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Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Malaysia took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Thirty-two athletes from Malaysia competed in ten different sports during the games. The most exciting moment came when Lee Chong Wei reached the final in badminton men's singles. Even though he lost to Lin Dan from China, his performance won Malaysia its first medal in twelve years. This silver medal was only the second one Malaysia had ever won since becoming a country in 1957. Leading the Malaysian team was hockey legend Dato Ho Koh Chye, who served as the team's chef-de-mission.

Medalists

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Malaysia sent 32 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, to compete in ten different sports. One of the athletes, Lee Chong Wei, won the country's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles event, even though he did not win the gold medal.

MedalNameSportEvent
 SilverLee Chong WeiBadmintonMen's singles

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia sent archers to the Olympics for the second time, hoping to win the country's first Olympic medal in archery. Only men qualified for Malaysia. Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earned spots by placing 8th and 27th at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships. Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz also qualified with a third-place finish at the Asian championships.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Khalmizam AzizMen's individual6745 Bodnar (ROU) (60)
L 105–106		Did not advance
Cheng Chu Sian66026 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 Sulaiman65927 Chen S-Y (TPE) (38)
L 106–107		Did not advance
Khalmizam Aziz
Cheng Chu Sian
Muhammad Sulaiman		Men's team19933—N/aBye Italy (6)
L 213–218		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia had athletes compete in running and field events during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The men and women both took part in different types of races and field activities.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Lee Hup WeiHigh jump2.2032did not advance
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Yuan Yufang20 km walkDNF
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Roslinda SamsuPole vault4.30=16did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia sent players to compete in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. One of the most exciting moments was in the men's singles event, where Lee Chong Wei came very close to winning a gold medal. He lost the final match to Lin Dan from China, but his strong performance earned him a medal for Malaysia, their first in twelve years at the Olympics.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Lee Chong WeiSinglesBye Susilo (SIN)
W 21–13, 21–14		 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 HannBye 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—N/a Hwang J-m /
Lee J-j (KOR)
L 22–20, 13–21, 16–21		Did not advance
Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		—N/a Sakamoto /
Ikeda (JPN)
W 21–12, 21–16		 Kido /
Setiawan (INA)
L 16–21, 18–21		Did not advance
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Wong Mew ChooSinglesBye 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—N/a 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

Keirin

AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)		RankOpposition
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 AwangMen's sprint10.272
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 advance5th place final
 Sireau (FRA)
 Mulder (NED)
 Bos (NED)
L		8
Azizulhasni Awang
Josiah Ng
Mohd Rizal Tisin		Men's team sprint44.725
60.368		7 Q France
L 44.822
60.238		—N/aDid not advance7
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Azizulhasni AwangMen's keirin1 QBye410
Josiah Ng2 QBye49

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Women

AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Bryan Nickson Lomas10 m platform384.3526Did not advance
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Elizabeth Jimie3 m springboard253.50=21Did not advance
Leong Mun Yee253.50=21Did not advance
Pandelela Rinong10 m platform249.2027Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Kevin LimLaserBFD2428422234343926CANEL24938

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan25 m rapid fire pistol56415Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Women

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Daniel Bego200 m freestyle1:50.92 NR44Did not advance
100 m butterfly54.3854Did not advance
200 m butterfly2:01.2837Did not advance
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Khoo Cai Lin400 m freestyle4:23.3738—N/aDid not advance
800 m freestyle9:04.8634—N/aDid not advance
Leung Chii Lin50 m freestyle26.7548Did not advance
Lew Yih Wey400 m individual medley4:55.8334—N/aDid not advance
Siow Yi Ting200 m breaststroke2:27.8019Did not advance
200 m individual medley2:17.1129Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Elaine TeoWomen's −57 kg Tanrıkulu (TUR)
L 4–7		Did not advance D López (USA)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Che Chew ChanWomen'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

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Amirul Hamizan IbrahimMen's −56 kg121814492658

Related articles

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2008 Summer Olympics
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2008 Summer Olympics medal table
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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