Malaysia at the 1974 Asian Games

Malaysia at the
1974 Asian Games
Malaysia at the; 1974 Asian Games
IOC code	MAL
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Tehran
Competitors	106 in 8 sports
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;
Other related appearances
	North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962); Sarawak (1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from 1 to 16 September 1974. Athletes from Malaysia won overall five medal and finished 17th in a medal table.^[1]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	1	1	2	12
Field hockey	0	1	1	3
Football	0	1	1	3
Shooting	0	1	1	7
Total	1	4	5	17

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ishtiaq Mubarak	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze	Junaidah Aman	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
Bronze	Malaysia national field hockey team	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Malaysia national football team R. Arumugam Wong Hee Kok Hanafiah Ali Wong Kuw Fou P. Umaparam Mohamed Chandran Soh Chin Aun Shukor Salleh Wan Zawawi Ali Bakar Mohamed Bakar Syed Ahmad Mokhtar Dahari Harun Jusoh Namat Abdullah Santokh Singh	Football	Men's tournament
Bronze	Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong	Shooting	Men's team skeet

Athletics

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.49

Women
Track event

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Junaidah Aman	400 metres	55.78

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Moo Foot Lian	Men's singles	Dinesh Khanna (IND) W 15–11, 7–15, 15–6	Yan Po Tim (HKG) W 15–12, 18–17	Liem Swie King (INA) L 9–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Tan Aik Mong	Men's singles	Kim Yong-do (PRK) W 15–8, 15–6	Yang Mei Liang (HKG) W 15–3, 15–10	Nunung Murdjianto (INA) W 8–15, 18–15, 15–6	Fang Kaixiang (CHN) L 8–15, 5–15	Bronze medal match Liem Swie King (INA) L 12–15, 10–15	4
Dominic Soong Moo Foot Lian	Men's doubles	Bye	Partho Ganguli Davinder Ahuja (IND) L 15–6, 13–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Sylvia Ng	Women's singles	—	Mariko Nishio (JPN) W 6–11, 11–2, 11–3	Chen Yuniang (CHN) L 9–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng	Women's doubles	—	Behnaz Nourazar Rafat Yazdanparast (IRI) W 15–1, 15–1	Lin Youya Qiu Yufang (CHN) L 8–15, 8–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Final round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	35	1	+34	9
India	5	4	1	0	25	1	+24	9
Malaysia	5	2	1	2	15	6	+9	5
Japan	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
Sri Lanka	5	1	0	4	11	29	−18	2
Iran	5	0	0	5	1	52	−51	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 September
13:30

Malaysia	9–0	Iran

Tehran

8 September
15:30

Pakistan	4–0	Malaysia

Tehran

9 September
15:30

Malaysia	6–0	Sri Lanka

Tehran

12 September
16:00

India	2–0	Malaysia

Tehran

13 September
15:30

Japan	0–0	Malaysia

Tehran

Since both Malaysia and Japan were tied on points, a play-off game was played to decide the 3rd team.

14 September
10:00

Malaysia	3–1	Japan

Tehran

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Men's tournament

Squad

Preliminary round; Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Israel	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	6	Qualified for the second round
2	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	3	Qualified for the second round
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

Source: RSSSF

3 September

16:30

Israel	8 – 3	Malaysia
Onana 4', 18' Schwartz 10' Feigenbaum 39' Damti 48', 67', 89' Massuari 75'		Zawawi 61' (pen.) Ahmad 75', 80'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kim Joo-Won (South Korea)

5 September

16:30

Japan	1 – 1	Malaysia
Yoshimura 67'		M. Bakar 66'

Persepolis Stadium, Tehran

7 September

16:00

Malaysia	11 – 0	Philippines

Persepolis Stadium, Tehran

Second round; Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualified for the gold medal match
2	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Qualified for the bronze medal match
3	Iraq	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

9 September

16:30

Iran	1 – 0	Malaysia
Ali Parvin 17'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mohammed Azam (India)

11 September

21:00

Iraq	0 – 0	Malaysia

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

13 September

20:30

South Korea	2 – 3	Malaysia
Lee Hoi-Taek 12' Park Yi-Cheon 81'		Harun Jusoh 10' 22' Ali Bakar 78'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Bronze medal match

15 September

North Korea	1 – 2	Malaysia
Kim Jong-Min 58'		Isa Bakar 48' 81'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Referee: U Tin Htut (Burma)

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Wang Siew Meng	Air pistol	356	11
Wang Siew Meng	Centre fire pistol	553	11
Wang Siew Meng	Standard pistol	515	9
Wang Siew Meng	Free pistol	530	7
Tengku Bakar	Trap	134	8
Ally Ong	Skeet	183	4
Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong	Team skeet	502

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiang Jin Choon	100 m backstroke	1:05.43	4	1:04.38	4
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m backstroke	2:21.23	4	2:18.49	4
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m individual medley	2:29.32	7		7
Chiang Jin Choon	400 m individual medley	5:27.97	8	DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rosanna Lam	100 m freestyle	1:11.13	11	Did not advance
Rosanna Lam	100 m breaststroke	1:25.54	11	Did not advance
Rosanna Lam	200 m breaststroke	3:05.28	9	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Harbans Singh	110 kg	115.0	8	150.0	8	265.0	8
Cheng Jiew Koon	+110 kg	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

References

^ "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[1] "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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