Malaysia sent athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The country qualified athletes in archery, cycling, sailing, wheelchair tennis, athletics and swimming. Dr Ang Kean Koo was the chef de mission of the Malaysian delegation.
Malaysia won its first three gold medals in Paralympics history through the sport of athletics, which are contributed by sprinter Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi, shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli and long jumper Abdul Latif Romly who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Funding The National Sports Council in Malaysia identified 61 Paralympic qualifying events in 13 sports for the 2016 Summer Paralympics and provided them with funding assistance to athletes to compete in them as part of their qualifying campaigns. They also provided local training for athletes.
Medallists The following Malaysian competitors won medals at the Games.
| width="95%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi Athletics Men's 100m T36 10 September Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Athletics Men's shot put F20 10 September Abdul Latif Romly Athletics Men's Long Jump T20 11 September Siti Noor Radiah Ismail Athletics Women's Long jump T20 15 September
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Medals by dateDayDateTotal320024100180011Total3014
Archery
Archery was one of the sports where competitors benefited from the funding of the National Sports Council in Malaysia to try to qualify for the 2016 Games.
Men's AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHasihin SanawiIndividual recurve open56725L 0-6did not advanceYuhaizam YahayaIndividual compound open62230L 126-136did not advance
Athletics
Men's track events AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankMohamad Faizal Aideal Suhaimi100 m T1311.306did not advance100 m T12did not startMohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi100 m T36align="center" colspan=2 12.07 PRNasharuddin Mohd400 m T2051.755did not advanceKrishna Kumar Hari Das400 m T3859.07 SB4did not advance Mohamad Faizal Aideal Suhaimi was originally qualified for T12 event but later recategorised to T13 event.
Men's field events AthleteEventsFinalRankAbdul Latif RomlyLong jump T207.60 WRMohamad Ridzuan Mohamad PuziLong jump T365.364Amir Firdauss JamaluddinLong jump T384.879Muhammad Ziyad ZolkefliShot put F2016.84 WR
Women's track events AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankSiti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin400 m T2058.961Q RR58.554
Women's field events AthleteEventsFinalRankSiti Noor Iasah Mohamad AriffinLong jump T204.914Siti Noor Radiah Ismail5.20 RR Legend: DSQ =Disqualified Fn =False Start IPC 17.8 =Disqualified by rule IPC 17.8 PB =Personal Best PR =Paralympic Record RR =Regional Record SB =Seasonal Best WR =World Record
Cycling
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Malaysia qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.
Men's track cycling event AthleteEventsQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankAfiq Afify Rizan(Faizal Mohd Noh - pilot)Men's B 1000m Time Trialcolspan=2 DNSMen's B 4000m Time Trial4:51.90614did not advance Legend: DNS =Did not start PR =Paralympic Record WR =World Record
Men's road event AthleteEventsQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankMohd Khairul Hazwan Wahab(Muhamad Rauf Nur Misbah - pilot)Men's Time Trial Bcolspan=2 40:06.9618Men's Road Race Bcolspan=2 2:41:5214
Powerlifting
AthleteEventsQualificationFinalTimeRankResultsRankJong Yee KhieMen's -97kgalign="center" colspan="2" 2027Mohd Shahmil Md SaadMen's -107kgalign="center" colspan="2" 1968
Sailing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had not already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Malaysia qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the SKUD 18 event with a sixteenth-place finish overall and the seventh country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Nurul Amilin Balawi and Junell Mustafah.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsRank1234567891011Al Mustakim Matrin1-Person Keelboat (2.4mR)149DNF1010151515131515131 14 DNF = Did not finish
Swimming
AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankJamery SigaMen's 50m Butterfly - S542.875did not advanceMen's 50m Freestyle - S538.796did not advanceMen's 100m Freestyle - S51:23.445did not advance
Table Tennis
Men's individual AthleteEventGroup stageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohamad Azwar BakarIndividual C10L 1-3L 0-33did not advance
Wheelchair tennis Malaysia qualified one competitor in the men's single event, Abu Samah Borhan. This slot came about via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAbu Samah BorhanMen's singlesL 0–6, 1-6did not advance
See also Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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