- Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Malaysia at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Malaysia – Flag bearersIOC code MAS NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia Website www.olympic.org.my (English) At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Competitors 33 in 9 sports Flag bearer Azizul Hasni Awang Medals
Rank: 70Gold
0Silver
1Bronze
0Total
1Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1956* • 1960* • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 *As Malaya
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North Borneo (1956)Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 33 athletes who took part in nine sports in the games. The Malaysian contingent sent to Beijing was the biggest since the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.[1] Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever won throughout Malaysia's participation history since its nationhood in 1957.
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event 
SilverLee Chong Wei Badminton Men's singles Aquatics
DivingMain article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Men
Athlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Bryan Nickson Lomas 10 m Individual Platform 384.35 26 Did not advance Women
Athlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Elizabeth Jimie 3 m Individual Springboard 253.50 21 Did not advance Leong Mun Yee 3 m Individual Springboard 253.50 21 Did not advance Pandelela Rinong 10 m Individual Platform 249.20 27 Did not advance Elizabeth Jimie
Leong Mun Yee3 m Synchronised Springboard Did not advance 253.50 21 Did not advance 
SwimmingMain article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Events Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Notes Time Rank Notes Time Rank Notes Daniel William Henry Bego 200 m freestyle 1:50.92 44 out of 57 NR Did not advance 100 m butterfly 54.38 54 out of 66 Did not advance 200 m butterfly 2:01.98 37 out of 44 Did not advance Women
Athlete Events Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Notes Time Rank Notes Time Rank Notes Khoo Chai Lin 400 m freestyle 4:23.37 38 out of 42 No semifinals Did not advance 800 m freestyle 9:04.86 34 out of 36 No semifinals Did not advance Siow Yi Ting 200 m individual medley 2:17.11 29 out of 39 Did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:27.80 19 out of 41 Did not advance Lew Yih Wey 400 m individual medley 4:55.83 34 out of 38 No semifinals Did not advance Leung Chii Lin 50 m freestyle 26.75 48 out of 92 Did not advance 
ArcheryMain articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationMalaysia will send archers to the Olympics for the second time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Only men qualified for Malaysia, with Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earning spots for the country by placing 8th and 27th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz adding a third spot with his third-place finish at the Asian championships.[2]
Athlete Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz Cheng Chu Sian Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman Ranking Round Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed 674 5 660 26 659 27 Knockout Stage Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Round of 64 
(60) Alexandru Bodnar (ROU)105-106 
(39) Matthew Gray (AUS)109-101 
(38) Chen Szu Yuan (TPE)106-107 Round of 32 Did not advance 
(58) Matti Hatava (FIN)110-103 Did not advance Round of 16 
(10) Lee Chang-Hwan (KOR)105-105
(+19)-(+18)Quarterfinals 
(31) Bair Badënov (RUS)104-109 Semifinals
Did not
advance
Final Final Rank Last 64 Last 8 Last 64 Athlete Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz - Cheng Chu Sian - Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman Ranking Round Score Seed 1993 3 Knockout Stage Opposition Score Round of
16Bye Quarter
finals
(6) Mauro Nespoli - Marco Galiazzo - Ilario Di Buò (ITA)213-218 Semifinals
Did not
advance
Final Final Rank Last 8 
AthleticsMain article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Events Heats Final Result Rank Notes Result Rank Notes Lee Hup Wei High jump 2.20m 32 out of 40 Did not advance Women
Athlete Events Heats Final Result Rank Notes Result Rank Notes Yuan Yufang 20km walk No heats Did not finish Roslinda Samsu Pole vault 4.30m 16 out of 36 Did not advance 
BadmintonMain articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationMen
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank Score Score Score Score Score Score (2) Lee Chong Wei Singles 
Ronald Susilo (SIN)
21-13, 21-14[3]
Kęstutis Navickas (LTU)
21-5, 21-7
(6) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA)
21-9, 21-11 Lee Hyun-il (KOR)
21-18, 13-21, 21,13
(1) Lin Dan (CHN)
12-21, 8-21
Wong Choong Hann Singles (7) Taufik Hidayat (INA)
21-19, 21-16 Hsieh Yu-Hsing (TPE)
21-14, 17-21, 18-21Did not advance Last 16 (4) Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan WahDoubles Hwang Ji-man
and Lee Jae-jin (KOR)
22-20, 21-13, 21-16Did not advance Last 16 Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon HeongDoubles 
Shuichi Sakamoto
and Shintaro Ikeda (JPN)
21-12, 21-16 (1) Markis Kido
and Hendra Setiawan (INA)
16-21, 18-21Did not advance Quarterfinals Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank Score Score Score Score Score Score (8) Wong Mew Choo Singles Bye 
Kerry–Lee Harrington (RSA)
21-4, 21-4
Petya Nedelcheva (BUL)
21-16, 21-8 (3) Lu Lan (CHN)
7-21, 27-29Did not advance Quarterfinals Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei TtyDoubles Lee Hyo-jung
and Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
14-21, 19-21Did not advance Last 16 Edited by Mohd Najmie
Cycling
Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
TrackAthlete Azizul Hasni Awang Qualifying Round Time Rank 10.272 7 1/16 Finals Heat 10.762 
Ryan Bayley (FRA)
Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)Repechage 10.959 Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)
Tsubasa Kitatsuru (JPN)
Lukasz Kwiatkowski (POL)1/8 Finals Heat 10.531 
Jason Kenny (GBR)
Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)Repechage 11.010 Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)
Stefan Nimke (GER)
Roberto Chiappa (ITA)Quarterfinals Ride 1 10.820 Chris Hoy (GBR)
Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)Ride 2 10.302 Chris Hoy (GBR)
Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)5th-8th 10.719 Kévin Sireau (FRA)
Teun Mulder (NED)
Theo Bos (NED)
Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS)Semifinals Ride 1
Did not
advance
Ride 2 Final/Bronze Match Ride 1 Ride 2 Final Rank 8 Athletes Azizul Hasni Awang
Josiah Ng
Mohd Edrus YunusQualifying Round Time Rank 44.725 7 Quarterfinals 43.656
44.822 France
MalaysiaSemifinals
Did not
advance
Final 5th-8th Time Rank 44.822 7 Note: Bolded are winners. Only winners progress to the next round.
Athlete 1st Round Repechage 2nd round Finals
(7th-12th Place)Rank Rank Rank Rank Azizul Hasni Awang 1 Bye 4 10 Josiah Ng 2 Bye 4 9 
SailingMain articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationMen
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Kevin Lim Leong Keat Laser 44(BFD)24 28 42 22 34 34 39 26 CAN DNQ 249 38 out of 43 BFD is disqualification under rule 30.3
CAN is cancelled
DNQ is did not qualify
Only the best eight scores were considered.
ShootingMain articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationMen
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Rank Hasli Izwan Amir Hassan 25 m rapid fire pistol 564 15 Did not advance 
TaekwondoMain articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage
SemifinalsRepechage
FinalsOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultElaine Teoh -57 kg 
Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR)
L 4-7Did not advance 
Diana López (USA)
L 0-3Did not advance Che Chew Chan +67 kg 
Evgeniya Karimova (UZB)
W 5-4
Nina Solheim (NOR)
L 1-3Did not advance 
Noha Abd Rabo (EGY)
L 1-5Did not advance 
WeightliftingMain article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim -56 kg 121 kg 8 144 kg 9 265 kg 8 See also
References
Categories:- Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Malaysia at the Olympics
- 2008 in Malaysia
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