Malaysia at the 1998 Asian Games

Malaysia at the
1998 Asian Games
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors134 in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
14
Total
29
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)
 Sarawak (1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 20 December 1998. Malaysia ended the games at 29 overall medals.[1] Its chef-de-mission was Zakaria Ahmad.[2]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Badminton 0 0 2 2 6
Cue sports 1 1 0 2 4
Equestrian 0 1 1 2 4
Karate 2 0 4 6 2
Sailing 0 3 0 3 8
Sepaktakraw 0 2 1 3 3
Squash 1 0 1 2 2
Swimming 1 1 1 3 4
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2 10
Wushu 0 1 1 2 7
Total 5 10 14 29 12

Multiple medalists

Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals.

Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alex Lim Swimming 1 1 2
Sam Chong Cue sports 1 1 2
Yong Hock Kin Badminton 2 2

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ooi Chin Kay
Sam Chong		 Cue sports Men's snooker doubles
 Gold Muralitharan Chandra Karate Men's kumite 55 kg
 Gold Muniandy Rajoo Karate Men's kumite 70 kg
 Gold Nicol David Squash Women's singles
 Gold Alex Lim Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke
 Silver Sam Chong Cue sports Men's snooker singles
 Silver Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar
Wan Zaleha Radzi		 Equestrian Team dressage
 Silver Mohd Nazmi Sharif Sailing Men's optimist
 Silver Kevin Lim Sailing Men's laser
 Silver Malik Sulaiman Sailing Super Moth
 Silver Sepaktakraw Men's regu
 Silver Sepaktakraw Men's team
 Silver Alex Lim Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke
 Silver Lee Wan Yuen Taekwondo Women's +70 kg
 Silver Oh Poh Soon Wushu Men's changquan
 Bronze Yong Hock Kin Badminton Men's singles
 Bronze Chan Chong Ming
Cheah Soon Thoe
James Chua
Jeremy Gan
Roslin Hashim
Pang Cheh Chang
Wong Choong Hann
Yong Hock Kin		 Badminton Men's team
 Bronze Sarah Yap Bowling Women's singles
 Bronze Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil Equestrian Individual jumping
 Bronze Arivalagan Ponniah Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
 Bronze Suresh Rao Subramaniam Karate Men's kumite +75 kg
 Bronze Lim Lee Lee Karate Women's individual kata
 Bronze Premila Supramaniam Karate Women's kumite +60 kg
 Bronze Sepaktakraw Men's circle
 Bronze Kenneth Low Squash Men's singles
 Bronze Elvin Chia Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke
 Bronze Soo Lai Yin Taekwondo Women's 55 kg
 Bronze Ho Ro Bin Wushu Men's nanquan

Athletics

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 Round 1 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Watson Nyambek 100 m 10.25 1 Q 11.41 4
Romzi Bakar 400 m 47.69 3 q 47.73 5 Did not advance
Yazid Parlan 48.37 3 q 48.41 8 Did not advance
Teoh Boon Lim 20 km road walk — Disqualified
Govindasamy Saravanan 50 km road walk — Did not finish
Teoh Boon Lim — 4:45:36 5
4 × 400 m relay 3:09.01 4 q 3:10.31 8
Field event
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Loo Kum Zee High jump — 2.19 14
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Round 1 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shanti Govindasamy 100 m 11.47 3 Q — 11.41 4
Shanti Govindasamy 200 m 23.56 2 Q — 23.42 4
Yuan Yufang 10,000 m track walk — 45:33.92 4

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Roslin Hashim Men's singles  Ng Wei (HKG)
W 15–9, 15–7 		 Boonsak Ponsana (THA)
W 15–8, 11–15, 17–16 		 Hendrawan (INA)
L 11–15, 6–15 		Did not advance
Yong Hock Kin (2) Bye  Tam Kai Chuen (HKG)
W 17–14, 15–5 		 Pullela Gopichand (IND)
W 15–7, 15–4 		 Dong Jiong (CHN)
L 5–15, 10–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chan Chong Ming
Jeremy Gan 		Men's doubles  Fumihiko Machida
Seiichi Watanabe (JPN)
W 15–12, 15–9 		 Lee Wei-jen
Horng Shin-jeng (TPE)
W 15–12, 14–17, 15–10 		 Pramote Teerawiwatana
Siripong Siripool (THA)
L 7–15, 15–13, 4–15 		Did not advance
Ng Mee Fen Women's singles  Koon Wai Chee (HKG)
W 10–13, 11–7, 11–6 		 Aparna Popat (IND)
W 11–7, 11–8 		 Gong Zhichao (CHN)
L 7–11, 3–11 		Did not advance
Woon Sze Mei  Chan Ya-lin (TPE)
L 2–11, 2–11 		Did not advance
Joanne Quay
Law Pei Pei 		Women's doubles —  Ra Kyung-min
Chung Jae-hee (KOR)
L 2–15, 4–15 		Did not advance
Lim Pek Siah
Chor Hooi Yee 		—  Sathinee Chankrachangwong
Mathinee Naraweerawut (THA)
L 4–15, 8–15 		Did not advance
Chan Chong Ming
Joanne Quay 		Mixed doubles  Kennevic Asuncion
Amparo Lim (PHI)
W 15–0, 15–11 		 Budi Santoso
Meiluawati (INA)
W 15–10, 15–5 		 Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
L 3–15, 4–15 		Did not advance
Wong Choong Hann
Chor Hooi Yee 		 Chang Jeng-shyuang
Chen Li-chin (TPE)
W 12–15, 15–13, 15–11 		 Lee Dong-soo
Yim Kyung-jin (KOR)
L 2–15, 7–15 		Did not advance
Men's team
Quarterfinal
9 December
 Chinese Taipei  1–4  Malaysia
Chen Feng 0–2 Yong Hock Kin 13–15, 11–15
Horng Shin-jeng / Lee Wei-jen 2–1 Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe 15–10, 5–15, 12–15
Lee Mou-chou 0–2 Roslin Hashim 7–15, 9–15
Lee Sung-yuan / Lin Wei-hsiang 0–2 Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan 14–17, 6–15
Chien Yu-hsiu 0–2 Wong Choong Hann 15–10, 15–9
Semifinal
10 December
 Indonesia  4–1  Malaysia
Hendrawan 2–0 Yong Hock Kin 15–4, 15–7
Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky 2–0 Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe 15–5, 15–5
Taufik Hidayat 0–2 Roslin Hashim 10–15, 14–17
Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan 2–0 Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan 15–5, 15–4
Budi Santoso 2–0 Wong Choong Hann 15–9, 15–9
Ranked 3rd in final standings
Women's team
Quarterfinal
8 December
 Malaysia  0–5  Indonesia
Woon Sze Mei 0–2 Mia Audina 1–11, 2–11
Lim Pek Siah / Chor Hooi Yee 0–2 Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban 6–15, 10–15
Lee Yin Yin 0–2 Meiluawati 3–11, 2–11
Law Pei Pei / Joanne Quay 0–2 Indarti Isolina / Carmelita 0–15, 1–15
Ng Mee Fen 0–2 Cindana Hartono 3–15, 7–15

Bowling

Women
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Sarah Yap Singles 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Low Poh Lian Masters 1524 15

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rakib Ahmad Men's flyweight (51 kg) Bye  Bulat Zhumadilov (KAZ)
L 9–20 		Did not advance
Adnan Yusoh Men's bantamweight (54 kg) Bye  Ihab Tafesh (PLE)
W RSC 		 Sontaya Wongprates (THA)
L 6–19 		Did not advance
Muruguthevan Balakrishnan Men's lightweight (60 kg) —  Asghar Ali Shah (PAK)
L 2–5 		Did not advance

Cue sports

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Ewin Lean Kam Beng English billiards singles —  Praput Chaithanasakun (THA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Moh Loon Hong —  Mongkol Kanfaklang (THA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Lee Thye Hong
Ooi Chin Kay 		English billiards doubles —  Mikhail Kim
Bahtiyor Umarov (UZB)
W 		 Devendra Joshi
Balchandra Bhaskar (IND)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Moh Loon Hong
Ewin Lean Kam Beng 		—  Kohobala Sirisama
Sabdeen Shaharwardi (SRI)
W 3–0 		 Reynaldo Grandea
Ricardo Ancaja (PHI)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Tan Kah Thiam
Chew Lean Teng 		Eight-ball doubles —  Chong Wei Onn
Tan Lai Huat (SIN)
W 7–6 		 Yang Ching-shun
Chao Fong-pang (TPE)
L 3–9 		Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng
Ooi Fuk Yuen 		—  Kuniko Takahashi
Satoshi Kawabata (JPN)
L 2–7 		 Romeo Villanueva
Gandy Valle (PHI)
L 10–11 		Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng Nine-ball singles —  Chatchawan Ruptae (THA)
L 6–9 		Did not advance
Ooi Fuk Yuen —  Morishima Mitsuyoshi (JPN)
L 7–9 		Did not advance
Ng Aun Seng
Ooi Fuk Yuen 		Nine-ball doubles —  Lin Didi
Zhang Kai (CHN)
W 9–8 		 Romeo Villanueva
Gandy Valle (PHI)
L 10–11 		Did not advance
Tan Kah Thiam
Chong Tin Sam 		—  Mikhail Kim
Bahtiyor Umarov (UZB)
W 		 Kuniko Takahashi
Morishima Mitsuyoshi (JPN)
L 5–9 		Did not advance
Ooi Chin Kay Snooker singles Bye  Jamsran Enkhlur (MGL)
W 5–0 		 Marco Fu (HKG)
W 5–3 		 Mohammed Al-Hashemi (IND)
W 5–2 		 Shokat Ali (PAK)
L 5–6 		Bronze medal match
 Chan Kwok Ming (HKG)
L 0–5 		4
Sam Chong Bye  Bernard Tey Choon Kiat (SIN)
W 5–4 		 Hung Chung Ming (TPE)
W 5–2 		 Yashin Merchant (IND)
W 5–4 		 Chan Kwok Ming (HKG)
W 6–2 		Gold medal match
 Shokat Ali (PAK)
L 6–7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sam Chong
Ooi Chin Kay 		Snooker doubles — Gold medal match
 Phaitoon Phonbun
Noppadon Noppachorn (THA)
W 6–4 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sam Chong
Ooi Chin Kay 		Snooker team —  Mongolia (MGL)
W 3–0 		 Singapore (SIN)
W 2–1 		 Thailand (THA)
L 1–2 		Bronze medal match
 Pakistan (PAK)
L 1–2 		4

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Nor Effandy Rosli Men's road race 4:41:21 8
Shahrulneeza Razali 4:59:32 26
Mohd Mahazir Hamad 4:59:32 29

Equestrian

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil ?? Individual dressage Did not advance
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil Pizazz Girande
Camelias 		1108 5 Q 1179 5
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar Jirlow 1100 6 Q 1093 13
Wan Zaleha Radzi Chagall Junior 1066 8 Q 1114 8
Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar
Wan Zaleha Radzi 		??;
Pizazz Girande;
Jirlow;
Chagall Junior; 		Team dressage — 3274 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Koh Thong Hau Roberto Bold Individual jumping 55.50 20 Q 52.50 32
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil San Patrignano 71.00 6 Q 104.00 6
Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil Heros 78.50 3 Q 121.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tunku Mokhsin Domingo 44.50 25 Q 54.50 31
Koh Thong Hau
Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil
Tunku Mokhsin 		Roberto Bold;
San Patrignano;
Heros;
Domingo; 		Team jumping 96.00 4 Q 159.50 4
Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Penalties Total Rank
Dressage Cross-country Jumping
Tunku Nazroff Sprite Individual eventing 80.40 0.00 5.00 85.40 9
Husref Malek McPherson 124.80 0.00 10.00 134.80 13
Ashraff Denal Ali Deutsche Mark 81.80 WD – 1000.00 –
James Ravindra Alf 62.60 EL – 1000.00 –
Tunku Nazroff
Husref Malek
Ashraff Denal Ali
James Ravindra		 Sprite;
McPherson;
Deutsche Mark;
Alf;		 Team eventing 267.80 937.40 15.00 1220.20 4

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Squad list Pool matches Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Japan
T 1–1
 Hong Kong
W 9–0
 Pakistan
L 1–2
 Singapore
W 6–0 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Women
Athlete Event
Rope
Rank 		Hoop
Rank 		Clubs
Rank 		Ribbon
Rank 		Total Rank
Carolyn Au Yong Individual all-around 37.023 13

Karate

Men
Kumite
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Muralitharan Chandra 55 kg  Ho Pak Chun (MAC)
W 6–0 		 Muhammed Shukri Masri (BRU)
W 6–0 		 Isfan Tanjung (INA)
W 6–5 		Gold medal match
 Bader Al-Otaibi (KUW)
W 6–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Puvaneswaran Ramasamy 60 kg  Arif Taufan Syamsuddin (INA)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Muniandy Rajoo 70 kg  Dipak Shrestha (NEP)
W 6–0 		 Vu Quoc Huy (VIE)
W 6–5 		 Raafat Al-Karad (SYR)
W 6–2 		Gold medal match
 Mehdi Amouzadeh (IRI)
W 6–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arivalagan Ponniah 75 kg  Sadullo Kosimov (TJK)
W 2–0 		 Liao Yun-chih (TPE)
W 2–2 		 Alireza Katiraei (IRI)
L 1–11 		Bronze medal match
 Osama Ali (SYR)
W 3–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Suresh Rao Subramaniam +75 kg  Krishna Gurung (NEP)
W 3–2 		 Nour Shamseh (SYR)
W 2–1 		Bronze medal match
 Moukhammad Bodakov (TJK)
W 6–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Kata
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Lim Lee Lee Individual kata 36.2 3 Q 41.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kumite
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ng Chai Lin 53 kg  Lamis Al-Sabsabi (SYR)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Lim Lee Lee 60 kg  Tham Pham Hong (VIE)
L 1–3 		Bronze medal match
 Phetlada Ausabay (THA)
L 1–2 		4
Premila Supramaniam +60 kg  Natalya Solodilova (KAZ)
W 6–3 		 Panadda Tamchuchaichana (THA)
L 2–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Final
Net points Rank
Mohd Nazmi Sharif Optimist 18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kevin Lim Laser 18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Open
Athlete Event Final
Net points Rank
Malik Sulaiman Super Moth 17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Squash

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kenneth Low (3) Men's singles Bye  Koo Ryun-hoe (KOR)
W 9–0, 9–1, 9–1 		 Jackie Lee (HKG)
W 9–1, 9–5, 9–1 		 Zarak Jahan Khan (PAK)
L 8–10, 7–9, 0–9 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ong Beng Hee (5) Bye  Saman Tillekeratne (SRI)
W 9–6, 9–3, 9–5 		 Amjad Khan (PAK)
L 4–9, 6–9, 9–1, 8–10 		Did not advance
Kuan Choy Lin (3) Women's singles —  Sohini Kumari (IND)
W 9–4, 9–0, 9–0 		 Della Lee (SIN)
L 5–9, 6–9, 10–9, 8–10 		Did not advance
Nicol David (1) — Bye  Masami Kofuji (JPN)
W 9–3, 9–2, 9–0 		 Mah Li Lian (SIN)
W 9–5, 9–1, 9–7 		Gold medal match
 Rebecca Chiu (HKG)
W 9–3, 9–1, 9–6 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Alex Lim 100 m backstroke 57.65 3 Q 55.53 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Alex Lim 200 m backstroke Q 2:00.94 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elvin Chia 100 m breaststroke 1:03.81 4 Q 1:03.09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wushu

Men
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Oh Poh Soon Changquan 27.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ho Ro Bin Nanquan 9.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1998". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ Slide share
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