Malaysia at the 1970 Asian Games

Malaysia at the 1970 Asian Games
IOC code	MAL
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Bangkok
Competitors	132 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Nashatar Singh Sidhu
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 5 Silver 1 Bronze 7 Total 13
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)  Sarawak (1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 1970 to 20 December 1970. This country is ranked number 7 with 5 gold medals, 1 silver medals and 7 bronze medals.^[1]

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	0	0	2	2	13
Badminton	3	0	3	6	2
Cycling	2	1	2	5	3
Total	5	1	7	13	7

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Punch Gunalan	Badminton	Men's singles
Gold	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Badminton	Men's doubles
Gold	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Gold	Ng Joo Jan	Cycling	Men's road race
Gold	Daud Ibrahim	Cycling	Men's 1600 metres mass start
Silver	Chow Teck Beng Ng Joo Ngan Azizan Ramli Omar Haji Saad	Cycling	Men's team road race
Bronze	Asir Victor Hassan Osman Thomboo Krishnan Jayabalan Karuppiah	Athletics	Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
Bronze	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Bronze	Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong	Badminton	Women's doubles
Bronze	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Badminton	Men's team
Bronze	Daud Ibrahim	Cycling	Men's 1 kilometre time trial
Bronze	Ng Joo Pong	Cycling	Men's 10000 metres mass start

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 Asian Games

Key

• Note– Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.0

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Javelin throw	67.34

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games

Athlete	Event	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score
Punch Gunalan	Men's singles	Indonesia (INA) Muljadi W
Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Men's doubles	Japan (JPN) Junji Honma Shōichi Toganoo W
Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Men's team
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Women's singles
Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong	Women's doubles
Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Mixed doubles	Thailand (THA) Bandid Jaiyen Pachara Pattabongs W

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L
Republic of China	3	3	0
India	3	2	1
Thailand	3	1	2
Malaysia	3	0	3

Qualified for the finals

10 December

Thailand

80vs.

Malaysia

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

11 December

Republic of China

82–62

Malaysia

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

12 December

India

77–72

Malaysia

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

Seventh to twelfth place classification

Team	Pld	W	L
Iran	5	5	0
Thailand	5	4	1
Malaysia	5	3	2
Singapore	5	2	3
South Vietnam	5	1	4
Hong Kong	5	0	5

14 December

Thailand

–79

Malaysia

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

15 December

Malaysia

76–69

Singapore

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

16 December

Iran	82–79	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 49-27, 33-52

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

18 December

Malaysia

80–64

Hong Kong

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

19 December

Malaysia

103–82

South Vietnam

Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

Ranked 9th in final standings

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Bronze medal match

Malaysia  0–1  Japan Bangkok

Ranked 4th in final standings

Football

Main article: Football at the 1970 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3
Burma	4	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Khmer Republic	2	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Malaysia	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Japan	1 – 0	Malaysia
Kunishige Kamamoto 34'

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Malaysia	0 – 1	Burma
		Win Maung 33'

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Malaysia	0 – 2	Khmer Republic
		Sleyman Selim 12' Pen Phat 68'

Ranked 10th in final standings

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1970 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Ranked 6th in final standings

References

1. "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1970". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.