Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name Malaya. Malaysia, however, did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Malaysia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.olympic.org.my (in English)
in London
Competitors30 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Pandelela Rinong[1]
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1956)

Olympic Council of Malaysia sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Malaysia's Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nine Malaysian athletes had competed in Beijing, including platform diver Pandelela Rinong, who was appointed by the council to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony. Diver Yeoh Ken Nee, on the other hand, made his Olympic return in London, after a twelve-year absence. For the first time since its official Olympic debut, Malaysia did not qualify athletes in taekwondo.

This was Malaysia's most successful Olympics outing in since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was surpassed by the medal results in 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a total of 2 medals. Flagbearer Pandelela Rinong made history as the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal and the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic medal in any event besides badminton, when she took the bronze medal in women's 10 meter platform diving. Meanwhile, badminton player Lee Chong Wei, repeated his silver medal victory from Beijing, thus becoming the first Malaysian athlete to hold more than one Olympic medal.

Medalists
Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, a team for the men's team event and one archer for the women's individual event.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Cheng Chu Sian Men's individual 658 45  Mohamad (MAS) (20)
L 4–6		 Did not advance
Haziq Kamaruddin 654 48  Gankin (KAZ) (17)
L 4–6		 Did not advance
Khairul Anuar Mohamad 669 20  Cheng C S (MAS) (45)
W 6–4		  Xing Y (CHN) (13)
W 5–4		  Godfrey (GBR) (4)
W 6–5		  Furukawa (JPN) (5)
L 2–6		 Did not advance
Cheng Chu Sian
Haziq Kamaruddin
Khairul Anuar Mohamad		 Men's team 1981 10 N/A  Mexico (MEX) (7)
L 211–216		 Did not advance
Nurul Syafiqah Hashim Women's individual 599 60  Lin C-e (TPE) (5)
L 2–6		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has selected two athletes by wildcard.

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
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Lee Hup Wei High jump 2.16 30 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Noraseela Khalid 400 m hurdles 1:00.16 9 Did not advance

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Lee Chong Wei Men's singles  Lång (FIN)
W (21–8, 14–21, 21–11)		 N/A 1 Q  Santoso (INA)
W (21–12, 21–8)		  Kashyap (IND)
W (21–19, 21–11)		  Chen L (CHN)
W (21–13, 21–14)		  Lin D (CHN)
L (21–15, 10–21, 19–21)
Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		 Men's doubles  Kawamae /
Sato (JPN)
W (21–12, 21–14)		  Bach /
Gunawan (USA)
W (21–12, 21–14)		  Jung J-s /
Lee Y-d (KOR)
L (16–21, 11–21)		 2 Q N/A  Isara /
Jongjit (THA)
W (21–16, 21–18)		  Fu /
Cai (CHN)
L (9–21, 19–21)		  Jung J-s /
Lee Y-d (KOR)
L (21–23, 10–21)		 4
Tee Jing Yi Women's singles  Bae Y-j (KOR)
L (21–16, 15–21, 12–21)		  Allegrini (ITA)
W (21–7, 21–14)		 N/A 2 Did not advance
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying		 Mixed doubles  Chen H-l /
Cheng W-h (TPE)
L (12–21, 21–6, 15–21)		  Xu C /
Ma J (CHN)
L (14–21, 8–21)		  Prapakamol /
Thoungthongkam (THA)
L (16–21, 15–21)		 4 N/A Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Mohammed Adiq Husainie Othman Men's road race Did not finish
Amir Rusli Did not finish

Track
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's sprint 10.226
70.408		 11  Zhang M (CHN)
W 10.473
68.748		 Bye  Dmitriev (RUS)
L		  Nakagawa (JPN)
 Canelón (VEN)
W 10.456
68.859		  Kenny (GBR)
L, L		 Did not advance 5th place final
 Dmitriev (RUS)
 Watkins (USA)
 Förstemann (GER)
L		 8
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Azizulhasni Awang Men's keirin 2 Q Bye 2 Q 6
Fatehah Mustapa Women's keirin 4 R 5 Did not advance 15

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 9 quota spots in diving, 2 each from 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai and Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur and 5 from the 2012 Diving World Cup.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Huang Qiang 3 m springboard 433.85 19 Did not advance
Yeoh Ken Nee 452.60 10 Q 441.65 12 Q 437.45 10
Bryan Nickson Lomas 10 m platform 434.95 19 Did not advance
Huang Qiang
Bryan Nickson Lomas		 3 m synchronised springboard N/A 405.09 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cheong Jun Heong 3 m springboard 272.45 20 Did not advance
Ng Yan Yee 257.85 24 Did not advance
Pandelela Rinong 10 m platform 349.00 2 Q 352.50 5 Q 359.20
Traisy Vivien Tukiet 285.00 22 Did not advance
Cheong Jun Heong
Pandelela Rinong		 3 m synchronised springboard N/A 283.50 8
Leong Mun Yee
Pandelela Rinong		 10 m synchronised platform N/A 308.52 7

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 1 fencer.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Yu Peng Kean Individual sabre  Zeid (EGY)
W 15–12		  Szilágyi (HUN)
L 1–15		 Did not advance

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Khairul Nizam Mohd Affendy Laser 42 47 48 47 47 44 37 45 40 45 EL 394 47

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia has ensured berths in the following events of shooting:[2][3]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nur Suryani Muhd Taibi 10 m air rifle 392 34 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[4][5]

Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Heidi Gan 10 km open water N/A 2:00:45.0 16
Khoo Cai Lin 800 m freestyle 8:51.18 30 Did not advance
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References
  1. Paul, Rajes (30 June 2012). "OCM pick Pandelela". The Star. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. "London 2012: Malaysia's great expectations". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011, retrieved 8 June 2011
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