Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games explained
Malaysia competed in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 September 1978. Athletes from Malaysia won overall six medal and finished 12th in a medal table.[1]
Medal summary
Medals by sport
width=150 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=60 | Total | width=60 | Rank |
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| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 1 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 1 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
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Medallists
Athletics
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games.
- Men
Road event
Athlete | Event | Final |
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Time | Rank |
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Vellasamy Subramaniam | align=left rowspan=2 | 20 km road walk | 1:31:59 | |
Khoo Chong Beng | 1:33:57 | | |
- Women
Track event
Basketball
See main article: article and Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games.
Men's tournament
- Group B
width=200 | Team | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | L |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | Qualified for the finals | |
- Seventh to fourteenth place classification
width=200 | Team | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | L |
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| 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 7 | |
- Ranked 7th in final standings
Women's tournament
- Final round
width=200 | Team | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | L |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |
- Ranked 5th in final standings
Boxing
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1978 Asian Games.
Field hockey
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1978 Asian Games.
Men's tournament
- Bronze medal match
- Ranked 3rd in final standings
Football
See main article: article and Football at the 1978 Asian Games.
Men's tournament
- Preliminary round; Group C
width=200 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=25 | GD |
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| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | |
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | Qualified for the semifinals | |
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- Semifinal; Group 2
width=200 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=25 | GD |
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| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | |
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | Qualified for the gold medal match |
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | Qualified for the bronze medal match | |
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- Ranked 7th in final standings
Notes and References
- Web site: Overall medal standings - Bangkok 1978 . ocasia.org . Olympic Council of Asia . 10 August 2014.