Malaysia at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MAS
Nocname:	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Oldcode:	MAL
Website:
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	45
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Mohammed Bakar^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1956)

Malaysia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 45 competitors, 42 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zainuddin Wahab	100 m	10.80	7	Did not advance
Zainuddin Wahab	200 m	21.87	5	Did not advance
Tambusamy Krishnan	400 m	48.31	5	Did not advance
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.78	7	Did not advance
Baba Singhe Peyadesa Mohamed Hassan Osman Sinnayah Sabapathy Tambusamy Krishnan	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.51	6	Did not advance

Women

Track event

Combined events – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event					200 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Gladys Chai	Result	18.46	6.95	1.60	–	–		–
Points	440	363	834	–	–

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Four cyclists represented Malaysia in 1972.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum	align=left rowspan=4	Men's individual road race
Daud Ibrahim
Omar Haji Saad
Saad Fadzil
Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum Daud Ibrahim Omar Haji Saad Saad Fadzil	Men's team time trial	2:46:51.6	35

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Football

See main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Jalil Che Din

width=4%	No.	width=4%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=4%	Cards yellow/red
1			17 March 1949	23	17		3	0	207	1	0	0
2			13 March 1945	27	22		3	0	270	0	0	0
3			19 July 1948	24	39		3	0	270	0	0	0
4			12 March 1945	27	22		3	0	270	0	0	0
5			4 May 1942	30	97		3	0	270	0	0	0
6			27 March 1951	21	0	Perak	0	0	0	0	0	0
7			8 August 1948	23	27		3	0	188	0	1	0
8			29 September 1949	22	49		3	1	248	1	0	0
9			11 April 1949	23	11		3	1	270	0	0	0
10			13 Jan 1948	24	21		0	0	0	0	0	0
11			1 Nov 1947	24	27		3	1	270	0	0	0
12					16		0	0	0	0	0	0
13			24 Mar 1950	22	3		1	0	63	0	1	0
14			31 March 1947	25	56		3	0	262	1	0	0
15			18 Nov 1947	24	19		0	0	0	0	0	0
16			25 Jun 1945	27	12		1	0	22	0	1	0
17			15 February 1945	27	12		3	0	209	0	1	0
18			12 Sep 1947	24	6		1	0	61	1	0	1
19			1 Jun 1951	21	18		1	0	90	0	0	0

Group A

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	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	6
	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2
	3	0	1	2	0	10	−10	1

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Ranked 10th in final standings

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Khairuddin Zainal
• Francis Belavantheran
• Sri Shanmuganathan
• Brian Santa Maria
• Phang Poh Meng
• Wong Choon Hin
• Singaram Balasingam
• Sayed Samat
• Sulaiman Saibot
• Franco de Cruz
• Murugesan Mahendran
• Harnahal Singh Sewa
• Yang Siow Ming
• Omar Mohamed Razali Yeop
• Ramalingam Pathmarajah

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	7	6	1	0	17	5	13
	7	5	1	1	17	6	11
	7	4	1	2	9	7	9
	7	2	4	1	9	8	8
	7	2	1	4	8	14	5
	7	2	0	5	6	13	4
	7	0	3	4	4	9	3
	7	0	3	4	6	14	3

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Qualified for the semifinals

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place match

Ranked 8th in final standings

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Mixed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiang Jin Choon	100 m backstroke	1:07.65	7	Did not advance
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m backstroke	2:26.51	6	Did not advance
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m individual medley	2:32.67	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ong Mei Lin	100 m backstroke	1:19.39	7	Did not advance
Ong Mei Lin	200 m backstroke	2:46.40	8	Did not advance
Ong Mei Lin	200 m individual medley	2:48.13	8	Did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Reference LLC . Malaysia . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092550/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MAS/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 August 2012 .
2. Web site: Malaysia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092553/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MAS/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 October 2014 . sports-reference.com.