# Malaysia at the 1974 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from 1 to 16 September 1974. Athletes from Malaysia won five medals overall and finished 17th in a medal table.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Football | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Ishtiaq Mubarak | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
| Bronze | Junaidah Aman | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Bronze | Malaysia national field hockey team | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Malaysia national football team R. ArumugamWong Hee KokHanafiah AliWong Kuw FouP. UmaparamMohamed ChandranSoh Chin AunShukor SallehWan ZawawiAli BakarMohammed BakarSyed AhmadMokhtar DahariHarun JusohNamat AbdullahSantokh Singh | Football | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong | Shooting | Men's team skeet |

## 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 |
| Ishtiaq Mubarak | 110 m hurdles | 14.49 | |

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Junaidah Aman | 400 metres | 55.78 | |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Moo Foot Lian | Men's singles | Dinesh Khanna (IND) W 15–11, 7–15, 15–6 | Yan Po Tim (HKG) W 15–12, 18–17 | Liem Swie King (INA) L 9–15, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tan Aik Mong | Men's singles | Kim Yong-do (PRK) W 15–8, 15–6 | Yang Mei Liang (HKG) W 15–3, 15–10 | Nunung Murdjianto (INA) W 8–15, 18–15, 15–6 | Fang Kaixiang (CHN) L 8–15, 5–15 | Bronze medal match Liem Swie King (INA) L 12–15, 10–15 | 4 |
| Dominic Soong Moo Foot Lian | Men's doubles | Bye | Partho Ganguli Davinder Ahuja (IND) L 15–6, 13–15, 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sylvia Ng | Women's singles | — | Mariko Nishio (JPN) W 6–11, 11–2, 11–3 | Chen Yuniang (CHN) L 9–11, 2–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng | Women's doubles | — | Behnaz Nourazar Rafat Yazdanparast (IRI) W 15–1, 15–1 | Lin Youya Qiu Yufang (CHN) L 8–15, 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Final round

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | +34 | 9 |
| India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 5 |
| Japan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 2 |
| Iran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 52 | −51 | 0 |
* 6 September 13:30
| Malaysia | 9–0 | Iran |
* Tehran
* 8 September 15:30
| Pakistan | 4–0 | Malaysia |
* Tehran
* 9 September 15:30
| Malaysia | 6–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Tehran
* 12 September 16:00
| India | 2–0 | Malaysia |
* Tehran
* 13 September 15:30
| Japan | 0–0 | Malaysia |
* Tehran
* Since both Malaysia and Japan were tied on points, a play-off game was played to decide the 3rd team.
* 14 September 10:00
| Malaysia | 3–1 | Japan |
* Tehran

#### Ranked 3rd in final standings
## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Squad

* R. Arumugam
* Wong Hee Kok
* Hanafiah Ali
* Wong Kuw Fou
* P. Umaparam
* Mohamed Chandran
* Soh Chin Aun
* Shukor Salleh
* Wan Zawawi
* Ali Bakar
* Mohammed Bakar
* Syed Ahmad
* Mokhtar Dahari
* Harun Jusoh
* Namat Abdullah
* Santokh Singh

#### Preliminary round; Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6 | Qualified for the second round |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3 | Qualified for the second round |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |

#### Second round; Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for the gold medal match |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Qualified for the bronze medal match |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Ranked 3rd in final standings
## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Wang Siew Meng | Air pistol | 356 | 11 |
| Wang Siew Meng | Centre fire pistol | 553 | 11 |
| Wang Siew Meng | Standard pistol | 515 | 9 |
| Wang Siew Meng | Free pistol | 530 | 7 |
| Tengku Bakar | Trap | 134 | 8 |
| Ally Ong | Skeet | 183 | 4 |
| Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong | Team skeet | 502 | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 100 m backstroke | 1:05.43 | 4 | 1:04.38 | 4 |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 200 m backstroke | 2:21.23 | 4 | 2:18.49 | 4 |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 200 m individual medley | 2:29.32 | 7 | | 7 |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 400 m individual medley | 5:27.97 | 8 | DNS | DNS |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rosanna Lam | 100 m freestyle | 1:11.13 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rosanna Lam | 100 m breaststroke | 1:25.54 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rosanna Lam | 200 m breaststroke | 3:05.28 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Harbans Singh | 110 kg | 115.0 | 8 | 150.0 | 8 | 265.0 | 8 |
| Cheng Jiew Koon | +110 kg | – | – | – | – | – | DNF |