Malaysia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Malaysia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	MAS
CGA	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	olympic.org.my
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	20 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
British North Borneo (1958, 1962)  Sarawak (1958, 1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	1	2	1	4	2
Total	1	2	1	4	12

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Sylvia Ng	Badminton	Women's singles
Silver	Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Katherine Teh	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Saw Swee Leong Sylvia Ng Whee Chee Geok	Badminton	Mixed team

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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 and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.89	6	—		Did not advance
Simit Bolkiah	400 m hurdles	54.36	6 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Vellasamy Subramaniam	30 km walk	—				2:56:08	12

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Baljit Singh Sidhu	High jump	2.05	7

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Chin Leng Sim	100 m	12.85	7	Did not advance
Marina Chin Leng Sim	100 m hurdles	14.77	6	—		Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Abu Bakar Sufian	Men's singles	W	W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj		W	W	L	Did not advance
Moo Foot Lian		W	W	L	Did not advance
Saw Swee Leong		W	W	W	W	W	Bronze medal match  Ray Stevens (ENG) L	4
Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj	Men's doubles	—	W	W	L	Did not advance
Moo Foot Leong Ong Teong Boon		—	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett (ENG) L
Chee Geok Whee	Women's singles	W	L	Did not advance
Katherine Teh Swee Phek		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) L
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match  Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) W
Katherine Teh Swee Phek Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Women's doubles	—		W	L	Did not advance
Ong Teong Boon Chee Geok Whee	Mixed doubles	W	L	Did not advance
James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek		W	W	L	Did not advance
Abu Bakar Sufian Chee Geok Whee James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Mixed team	—		W	W	W	Bronze medal match  New Zealand (NZL) W

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Abdul Rahman	50 m rifle prone	1155	27
Felix Choong Huen Ho	Rapid fire pistol	0	20
Ally Ong	Skeet	182	8
Edmund Yong		167	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Christine Lam	400 m freestyle	4:52.02	11
Christine Lam	800 m freestyle	9:56.94	9
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	100 m breaststroke	1:23.35	17
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	200 m breaststroke	3:00.86	13
Christine Lam	100 m butterfly	1:11.63	15
Christine Lam	200 m butterfly	2:38.55	14
Rosanna Lam Ai Leng	200 m individual medley	2:42.12	13

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leong Ah Wah	56 kg							197.5	5