Malaysia competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games as the host nation in Kuala Lumpur from 11 to 21 September 1998.
Medal summary
Medals by sport SportGold Silver Bronze TotalRank Aquatics 0 0 0 0 0 Athletics 1 0 0 1 12 Badminton 3 4 0 7 1 Boxing 1 0 1 2 4 Cricket 0 0 0 0 0 Cycling 0 1 0 1 5 Gymnastics 1 1 2 4 5 Hockey 0 1 0 1 3 Lawn bowls 0 1 2 3 7 Netball 0 0 0 0 0 Rugby sevens 0 0 0 0 0 Shooting 1 4 3 8 5 Squash 0 0 0 0 0 Ten-pin bowling 2 1 1 4 2 Weightlifting 1 1 3 5 7 Total 10 14 12 36 4
Multiple medalists Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals. NameSport Gold Silver BronzeTotal Choong Tan Fook Badminton 2 2 Kenny Ang Ten-pin bowling 2 2 Lee Wan Wah Badminton 2 2 Wong Choong Hann Badminton 2 2 Thye Chee Kiat Gymnastics 1 1 1 3 Cheah Soon Kit Badminton 1 1 2 Muhammad Hidayat Hamidon Weightlifting 1 1 2 Yap Kim Hock Badminton 1 1 2 Yong Hock Kin Badminton 1 1 2 Carolyn Au Yong Gymnastics 1 1 2 Chor Hooi Yee Badminton 2 2 Lim Pek Siah Badminton 2 2 Mohammed Emran Zakaria Shooting 2 2 Bibiana Ng Pei Chin Shooting 1 1 2 Lai Kin Ngoh Ten-pin bowling 1 1 2 Matin Guntali Weightlifting 3 3
Medallists The following Malaysian competitors won medals at the games; all dates are for September 1998.
MedalNameSportEventDate Govindasamy Saravanan Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 21 Wong Choong Hann Badminton Men's singles 21 Choong Tan FookLee Wan Wah Badminton Men's doubles 21 Cheah Soon KitChoong Tan FookLee Wan WahOng Ewe HockWong Choong HannYap Kim HockYong Hock Kin Badminton Men's team 14 Sapok Biki Boxing Men's light flyweight (48 kg) 20 Carolyn Au YongEl Regina TajudinSarina Sundara RajahThye Chee Kiat Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around 19 Nurul Huda Baharin Shooting Women's air rifle individual 18 Kenny Ang Ten-pin bowling Men's singles 16 Kenny AngBen Heng Ten-pin bowling Men's doubles 13 Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon Weightlifting Men's 69 kg clean and jerk 17 Yong Hock Kin Badminton Men's singles 21 Cheah Soon KitYap Kim Hock Badminton Men's doubles 21 Chor Hooi YeeLim Pek Siah Badminton Women's doubles 20 Chor Hooi YeeJoanne QuayLaw Pei PeiLim Pek SiahNg Mee FenNorhasikin AminWoon Sze Mei Badminton Women's team 14 Rosli Effandy Cycling Men's 184 kilometres road race 13 Thye Chee Kiat Gymnastics Women's rhythmic hoop 21 Nur Azlan Bakar
Nor Saiful Zaini
Mirnawan Nawawi
Roslan Jamaluddin
Calvin Fernandez
Gobinathan Krishnamurthy
Maninderjit Singh
Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
K.Keevan Raj
Jihan Shanmuganathan
Mohd Madzli Ikmar
R.Shanker
M.Kaliswaran
K.Logan Raj
Mohamad Syayrin Uda Karim
Suhaimi Ibrahim
Chua Boon HuatHockey Men's tournament 20 Saedah Abdul Rahim Lawn bowls Women's singles 20 Mohammed Emran Zakaria Shooting Men's air rifle individual Abdul Mutalib Abdul RazakMohammed Emran Zakaria Shooting Men's air rifle pairs 13 Zainal Abidin Md Zain Shooting Open full bore rifle Queens prize individual 18 Bibiana Ng Pei Chin Shooting Women's sport pistol individual 13 Lai Kin NgohShalin Zulkifli Ten-pin bowling Women's doubles 13 Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon Weightlifting Men's 69 kg combined 17 Adnan Yusoh Boxing Men's bantamweight (54 kg) 18 Carolyn Au Yong Gymnastics Women's rhythmic ribbon 21 Thye Chee Kiat Gymnastics Women's rhythmic rope 21 Mohamed Aziz MaswadiMohamed Tazman Tahir Lawn bowls Men's doubles 19 Haslah HassanNor AzwaNor Hashimah IsmailSiti Zalina Ahmad Lawn bowls Women's fours Kamisah Abdul JalalSuriani Othman Shooting Women's air pistol pairs 18 Roslina Bakar Shooting Women's free rifle three positions individual 19 Bibiana Ng Pei ChinNorsita Mahmud Shooting Women's sport pistol pairs 13 Lai Kin Ngoh Ten-pin bowling Women's singles 16 Matin Guntali Weightlifting Men's 56 kg snatch 12 Matin Guntali Weightlifting Men's 56 kg clean and jerk 12 Matin Guntali Weightlifting Men's 56 kg combined 12
Athletics
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHamberi Mahat100 m10.5818 q10.4922did not advanceRaman Ganeshwaran10.8230did not advanceWatson Nyambek10.369 Q10.4320did not advanceAzmi Ibrahim200 m21.6028 q21.6527did not advanceNazmizan Muhamad21.47 PB24 q21.46 PB24did not advanceRaman Ganeshwaran21.7832 did not advanceNadarajan Deverajo400 mcolspan=2 48.7714did not advanceRomzi Bakarcolspan=2 47.128did not advanceYazid Parlan48.183did not advanceSubramaniam Vasu800 m1:49.7621colspan=2 did not advanceArumugam Munusamy1500 m3:48.3412 qcolspan=4 3:47.7012Munusamy Ramachandran5000 m14:57.429colspan=4 did not advanceMunusamy Ramachandran10,000 mcolspan=6 31:45.7912Nur Herman Majid110 m hurdles14.1311colspan=4 did not advanceNainasagoram Shanmuganathan3000 m steeplechasecolspan=6 8:59.10 NR9Hamberi MahatRaman GaneshwaranTan Kok LimWatson Nyambek4 × 100 m relay40.3110colspan=4 did not advanceDeverajo NadarajanMohd Zaiful Zainal AbidinRomzi BakarYazid Parlan4 × 400 m relay3:08.18 PB14colspan=4 did not advanceHarbans Narinder Singh20 km walkcolspan=6 1:30:139Mohd Sharrulhaizy Abdul Rahmancolspan=6 1:36:32 PB15Teoh Boon Limcolspan=6 1:27:47 PB6Govindasamy Saravanan50 km walkcolspan=6 4:10:05 NRKannian Pushparajancolspan=6 4:31:227Thirukumaran Balaysendarancolspan=6 4:44:339
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLoo Kum ZeeHigh jumpcolspan=2 2.207Mohamed Zaki SadriLong jump7.5212 q7.2310Chai Song Lip6.8219did not advanceMohamed Zaki SadriTriple jumpcolspan=2 15.948Chai Song Lipcolspan=2 14.8611Wong Tee KueHammer throwcolspan=2 53.0611Mohamed Yazid ImranJavelin throwcolspan=2 62.4911
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankShanti Govindasamy100 mcolspan=2 colspan=2 11.5810did not advanceShanti Govindasamy200 m23.7712 qcolspan=2 23.7210did not advanceKuganeswari Palaniappan400 m56.7324colspan=2 did not advanceManimegalay Nadarajah53.71 PB16 qcolspan=2 54.0215did not advanceRathimalar Supramaniam58.7526colspan=2 did not advanceSoloseeni Krishnan800 m2:09.4520colspan=2 did not advanceKuganeswari PalaniappanManimegalay NadarajahShanti GovindasamySoloseeni Krishnan4 × 400 m relaycolspan=4 did not advanceAnnastasia Raj10 km walkcolspan=6 46:415Cheng Tong Leancolspan=6 Yuan Yufangcolspan=6
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
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOng Ewe HockMen's singlesWLdid not advanceWong Choong HannWWW 15–6, 15–9W 15–6, 15–9W 15–3, 15–1W 15–1, 15–11Gold medal matchW 10–15, 15–12, 15–6Yong Hock KinWWW 15–4, 15–4W 15–3, 15–2W 15–5, 15–6W 15–7, 15–1Gold medal matchL 15–10, 12–15, 6–15Cheah Soon KitYap Kim HockMen's doublesWWWWW 15–2, 12–15, 15–8Gold medal matchL 7–15, 4–15Choong Tan FookLee Wan WahWWWWW 15–13, 15–11Gold medal matchW 15–7, 15–4Law Pei PeiWomen's singlesWLdid not advanceNg Mee FenWW 11–4, 15–3W 11–2, 11–2L 7–11, 10–13did not advanceWoon Sze MeiWW 8–11, 11–1, 11–3L 2–11, 3–11did not advanceJoanne QuayNorhasikin AminWomen's doublesWWWLdid not advanceChor Hooi YeeLim Pek SiahWWWWWGold medal matchL 8–15, 6–15Cheah Soon KitJoanne QuayMixed doublesWWL did not advanceYap Kim HockLaw Pei PeiWLdid not advanceWong Choong HannChor Hooi YeeWWW L 13–15, 15–1, 7–15did not advance
Men's team Pool A TeamPldWLGWGLGDPWPLPD330300+30 3302012+8 3121221-9 303130-29 Qualified for the final round
Final round RankTeamPldWLGWGLGDPWPLPD220202+18 220148+6 202716-9 202318-15
Women's team Pool A TeamPldWLGWGLGDPWPLPD330285+23 321258+17 3121021-11 303130-29 Qualified for the final round
Final round RankTeamPldWLGWGLGDPWPLPD211176+11 220175+12 2111013-3 202120-19
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSapok BikiLight flyweight (48 kg)W 23–6W 15–11Gold medal matchW 19–13Rakib AhmadFlyweight (51 kg)W W 15–5L 14–14countbackdid not advanceAdnan YusohBantamweight (54 kg)W 16–14L 15–16Did not advanceThomas Benny VivianFeatherweight (57 kg)L 6–11did not advanceMuruguthevan BalakrishnanLightweight (60 kg)W 14–7L 14–15did not advanceAndrew KanisLight welterweight (63.5 kg)L 5–15did not advanceSamsudin MaidinWelterweight (67 kg)L 6–10did not advance
Cricket
Malaysia named the below squad for the tournament. Roster
Ramesh Menon (c) Chew Pok Cheong Siswanto Haidi Rakesh Madhavan Marimuthu Muniandy Jeevandran Nair Suresh Navaratnam Venu Ramadass Shankar Retinam (wk) Rohan Selvaratnam Rohan Suppiah David Thalalla Santhara Vello Matthew William
Summary TeamEventGroup stage SemifinalFinal / OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank OppositionResult OppositionResult RankMalaysia menMen's tournament L by 7 wickets L by 221 runs L by 6 wickets 4 did not advance 16
Group stage
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankMohamed Mahazir HamadMen's road race4:32:1910Murugayan Kumaresan4:40:5530Musairi Musa4:47:4239Nor Effandy Rosli4:31:56Shahrulneeza RazaliTsen Seong Hoong4:47:4240Mohamed Mahazir HamadMen's road time trial58:5824Shahrulneeza Razali57:3620Nor Asrina SulaimanWomen's road race
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualification1/8 finals1/4 finalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankRosman AlwiMen's sprint11.01765.40012 QL 9th – 12th classificationL11Halimah Mohd JanisWomen's sprint12.42257.9707 QL, L5th – 8th classificationL6
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankOppositionTimeRankFaizul Izuan Abdul RahmanHarris Fadzillah OsmanMohd Hardi RazaliRobert LeeMen's team pursuit4:38.2976did not advance
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankJamil KadironMen's 1 km time trial1:10.11216Mohd Hardi Razali1:14.39821Wong Ah Tiam1:13.14518
Points race AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMurugayan KumaresanMen's points racecolspan=2 112Syed Mohd Hussaini Syed Mazlancolspan=2 021
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankChang Chong Chaw1 m springboard197.9414 Q165.9615Jonathan Bing Ngu274.1410 Q285.4510Syed Abdul Samad Abas216.6012 Q224.8812Jonathan Bing Ngu3 m springboard201.637 Q517.4711Syed Abdul Samad Abas168.3313 Q464.1612Yeoh Ken Nee212.164 Q535.178Wong Tee Ming10 m platform168.007 Q379.718Yeoh Ken Nee179.073 Q537.754
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankFarah Begum Abdullah1 m springboard206.048 Q212.978Norazlina Sapieye127.4412 Q156.9311Farah Begum Abdullah3 m springboard181.7112 Q362.2513Wan Nur Safiah182.6110 Q390.4211Leong Mun Yee10 m platform157.596 Q353.3710Wan Nur Safiah143.739 Q362.648
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventRankRankRankRankRankRankTotalRankAhmad Akramin OthmanQualification25.300Heng Wah Jing30.200Loke Yik SiangQQQ50.025QOnn Kwang Tung48.000QZulkarnain MajidQ38.700Ahmad Akramin OthmanHeng Wah JingLoke Yik SiangOnn Kwang TungZulkarnain MajidTeam all-around147.0755Loke Yik SiangIndividual all-around9.00049.0001049.47510Onn Kwang Tung8.40098.4502247.60019Loke Yik SiangFloor8.4756colspan=5 8.4756Loke Yik SiangPommel horse8.4257colspan=4 8.4257Zulkarnain MajidParallel barscolspan=4 8.37568.3756Loke Yik SiangHorizontal barcolspan=5 8.37568.3756
Women