Malaysia at the 1966 Asian Games explained

Noc:	MAL
Nocname:	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Year:	1966
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Bangkok
Competitors:	155
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	M.Doraisamy
Gold:	7
Silver:	5
Bronze:	6
Rank:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	North Borneo (195419581962) Sarawak (1962)
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Malaysia competed in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 1966 to 20 December 1966. This country is ranked number 4 with 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 6 bronze medals.^[1]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

width=150	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=60	Total	width=60	Rank
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	5	bgcolor=#dce5e5	3	bgcolor=#ffdab9	4	12	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	2	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	4	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	2	2	9
Total	7	5	6	18	4

Medallists

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Mani Jegathesan	100 m	10.5
Mani Jegathesan	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	21.5
Thomboo Krishnan	21.6
Ramasamy Subramaniam	800 m	1:49.5
Ramasamy Subramaniam	1500 m	3:48.0
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.7
Andyappan Nathan	400 m hurdles	53.0
Mani Jegathesan Mohd Ariffin Ahmad Rajalingam Gunaratnam Thomboo Krishnan	4 × 100 m relay	40.6 GR
Andyappan Nathan Rengan Pakkri Thomboo Krishnan Victor Asirvatham	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.1

Field event

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Mary Rajamani	400 m	56.3 GR
Cheryl Dorall Jacqueline Kleinman Mary Rajamani Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad	4 × 100 m relay	48.8

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 1966 Asian Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Men's doubles				Gold medal match Ang Tjin Siang Tjoa Tjong Boan W
Billy Ng Eddy Choong Khor Cheng Chye Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan Teh Kew San Yew Cheng Hoe	Men's team	W 5–4	W 5–4	W 5–4	Gold medal match L 4–5
Rosalind Singha Ang Tan Gaik Bee	Women's team		L 3–4	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Teh Kew San Rosalind Singha Ang	Mixed doubles				Gold medal match Eddy Choong Tan Gaik Bee W
Eddy Choong Tan Gaik Bee					Gold medal match Teh Kew San Rosalind Singha Ang L

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men's tournament

Group A

width=160	Team	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25
	4	4	0	326	199	+127	8
	4	3	1	327	274	+53	7
	4	2	2	355	301	+54	6
	4	1	3	259	293	−34	5
	4	0	4	251	451	−200	4

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Qualified for the 5th – 8th classification

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place match

Ranked 8th in final standings

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1966 Asian Games.

Athlete	Event	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score
Ahmad Mokhtar	Men's 51 kg
Terence Stahlman	Men's 67 kg

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men's tournament

Group B

width=160	Team	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25
	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	2
	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

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Qualified for the semifinals

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Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Ranked 4th in final standings

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men's tournament

Group B

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	3	3	0	0	6	2	3.000	6
	3	2	0	1	7	4	1.750	4
	3	1	0	2	4	7	0.571	2
	3	0	0	3	1	5	0.200	0

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

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Ranked 10th in final standings

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 1966 Asian Games – Men.

Pool A

Seventh to twelfth place classification

Ranked 12th in final standings

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1966 Asian Games.

Men's tournament

Final round

width=160	Team	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25	Rank
	4	4	0	0	46	8	+38	8
	4	3	0	1	34	17	+17	6
	4	2	0	2	21	21	0	4
	4	1	0	3	21	36	−15	2	4
	4	0	0	4	5	45	−40	0	5

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Ranked 4th in final standings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Overall medal standings  - Bangkok 1966 . ocasia.org . Olympic Council of Asia . 10 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111618/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMTIt7aPW1FXTVeG1G2K50Cz . 6 October 2014 . dead .