Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever won throughout Malaysia's participation history since its nationhood in 1957. Hockey legend Dato Ho Koh Chye was the chef-de-mission of the delegation.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Lee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles

Archery

Malaysia will send archers to the Olympics for the second time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Only men qualified for Malaysia, with Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earning spots for the country by placing 8th and 27th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz adding a third spot with his third-place finish at the Asian championships.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKhalmizam AzizMen's individual6745 (60)L 105–106Did not advanceCheng Chu Sian66026 (39)W 109–101 (58)W 110–103 (10)W 105 (19)–105 (18) (31)L 104–109Did not advanceMuhammad Sulaiman65927 (38)L 106–107Did not advanceKhalmizam AzizCheng Chu SianMuhammad SulaimanMen's team19933colspan=2 (6)L 213–218Did not advance

Athletics

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLee Hup WeiHigh jump2.2032 did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankYuan Yufang20 km walk

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRoslinda SamsuPole vault4.30=16 did not advance

Badminton

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLee Chong WeiSinglesW 21–13, 21–14W 21–5, 21–7W 21–9, 21–11W 21–18, 13–21, 21–13L 12–21, 8–21Wong Choong HannW 21–19, 21–16L 21–14, 17–21, 18–21Did not advanceChoong Tan FookLee Wan WahDoublescolspan=2 L 22–20, 13–21, 16–21Did not advanceKoo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heongcolspan=2 W 21–12, 21–16L 16–21, 18–21Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankWong Mew ChooSinglesW 21–4, 21–4W 21–16, 21–8L 7–21, 27–29Did not advanceChin Eei Hui Wong Pei TtyDoublescolspan=2 L 14–21, 19–21Did not advance

Cycling

Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankAzizulhasni AwangMen's sprint10.27270.0937 QLW 10.95965.699LW 11.01065.395LDid not advance5th place finalL8Azizulhasni AwangJosiah NgMohd Rizal TisinMen's team sprint44.72560.3687 QL 44.82260.238colspan=5 Did not advance7

Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankAzizulhasni AwangMen's keirin1 Q410Josiah Ng2 Q49

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankBryan Nickson Lomas10 m platform384.3526Did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankElizabeth Jimie3 m springboard253.50=21Did not advanceLeong Mun Yee253.50=21Did not advancePandelela Rinong10 m platform249.2027Did not advance

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Kevin LimLaserBFD2428422234343926CANEL24938

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

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankHasli Izwan Amir Hasan25 m rapid fire pistol56415Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDaniel Bego200 m freestyle1:50.92 NR44Did not advance100 m butterfly54.3854Did not advance200 m butterfly2:01.2837Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKhoo Cai Lin400 m freestyle4:23.3738colspan=2 Did not advance800 m freestyle9:04.8634colspan=2 Did not advanceLeung Chii Lin50 m freestyle26.7548Did not advanceLew Yih Wey400 m individual medley4:55.8334colspan=2 Did not advanceSiow Yi Ting200 m breaststroke2:27.8019Did not advance200 m individual medley2:17.1129Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankElaine TeoWomen's −57 kgL 4–7Did not advanceL 0–3Did not advanceChe Chew ChanWomen's +67 kgW 5–4L 1–3Did not advanceL 1–5Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankAmirul Hamizan IbrahimMen's −56 kg121814492658

See also Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References