# Malaysia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 4 sports. This time, Singapore and Malaysia sent separate teams after sending a combined team at the previous Olympics as Singapore was expelled from the federation in 1965.

## 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 events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mani Jegathesan | 100 m | 10.35 | 3 Q | 10.38 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mani Jegathesan | 200 m | 20.92 NR | 3 Q | 21.01 | 4 Q | 21.05 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rajalingam Gunaratnam | 200 m | 21.58 | 4 Q | 21.52 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Victor Asirvatham | 400 m | 48.02 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramasamy Subramaniam | 800 m | 1:50.87 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramasamy Subramaniam | 1500 m | 4:06.49 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ishtiaq Mubarak | 110 m hurdles | 14.36 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zambrose Abdul Rahman | 400 m hurdles | 53.23 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mani Jegathesan Ooi Hock Lim Rajalingam Gunaratnam Tambusamy Krishnan | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.69 | 4 Q | — | — | 40.89 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Anthony Chong | Long jump | 7.29 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nashatar Singh Sidhu | Javelin throw | 70.70 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Johari Ramli | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Ng Joo Pong | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |

## Hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Pakistan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 14 |
| Australia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 |
| Kenya | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| France | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
* Qualified for the semifinals
* Qualified for the 5th – 8th classification round
* 13 October 1968
| Malaysia | 0–0 | France |
* 14 October 1968
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Kenya |
* 16 October 1968
| Malaysia | 1–1 | Argentina |
* 17 October 1968
| Australia | 3–0 | Malaysia |
* 19 October 1968
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Malaysia |
* 20 October 1968
| Pakistan | 4–0 | Malaysia |
* 21 October 1968
| Great Britain | 2–0 | Malaysia |

#### Fifteen and sixteen place match

* 23 October 1968
| Malaysia | 1–0 | Mexico |

#### Ranked 15th in final standings
## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Eun Tin Loy | Lightweight | 110.0 | 16 | 95.0 | 18 | 142.5 | 16 | 347.5 | 18 |
| Leong Chim Seong | Middle heavyweight | 142.5 | 14 | 120.0 | 20 | 160.0 | 19 | 422.5 | 19 |