# Malaysia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock | Badminton | Men's doubles | 31 July |
| Bronze | Rashid Sidek | Badminton | Men's singles | 31 July |

## Athletics
### 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

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Watson Nyambek | 100 m | 10.55 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Loo Kum Zee | High jump | 2.15 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Road event

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Annastasia Raj | 10 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45:47 | 24 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rashid Sidek | Men's singles | Bye | Andrey Antropov (RUS) W 15–11, 15–7 | Yu Lizhi (CHN) W 15–5, 15–2 | Joko Suprianto (INA) W 15–5, 15–12 | Dong Jiong (CHN) L 6–15, 16–18 | Bronze medal match Hariyanto Arbi (INA) W 5–15, 15–11, 15–6 | |
| Ong Ewe Hock | Men's singles | Robert Liljequist (FIN) W 17–14, 12–15, 15–2 | Jeroen van Dijk (NED) W 15–11, 15–10 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (DEN) L 14–17, 9–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock (2) | Men's doubles | — | Bye | Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang (CHN) W 15–8, 15–2 | Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin (KOR) W 18–17, 15–8 | Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono (INA) W 15–10, 15–4 | Gold medal match Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja (INA) L 15–5, 13–15, 12–15 | |
| Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her | Men's doubles | — | Anil Kaul Iain Sydie (CAN) W 15–7, 15–3 | Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto (INA) W 18–13, 4–15, 15–6 | Simon Archer Chris Hunt (GBR) W 15–5, 15–12 | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja (INA) L 15–3, 15–5 | Bronze medal match Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono (INA) L 4–15, 15–12, 15–8 | 4 |
| Chan Chia Fong | Women's singles | Bye | Ye Zhaoying (CHN) L 4–11, 1–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sapok Biki | Light flyweight | Jesús Martínez (MEX) L 4–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sal Ayob | Men's K-1 | 189.15 | 70 | 259.15 | 42 | 174.54 | 55 | 229.54 | 41 | 229.54 | 43 |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Mohamed Nasihin Nubil Ibrahim
* Maninderjit Singh Magmar
* Lailin Abu Hassan
* Brian Jaya Siva
* Lim Chiow Chuan
* Charles David
* Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
* Lam Mun Fatt
* Shankar Ramu
* Nor Saiful Zaini Nasiruddin
* Kaliswaran Muniandy
* Aphthar Singh Piara
* Mirnawan Nawawi
* Calvin Fernandez
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
* Hamdan Hamzah

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 |
| Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | –1 | 4 |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | –8 | 2 |
    Qualified for semifinals
* 21 July 1996 09:00
| Netherlands | 2 – 0 | Malaysia |
| Lomas 10' Klein Gebbink 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 23 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2 – 2 | South Africa |
| Nawawi 38', 61' | Report | Nicol 26' G. Fulton 64' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
* 25 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2 – 2 | Great Britain |
| Nasiruddin 4' Abdul Aziz 69' | Report | Shaw 41' Giles 63' |
* Umpires: Ayman Amin (EGY) Antonio Morales (ESP)
* 27 July 1996 09:00
| Malaysia | 1 – 5 | Australia |
| Nasiruddin 44' | Report | Davies 3' Choppy 4', 6', 10' Lewis 37' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 29 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2 – 4 | South Korea |
| Nasiruddin 60' Nawawi 64' | Report | Kang Keon-Wook 16', 40' Park Shin-Heum 39' Kim Jong-Yi 49' |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

#### Ninth to twelfth place classification

* 31 July 1996 08:30
| Argentina | 4 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
| Retegui 14', 55' Ferrara 57' J. Lombi 69' | Report | A. Singh 26' Siva 38' Nawawi 39' Shamuganathan 59' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3 – 0 | |
* Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Kayoshi Sana (JPN)

#### Eleventh to twelfth place match

* 1 August 1996 08:30
| Malaysia | 4 – 1 | United States |
| Lim Chiow Chuan 34', 44' Nawawi 38' Shanmuganathan 56' | Report | Butcher 68' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Antonio Morales (ESP)

#### Ranked 11th in final standings
## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Kevin Lim | Laser | 32 | 26 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 33 | 40 | 41 | 25 | 300 | 37 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kaw Fun Ying | Skeet | 110 | 54 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alex Lim | 100 m backstroke | 57.68 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Lim | 200 m backstroke | 2:06.17 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elvin Chia | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.46 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elvin Chia | 200 m breaststroke | 2:20.39 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Ang | 100 m butterfly | 56.41 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Ang | 200 m butterfly | 2:03.01 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wan Azlan Abdullah | 100 m individual medley | 2:12.11 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wan Azlan Abdullah | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.95 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Lim Anthony Ang Elvin Chia Wan Azlan Abdullah | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:52.58 | 20 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tay Li Leng | 100 m breaststroke | 1:14.17 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |