Malaysia at the 1970 Asian Games

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]

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)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1954 • 1958 • 1962) Sarawak (1962)

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' Malaysia  0 – 1  Burma Win Maung  33' 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 "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1970". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.