Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games explained

Noc:	CAM
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Cambodia
Year:	2018
Date:	18 August – 2 September
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia
Competitors:	43
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Sorn Seavmey
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Rank:	24
Appearances:	auto
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Cambodia competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1] This event marks the 12th Asian Games appearance for Cambodia since making their debut in 1954.^[2]

Cambodia will make its debut in the sport of sailing at the Asian Games.^[3]

Taekwondo practitioner Sorn Seavmey, was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[4]

Medalists

The following Cambodia competitors won medals at the Games.^[5] | style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				24 Aug
				25 Aug
				25 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Jet ski	1	0	1	2
Ju-jitsu	1	0	0	1
Total	2	0	1	3

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	0	0
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	1	0	0	1
7	August 25	1	0	1	2
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	0	0
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		2	0	1	3

Competitors

45 athletes have been qualified to compete in 13 different sporting events.^[6] A total of 43 athletes attended the Games released by the Olympic Council of Asia.^{[7] [8]}

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia entered five athletes (1 men and 4 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[9]

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horl Lyda	Men's C-1 1000 m	5:00.682	7
Ly Torhieth	Men's K-1 200 m	41.349	8 QS	39.274	5	Did not advance

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frantisek Paul Vag-Urminsky	Men's épée	L 3–5 : L 3–5 : L 4–5 : L 4–5 : L 3–5 : W 5–2	6	Did not advance					28
Chim Theara	Men's foil	L 0–5 : L 1–5 : W 5–3 : L 1–5 : L 1–5	5	Did not advance					25
Chhay Linly	Women's sabre	L 3–5 : L 0–5 : L 3–5 : W 5–1 : L 4–5	5	Did not advance					19

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia represented by Choeun Sokden who participate in the men's vault event, but he did not start the competition.^[10]

Jet Ski

See main article: article and Jet ski at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodian jetskier, Saly Ou Moeut, took home the gold medal in the ski modified event of the 2018 Asian Games at Ancol, North Jakarta, on 25 August. Ou Moeut also won another bronze medal in the Runabout 1100 stock. Ou Moeut became the first male athlete of Cambodian who won gold medal since debut in Asian Games in 1954.^[11]

His teammate, Mustan, failed to win any medal because of engine problem during Moto 1. But he still performed well in other rounds.

Athlete	Event	Moto Points				Ded.	Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4
align=left rowspan=4	Saly Ou Moeut	Runabout limited						0	–
Runabout 1100 stock	39	48	43	53		183
Runabout endurance open	336				–10	326	12
Ski modified	53	60	60	60		233
align=left rowspan=4	Min Mustan	Runabout limited						0	–
Runabout 1100 stock	30	33	22	48		133	7
Runabout endurance open						0	–
Ski modified		53	39	53		145	7

Ju-jitsu

See main article: article and Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodian athlete Jessa Khan won the gold medal in the women's ju-jitsu newaza 49 kg at the 2018 Asian Games after beating United Arab Emirates athlete Mahra Alhinaai by submission at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on 24 August.^[12]

Men

Women

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Phou Khi Phok	–60 kg		L 00–11	Did not advance
Sun Panhga	–73 kg	L 00s1–11s1	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: article and Karate at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia entered the karate competition with two men's athletes.^[13]

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia set up 3 men's sailors to make their debut at the Asian Games.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Soth Mesa	RS:X	(10)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	136	10
Duch Bunthuoen	Laser	(16)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	174	16

Mixed

Soft tennis

See main article: article and Soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Samsocheaphearun Doeum	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 0–4	W 4–2	W 4–1	2	Did not advance
Sophorn Kann	L 1–4	L 3–4		3	Did not advance
Mariyan Meth	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4–3	L 0–4		2	Did not advance
Sotheary Rin	L 0–4	L 1–4		3	Did not advance
Sambath Orn Sotheary Rin	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	L 1–5	L 2–5		3	Did not advance
Sarsarith Yi Mariyan Meth	L 3–5	L 1–5		3	Did not advance
Samsocheaphearun Doeum Chamroeun Ek Sophorn Kann Sambath Orn Sarsarith Yi	Men's team	W 3–0	L 0–3	L 0–3	3	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Keouodom Lim	50 m backstroke	30.68	32	Did not advance
50 m butterfly	27.38	35	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	1:01.47	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Thol Thoeun	50 m freestyle	25.80	43	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	58.78	42	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Voleak Sok	50 m breaststroke	36.00	21	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:17.35	20	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia entered their athletes (3 men's and 3 women's) into the taekwondo competition at the Games.^[14]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phal Sovannat	Men's individual	L 7.81–8.22	Did not advance
Sim Rachana	Women's individual	L 7.70–8.31	Did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ny Sovannroth	Men's −58 kg	L 11-30	Did not advance
Chhun Soklong	Men's −63 kg	L 5-25	Did not advance
Cassie Tubbs	Women's −57 kg	L 18-19	Did not advance
Sorn Seavmey	Women's +67 kg		W WD	L 3-5	Did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games.

Cambodia put up five wrestlers (2 men's and 3 women's) competed in the freestyle event at the wrestling competition.^[15]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chon Thoun	−65 kg		L 0–6^F	Did not advance		L 5–15	Did not advance		14
Heng Vuthy	−86 kg		L 0–8^F	Did not advance					13

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dit Samnang	−50 kg		L 0–10	Did not advance			11
Chey Chan Raksmey	−53 kg	L 4–7	Did not advance				9
Dorn Srors	−57 kg	L 0–4^F	Did not advance				10

See also

• Cambodia at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
• Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Para Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: asiangames2018. asiangames2018. asiangames2018id. en. 17 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180711063153/https://www.asiangames2018.id/participants. 11 July 2018. dead.
2. News: CAMBODIA - IGBS Asian Games 2018. IGBS Asian Games 2018. 17 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193413/http://asiangames2018.igbs.tv/event-information/participating-nations-2/cambodia-2/. 17 August 2018. dead.
3. News: CSF teams visit Jakarta for 2018 Asiad prep. Vichea. Pang. 4 July 2018. Phnom Penh Post. 17 August 2018.
4. News: Manjunath. H S. 17 August 2018. Seavmey eyes gold as Asiad to open. Phnom Penh Post. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 17 August 2018.
5. Web site: Medals Cambodia . Asian Games 2018 . 25 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826043838/https://en.asiangames2018.id/medals/noc/CAM . 26 August 2018 . dead .
6. News: Cambodian athletes seek Asian Games glory - Khmer Times. 17 August 2018. Khmer Times. 17 August 2018. en-US.
7. News: Cambodia Wins Second Gold medal in 2018 Asian Games, Ski Modified . en.freshnewsasia.com . 25 August 2018 . 4 January 2019.
8. Web site: 18th Asian Games: Participants . . 2 January 2019.
9. Web site: Official Result Book Athletics . . 30 August 2018 . 30 December 2018.
10. Web site: Official Result Book Artistic Gymnastics . . 24 August 2018 . 30 December 2018.
11. News: Asep. Firmansyah. Cambodian jetskier grabs gold in ski modified. 25 August 2018. asiangames2018.id. The Jakarta Post. 25 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180215/https://en.asiangames2018.id//news/articles/cambodian-jetskier-grabs-gold-in-ski-modified/. 25 August 2018. dead.
12. News: Taufik. Ridwan. Cambodia wins gold in women's ju-jitsu newaza 49 kg. 25 August 2018. asiangames2018.id. The Jakarta Post. 25 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180825041315/https://en.asiangames2018.id//news/articles/cambodia-wins-gold-in-women-s-ju-jitsu-newaza-49-kg/. 25 August 2018. dead.
13. Web site: Official Result Book Karate . . 27 August 2018 . 27 December 2018.
14. Web site: Athletes Taekwondo Cambodia . Asian Games 2018 . 19 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182352/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/sport/tk/country/CAM/page/1/ . 19 August 2018 . dead .
15. Web site: Athletes Wrestling Cambodia . Asian Games 2018 . 26 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180826170937/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/sport/wr/country/CAM/page/1/ . 26 August 2018 . dead .