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Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Malaysia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors26 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Bertrand Rhodict Lises & Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif[1]
Flag bearer (closing)Ashley Lau
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's appearance in every single edition of summer Olympics, since its official debut in 1956 under the name 'Malaya', except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the United States-led boycott.

Malaysia left Paris with two bronze medals in badminton, with men's doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik retaining their bronze medals first won in 2021 and Lee Zii Jia taking another bronze medal in men's singles. The result of two bronze medals is the least successful outcome for the nation since 2008. It also marks the first time Malaysia claiming medals in only one sport, last time being 2008. Furthermore, it is also a return to the results achieved by the nation in 1992, where Malaysia secured medals without earning a silver and a gold. Therefore, the nation's wait for its first-ever Olympic gold medal carried on after leaving Paris. Malaysia ranked 80th in the overall results of the medal ranking, placing the nation at its worst ever standing at the Olympic Games.

In addition, Malaysia fell just short of a podium finish in badminton, weightlifting and cycling. In badminton, women's doubles pair Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan were defeated by Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan in the bronze medal match, Aniq Kasdan narrowly lost to Hampton Morris of the United States in men's 61 kg event of weightlifting by a margin of only 1 kg while in cycling, Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom was racing 3rd in the final lap in the gold medal match in men's keirin event of track cycling before involving in an incident where he was crashed by Shinji Nakano of Japan.

Medalists

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Further information: 2024 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik		 Badminton Men's doubles 4 August
 Bronze Lee Zii Jia Badminton Men's singles 5 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Badminton 0 0 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 0 0 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2
Medals by date
Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
4 August 0 0 1 1
5 August 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 2 2

Background

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On 12 March 2023, Minister of Youth and Sports Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan announced the appointment of President of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) Hamidin Amin as Chef de Mission, with squash legend Nicol David as his deputy. The Ministry of Youth and Sports also launched the "Road to Gold" programme to support the national team in their quest for an elusive Olympic gold medal.[2][3]

On 23 June 2024, in conjunction with Olympic Day, the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) unveiled a new tiger-stripe design for the delegation's official attire, provided by Yonex-Sunrise. But after mixed public reactions and online criticism, the design was revised, and a new version featuring fiercer-looking tiger stripes was unveiled on 2 July 2024.[4][5][6]

On 1 July 2024, the OCM picked diver Bertrand Rhodict Lises and sailor Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif as the flag bearers for the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[7] In the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony, the Malaysian delegation was represented by ten participants, consisting four officials and six athletes.[8][9] All participants boarded Jean-Sébastien Mouche (JS Mouche), a boat of Bateaux Mouches with Malawi and Maldives delegates, which traveled on a route on the Seine River.[10][11] The participants wore traditional costumes designed by Rizman Ruzaini named 'The Malaya', featuring an olive green colour scheme and golden songket motifs to symbolise their gold medal aspirations. The men wore the Baju Melayu Teluk Belanga, while the women wore the Baju Kurung with a kelubung.[12]

Broadcasters

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Main article: List of 2024 Summer Olympics broadcasters
Name Type Ref
Astro Pay and over-the-top [13]
RTM Free-to-air and over-the-top [14]
Unifi TV Pay and over-the top [15]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 3 3
Athletics 1 0 1
Badminton 4 4 8
Cycling 2 2 4
Diving 1 1 2
Golf 1 1 2
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 13 13 26

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia archers secured a quota place in the women's recurve individual event at the 2023 Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.[16] Malaysia also qualified for the women's team for the first time at the 2024 Final Olympic Qualifiers Tournament in Antalya, Turkey, thus also entering 2 more archers in the women's individual recurve.[17]

However, this is also the first time that Malaysia did not have male representatives in archery since the 2008 Games in Beijing, China, as all of its male archers were eliminated in the early rounds of the latter qualifier tournament.[18]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ariana Zairi Women's individual 633 50  Rebagliati (ITA)
L 5–6 		Did not advance
Nurul Fazil 622 60  Gökkır (TUR)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Syaqiera Mashayikh 663 14  Mîrca (MDA)
W 6–0 		 Caetano (BRA)
L 5–6 		Did not advance
Ariana Zairi
Nurul Fazil
Syaqiera Mashayikh 		Women's team 1918 10 —  Indonesia
L 3–5 		Did not advance

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian sprinter Muhd Azeem Fahmi qualified for the Olympic competition through a universality place to compete in the Men's 100 meters event.[19]

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
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Muhd Azeem Fahmi Men's 100 metres 10.42 2 Q 10.45 9 Did not advance

Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia entered eight badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lee Zii Jia Men's singles  Nettasinghe (SRI)
W (21–14, 21–12) 		 Abián (ESP)
W (21–10, 21–13) 		— 1 Q  TJ Popov (FRA)
W (21–13, 24–22) 		 Antonsen (DEN)
W (21–17, 21–15) 		 Vitidsarn (THA)
L (14–21, 15–21) 		 Sen (IND)
W (13–21, 21–16, 21–11) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik 		Men's doubles  Lane /
Vendy (GBR)
W (19–21, 21–16, 21–11) 		 Dong /
Yakura (CAN)
W (21–10, 21–15) 		 Liang WK /
Wang C (CHN)
L (22–24, 14–21) 		2 Q —  Rankireddy /
Shetty (IND)
W (13–21, 21–14, 21–16) 		 Liang WK /
Wang C (CHN)
L (19–21, 21–15, 17–21) 		 Astrup /
Rasmussen (DEN)
W (16–21, 22–20, 21–19) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Goh Jin Wei Women's singles  Scholtz (RSA)
W (23–21, 21–11) 		 Kim G-e (KOR)
L (17–21, 22–20, 21–23) 		— 2 Did not advance
Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan 		Women's doubles  Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (17–21, 20–22) 		 Matsumoto /
Nagahara (JPN)
W (18–21, 21–15, 21–16) 		 Rahayu /
Ramadhanti (INA)
W (21–18, 21–9) 		2 Q —  Kim S-y / Kong H-y (KOR)
W (21–12, 21–13) 		 Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (12–21, 21–18, 15–21) 		 Matsuyama /
Shida (JPN)
L (11–21, 11–21) 		4
Chen Tang Jie
Toh Ee Wei 		Mixed doubles  Hee /
Tan (SGP)
W (23–21, 21–12) 		 Chiu /
Gai (USA)
W (21–15, 24–22) 		 Feng YZ /
Huang DP (CHN)
W (17–21, 21–15, 21–16) 		1 Q —  Kim W-h / Jeong N-e (KOR)
L (19–21, 14–21) 		Did not advance

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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Malaysia cyclist secured a quota place in the women's road race events through the 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir Women's road race DNF

Track

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Malaysia entered three riders, to compete in the men's sprint, men's keirin, women's sprint and women's keirin events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's sprint 9.402 NR
(76.579) 		10 Q  Spiegel (GER)
W 9.885
(72.838) 		Bye  Turnbull (GBR)
W 9.866
(72.978) 		Bye  Hoogland (NED)
L +0.037
(73.680) 		 Rudyk (POL)
 Iakovlev (ISR)
L +0.190
(72.246) 		Did not advance
Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom 9.635
(74.728) 		22 Q  Iakovlev (ISR)
L +0.569
(73.627) 		 Lendel (LTU)
 Dakin (NZL)
L +0.043
(73.290) 		Did not advance
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri Women's sprint 10.709
(67.233) 		21 Q  Capewell (GBR)
L +0.081
(66.140) 		 Ohta (JPN)
 Genest (CAN)
L +0.054
(65.538) 		Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's keirin DSQ Did not advance
Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom REL R 1 Q 3 Q 3 QG 6 REL
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri Women's keirin 4 R 3 Did not advance

Diving

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Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian diver, Bertrand Rhodict Lises, secured a quota place in the men's individual platform event by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[20] On 28 June 2024, Malaysia was given an unused quota by other nations. Following this, another diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri joined Bertrand Rhodict and competed in the women's 3 m springboard.[21]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Bertrand Rhodict Lises Men's 10 m platform 313.70 25 Did not advance
Nur Dhabitah Sabri Women's 3 m springboard 283.65 12 Q 286.95 8 Q 244.80 12

Golf

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Main articles: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Gavin Green, and Ashley Lau; both qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions, based on their own world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Gavin Green Men's 74 69 69 69 281 −3 T33
Ashley Lau Women's 72 77 79 78 306 +18 T55

Sailing

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Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian sailors secured a quota place in the women's ILCA6 event through winning the event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; and in the men's ILCA7 event at the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.

Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Khairulnizam Afendy Men's ILCA 7 32 15 22 21 30 26 22 34 Cancelled EL 168 32
Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif Women's ILCA 6 19 38 23 29 20 32 29 29 32 Cancelled EL 215 35

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysian shooter achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[22]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Johnathan Wong Men's 10 m air pistol 570 26 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Two Malaysian swimmers qualified for the Olympic Games through universality places. [23]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Khiew Hoe Yean Men's 400 m freestyle 3:51.66 27 — Did not advance
Tan Rouxin Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:12.50 33 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Malaysia entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Aniq Kasdan (men's 61 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings; marking the nations return after last participation in 2016.[24]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Aniq Kasdan Men's −61 kg 130 4 167 3 297 4

See also

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References

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  5. ^ ""Who approved the design?" - Malaysia's 2024 Olympic Paris attire draws flak online". thesun.my. 24 June 2024.
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