Malaysia at the 1970 Asian Games

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Malaysia at the
1970 Asian Games
IOC codeMAL
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors132 in 10 sports
Flag bearerNashatar Singh Sidhu
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
5
Silver
1
Bronze
7
Total
13
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)
 Sarawak (1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 1970 to 20 December 1970. This country is ranked number 7 with 5 gold medals, 1 silver medals and 7 bronze medals.[1]

Medal summary[edit]

Medals by sport[edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 0 0 2 2 13
Badminton 3 0 3 6 2
Cycling 2 1 2 5 3
Total 5 1 7 13 7

Medallists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Punch Gunalan Badminton Men's singles
 Gold Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan
Badminton Men's doubles
 Gold Ng Boon Bee
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng
Badminton Mixed doubles
 Gold Ng Joo Jan Cycling Men's road race
 Gold Daud Ibrahim Cycling Men's 1600 metres mass start
 Silver Chow Teck Beng
Ng Joo Ngan
Azizan Ramli
Omar Haji Saad
Cycling Men's team road race
 Bronze Asir Victor
Hassan Osman
Thomboo Krishnan
Jayabalan Karuppiah
Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
 Bronze Nashatar Singh Sidhu Athletics Men's javelin throw
 Bronze Sylvia Ng Meow Eng Badminton Women's singles
 Bronze Rosalind Singha Ang
Teoh Siew Yong
Badminton Women's doubles
 Bronze Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan
Badminton Men's team
 Bronze Daud Ibrahim Cycling Men's 1 kilometre time trial
 Bronze Ng Joo Pong Cycling Men's 10000 metres mass start

Athletics[edit]

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 event
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
4 × 400 m relay 3:13.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field event
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Nashatar Singh Sidhu Javelin throw 67.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Badminton[edit]

Athlete Event Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Punch Gunalan Men's singles  Indonesia (INA)
Muljadi
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan
Men's doubles  Japan (JPN)
Junji Honma
Shōichi Toganoo
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ng Boon Bee
Punch Gunalan
Men's team 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng Women's singles 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rosalind Singha Ang
Teoh Siew Yong
Women's doubles 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ng Boon Bee
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng
Mixed doubles  Thailand (THA)
Bandid Jaiyen
Pachara Pattabongs
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Basketball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Group C
Team Pld W L
 Republic of China 3 3 0
 India 3 2 1
 Thailand 3 1 2
 Malaysia 3 0 3
Qualified for the finals
Seventh to twelfth place classification
Team Pld W L
 Iran 5 5 0
 Thailand 5 4 1
 Malaysia 5 3 2
 Singapore 5 2 3
 South Vietnam 5 1 4
 Hong Kong 5 0 5
16 December
Iran  82–79  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 49-27, 33-52
Ranked 9th in final standings

Field hockey[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Bronze medal match
Malaysia  0–1  Japan
Bangkok
Ranked 4th in final standings

Football[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 6 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3
 Burma 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Khmer Republic 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Japan 1 – 0 Malaysia
Kunishige Kamamoto 34'

Malaysia 0 – 1 Burma
Win Maung 33'

Ranked 10th in final standings

Water polo[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Ranked 6th in final standings

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1970". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.