Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Malaysia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1956* • 1960* • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 *As Malaya
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1956)

Malaya competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first Olympic appearance by the nation, which later expanded and was renamed as Malaysia in 1963.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 Metres

• Raja Azlam, B.N.A.

• Heats — 11.2sec (→ did not advance)

• Karuppiah, S.

• Heats — 11.3sec (→ did not advance)

• Lee, K.F.

• Heats — 11.6 sec (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 Metres

• Lee, L.K.F.

• Heats — 23.7sec (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 Metres

• Kenneth Perera

• Heats — time not taken (→ did not advance)

• Rahim Bin Ahmad, A.

• Heats — 50.8sec (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 Metres

• Hari Chandra, M.

• Heats — time not taken (→ did not advance)

• Kenneth Perera

• Heats — time not taken (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 Metres

• Choong, A.

• Heats — 12.5sec (→ did not advance)

Hockey

Men's competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B) → 3rd place in group

• Drew with Gt. Britain and N. Ireland (2-2)
• Lost to Australia (3-2)
• Drew with Kenya (1-1)

Team Roster

• Nadarajah
• Shanmuganathan
• Chua Eng Cheng
• Sankey, P.S.
• Shepherdson, M.F.
• Toft, G.D.
• Devendran
• Chua Eng Kim
• Lawrence, T.
• Karim, A.
• Sheikh Ali
• Hamzah
• Van Huizen, P.
• Vias, W.
• Selvanayagam, S.
• Gian Singh
• Arul, N.

Shooting

Free Pistol

• Chong, J.K.L.

• 438 points (→ 33rd place)

Clay Pigeon

• Moe, F.K.

• 145 points (→ 28th place)

• Liew, F.S.

• 140 points (→ 29th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 Metres Backstroke

• Lim, H.C.

• Heats — 1.12,4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 Metres Butterfly

• Fong, S.

• Heats — 2.56,0 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Featherweight

• Koh Eng Tong

• 285 kilos/628lbs (→ 17th place)

Middleweight

• Chan Pak Lum

• Retired after 2 phases (→ 14th place)

Middle-Heavyweight

• Tan, K.B.

• 395 kilos/870.5lbs (→ 6th place)

References

• Official Olympic Reports