  Malaysia
19 October 1964
Malaysia  3–1  Canada
Ranked 9th in final standings

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athletes Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Kanapathy Moorthy Middleweight  Rodolfo Pérez (ARG)
L 		 Bernardo Repuyan (PHI)
W 		2 did not advance
Ang Teck Bee Heavyweight  Michel Casella (ARG)
L 		 Isao Inokuma (JPN)
L 		3 did not advance

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Seven shooters represented Malaysia in 1964.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Loh Ah Chee 25 m rapid fire pistol — 495 52
Kok Kum Woh 50 m pistol — 498 49
Wong Foo Wah 50 m rifle three positions — 1019 52
Dennis Filmer 50 m rifle prone — 574 66
Tang Peng Choi — 582 53
Goh Tai Yong Trap — 178 36
Yap Pow Thong — 140 50

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tan Thuan Heng 100 m freestyle 58.7 7 did not advance
Tan Thuan Heng 400 m freestyle 4:38.2 7 — did not advance
Tan Thuan Heng 1500 m freestyle 18:24.2 6 — did not advance
Michael Eu 200 m backstroke 2:35.8 7 did not advance
Michael Eu 200 m breaststroke 2:46.2 7 did not advance
Bernard Chan 200 m butterfly 2:26.6 6 did not advance
Bernard Chan
Cheah Tong Kim
Michael Eu
Tan Thuan Heng 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:29.3 7 — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jovina Tseng 100 m freestyle 1:13.9 7 did not advance
Jovina Tseng 400 m freestyle 5:46.0 8 — did not advance
Jovina Tseng 100 m backstroke 1:20.7 7 — did not advance
Marny Jolly 200 m breaststroke 3:11.0 7 — did not advance
Molly Tay 100 m butterfly 1:23.0 7 did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chua Phung Kim Bantamweight 90.0 17 95.0 12 122.5 17 307.5 17
Chung Kum Weng Featherweight 110.0 8 92.5 17 132.5 9 335.0 10
Boo Kim Siang Lightweight 97.5 19 102.5 16 135.0 17 335.0 9
Tan Howe Liang Middleweight 130.0 5 115.0 15 155.0 10 400.0 11
Lim Hiang Kok Light heavyweight – – – – – – DNF
Leong Chim Seong Middle heavyweight – – – – – – DNF

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Liang Soon Hin Flyweight  Athanasios Zafeiropoulos (GRE)
L 		 Ali Akbar Heidari (IRI)
L 		did not advance
Tham Kook Chin Lightweight  Enyu Valchev (BUL)
L 		 Arto Savolainen (FIN)
L 		did not advance

Notes

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  1. ^ Time (Hand)
  2. ^ Time (Hand)
  3. ^ Time (Hand)
  4. ^ Time (Hand)
  5. ^ Time (Hand)
  6. ^ Time (Hand)

References

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  1. ^ "Malaysia". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Malaysia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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