Malaysia competed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China, the event was postponed and rescheduled to 23 September to 8 October 2023.

Background Preparation Dato' Chong Kim Fatt, President of the Wushu Federation of Malaysia (WFM), was appointed as the chef-de-mission of the delegation on 25 September 2021 during the 198th Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Executive Council meeting which was held on virtual basis.

On 29 December 2021, the OCM Selection Committee under the Chairmanship of OCM President Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria held a meeting to discuss the selection criteria for the 2022 Asian Games and decided that:

For Category A, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 4; For Category B, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 8 (reduced from top 16 due to tightened criteria); And, The Committee will utilise competitions from 2018 to May 2022, including 2021 Southeast Asian Games as basis for selection.

During the announcement ceremony for the Malaysian Delegation to the Games on Wednesday, 6 September 2023 at the AC Hotel by Marriot Kuala Lumpur, President of OCM, Mohamad Norza Zakaria handed over the instruments of selection certificates to representatives of the 289 athletes and 145 officials from 22 sports to symbolise their selection for the event, as well as appointing Track Cyclist Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom and Squash athlete, Sivasangari Subramaniam, as the Contingent’s Flag bearers for the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games and the Malaysia Boxing Federation (MBF) President, Datuk Mohamad Iruan Zulkefli and former Gymnast, Farrah Hani Imran as Deputy Chefs de Mission.

Target and achievement During a press conference after the Flag Handing Ceremony for the Malaysian Delegation on Monday, 11 September 2023 at the Banquet Hall, Casa 4, National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSC) Headquarters in KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt announced a target of winning 27 medals, potentially contributed by 13 sports namely Aquatics (Diving), Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Track Cycling, Equestrian, E-Sports, Men’s Hockey, Karate, Sailing, Sepaktakraw, Squash and Wushu, without stating the specified gold medal target. He stated that this approach was meant to reduce pressure on the athletes and based on input from various stakeholders during post-mortem sessions conducted after previous Multi-Sport Games, as well as feedback from the Nippon Sports Science University (Nittaidai) in Japan, which has forged a close collaboration with the National Sports Council.

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Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Malaysia that will participate at the Asian Games: Sport Men Women Total 8 5 13 10 9 19 10 8 18 4 4 8 2 0 2 15 15 30 7 6 13 7 5 12 14 0 14 2 0 2 19 0 19 18 18 36 5 4 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 0 12 4 5 9 12 0 12 4 3 7 12 0 12 4 6 10 4 4 8 7 1 8 1 1 2 4 3 7 2 1 3 Total 189 100 289

Medal summary

Medal by sport Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 0 1 1 Athletics 0 0 3 3 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Cycling – Track 0 0 4 4 Diving 0 1 4 5 Equestrian 1 0 0 1 Esports 0 1 1 2 Gymnastics – Artistic 0 0 1 1 Karate 1 2 0 3 Sailing 1 0 2 3 Sepak takraw 0 2 0 2 Squash 3 1 1 5 Wushu 0 1 0 1 Total 6 8 18 32

Medal by date Medals by date Day Date Total 1 24 September 0 0 0 0 2 25 September 0 0 0 0 3 26 September 0 2 2 4 4 27 September 1 0 2 3 5 28 September 1 0 1 2 6 29 September 0 1 2 3 7 30 September 1 0 5 6 8 1 October 0 1 1 2 9 2 October 0 0 1 1 10 3 October 0 0 2 2 11 4 October 0 0 0 0 12 5 October 2 2 1 5 13 6 October 0 1 0 1 14 7 October 1 1 1 3 15 8 October 0 0 0 0 Total 6 8 18 32

Medallists No. Medal Name Sport Event Date 1 Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif Sailing Women's Dinghy – ILCA6 27 September 2 Qabil AmbakHorse: Rosenstolz Equestrian – Dressage Individual 28 September 3 Aifa AzmanAira AzmanRachel ArnoldSivasangari Subramaniam Squash Women's Team 30 September 4 Sivasangari Subramaniam Squash Women's Singles 5 October 5 Ng Eain Yow Squash Men's Singles 5 October6 Muhammad Arif Afifuddin Bin Abdul Malik Karate Men's Kumite – -84 kg 7 October 1 Tan Cheong Min Wushu – Taolu Women's Nanquan & Nandao All-Around 26 September 2 Chong Han HuiEng Jun HaoLai Chia ChienNicholas Ng Khai ShuanOng Jun YangYong Zhan Quan Esports Arena of Valor 26 September 3 Aidil Aiman bin AzwawiAmirul Zazwan bin AmirFarhan bin AdamMohammad Azlan bin AliasMohammad Syahir bin Mohd RosdiMohd Khairol Zaman bin Hamir AkhbarMuhammad Afifuddin bin Mohd RazaliMuhammad Hairul Hazizi bin HaidzirMuhammad Haziq bin Hairul NizamMuhamad Noraizat bin Mohd NordinMuhammad Zaim bin RazaliMuhammad Zarif bin Marican Sepak takraw Men's Team Regu 29 September 4 Nur Dhabitah SabriNg Yan Yee Aquatics – Diving Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard 1 October 5 Mohd Syafiq KamalAifa Azman Squash Mixed Doubles 5 October 6 Lovelly Anne Robberth Karate Women's Individual Kata 5 October 7 Lovelly Anne RobberthMadhuri PoovanesanNaccy Nelly EvvaferraNiathalia Sherawinnie Karate Women's Team Kata 6 October8 Amirul Zazwan bin AmirMohammad Azlan bin AliasMohammad Syahir bin Mohd RosdiMohd Khairol Zaman bin Hamir AkhbarMuhammad Zarif bin Marican Sepak takraw Men's Regu 7 October1 Anis Amira RosidiNurul Aliana Syafika AzizanNurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri Cycling – Track Women's Team Sprint 26 September 2 Fadhil ZonisMuhammad Ridwan SahromUmar Hasbullah Cycling – Track Men's Team Sprint 26 September 3 Muhammad Asnawi Iqbal Adam Sailing Boy's Dinghy – ILCA4 27 September 4 Tengku Nurani Ezaty Tengku Khairudeen Sailing Women's Windsurfer RS:X – RS:X 27 September 5 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom Cycling – Track Men's Sprint 28 September 6 Muhammad Sharul Aimy Gymnastics – Artistic Men's Vault 29 September 7 Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom Cycling – Track Men's Keirin 29 September 8 Addeen IdrakieIvan YuenMohd Syafiq KamalNg Eain Yow Squash Men's Team 30 September 9 Nur Dhabitah SabriPandelela Rinong Aquatics – Diving Women's Synchronised 10m Platform 30 September 10 Shereen Samson Vallabouy Athletics Women's 400m 30 September 11 Muhammad Syafiq PutehOoi Tze Liang Aquatics – Diving Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard 30 September 12 Muhd Azeem Fahmi Athletics Men's 100m 30 September 13 Bertrand Rhodict LisesEnrique Maccartney Harold Aquatics – Diving Men's Synchronised 10m Platform 1 October 14 Chan Kok HongCheng Jin XiangNg Wei PoongThiay Jun WenTue Soon ChuanYap Jian Wei Esports Dota 2 2 October 15 Pandelela Rinong Aquatics – Diving Women's 10m Platform 3 October16 Azreen Nabila AliasZaidatul Husniah ZulkifliNur Afrina BatrisyiaShereen Samson Vallabouy Athletics Women's 4x100m Relay 3 October17 Alang Ariff Aqil Muhammad GhazalliMohd Juwaidi MazukiMohamad Syafiq Md Ariffin Archery Compound – Men's Team 5 October 18 Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik Badminton Men's Doubles 7 October

Multiple medallists Name Medal Sport Event Sivasangari Subramaniam Squash Women's SinglesWomen's Team Aifa Azman Squash Women's TeamMixed Doubles Ng Eain Yow Squash Men's SinglesMen's Team Lovelly Anne Robberth Karate Women's KataWomen's Team Kata Amirul Zazwan bin AmirMohammad Azlan bin AliasMohammad Syahir bin Mohd RosdiMohd Khairol Zaman bin Hamir AkhbarMuhammad Zarif bin Marican Sepak takraw Men's Team ReguMen's Regu Mohd Syafiq Kamal Squash Mixed DoublesMen's Team Nur Dhabitah Sabri Aquatics – Diving Women's Synchronised 3m SpringboardWomen's Synchronised 10m Platform Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom Cycling – Track Men's KeirinMen's Sprint Pandelela Rinong Aquatics – Diving Women's 10m PlatformWomen's Synchronised 10m Platform Shereen Samson Vallabouy Athletics Women's 400mWomen's 4x100m Relay

3x3 Basketball

Athlete Event Group Stage Qualifications Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank De Wee YiangLai Kok WengLee Jia JunLim Wan Seong Men's tournament L 16–20 L 5–21 L 17–21 4 Did not advance Foo Suet YingSammi TanTan Sin JieTan Yin Jie Women's tournament W 15–12 <br/ >W 14–11 L 8–12 2 L 6–16 Did not advance

Archery

Recurve Athlete Event Qualification Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / Score Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Khairul Anuar Mohamad Men's individual 641 42 W 7–1 L 4–6 Did not advance Muhammad Danish Amsyar Norazlan 632 55 Did not advance Muhammad Syafiq Busthamin 639 44 Did not advance Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli 642 41 W 6–2 L 0–6 Did not advance Ku Nurin Afiqah Ku Ruzaini Women's individual 626 31 W 6–0 W 6–5 L 4–6 Did not advance Nur Ain Ayuni Fozi 585 58 Did not advance Nurul Izzah Binti Mazlan 600 51 Did not advance Syaqiera Mashayikh 639 20 W 6–0 W 6–0 L 3–7 Did not advance Khairul Anuar MohamadMuhamad Zarif Syahiir ZolkepeliMuhammad Syafiq Busthamin Men's team 1922 12 colspan="2" L 3–5 Did not advance Ku Nurin Afiqah Ku RuzainiNurul Izzah Binti MazlanSyaqiera Mashayikh Women's team 1865 8 colspan="2" L 2–6 Did not advance Ku Nurin Afiqah Ku RuzainiMuhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli Mixed team 1281 12 colspan="2" L 2–6 Did not advance

Compound Athlete Event Qualification Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / Score Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Alang Ariff Aqil Muhammad Ghazalli Men's individual 699 12 W 146–138 L 145–149 Did not advance Mohamad Syafiq Md Ariffin 693 22 Did not advance Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki 702 9 W 146–145 W 147–146 L 135–148 Did not advance Wong Co Wan 680 44 Did not advance Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh Women's individual 674 27 L 140–141 Did not advance Alang Ariff Aqil Muhammad GhazalliMohd Juwaidi MazukiMohamad Syafiq Md Ariffin Men's team 2094 5 colspan="2" W 231–229 W 227–221 L 230–232 W 228–208 Fatin Nurfatehah Mat SallehMohd Juwaidi Mazuki Mixed team 1376 8 colspan="2" W 158–151 L 155–158 Did not advance

Athletics

Men Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final Time / Score Rank Time / Score Rank Time / Score Rank Khairul Hafiz Jantan 100 metres 10.48 19 10.63 23 Did not advance Muhd Azeem Fahmi 10.28 9 10.17 6 10.11 Russel Alexander Nasir Taib 200 metres 21.31 13 21.53 14 Did not advance Umar Osman 400 metres 46.58 11 colspan="2" Did not advance Khairul Hafiz JantanMuhammad Arsyad Md SaatJonathan NyepaMuhd Azeem Fahmi 4 x 100 metres relay 39.40 4 colspan="2" Irfan Shamsuddin Discus throw colspan="4" 58.94 6 Jackie Wong Siew Cheer Hammer throw colspan="4" 62.79 11 Andre Anura Long jump 6.71 19 colspan="2" Did not advance Triple jump colspan="4" 16.00 8

Women Athlete Event Qualification Final Time / Score Rank Time / Score Rank Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli 100 metres 12.11 18 Did not advance 200 metres 24.86 14 Did not advance Shereen Samson Vallabouy 400 metres 52.89 5 52.58 Azreen Nabila AliasZaidatul Husniah ZulkifliNur Afrina BatrisyiaShereen Samson Vallabouy 4 x 100 metres relay colspan="2" 45.01 Queenie Ting Kung Ni Discus throw colspan="2" 49.00 7 Grace Wong Xiu Mei Hammer throw colspan="2" 57.46 10 Norliyana Kamaruddin High jump colspan="2" 1.65 13 Nor Sarah Adi Pole vault colspan="2"

Badminton

Men