# 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.

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

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank |
| Nashatar Singh Sidhu | Javelin throw | 67.34 | |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| 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
### 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
### Men's tournament
#### Bronze medal match

| Malaysia | 0–1 | Japan |
* Bangkok

#### Ranked 4th in final standings
## Football
### 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