# Malaya at the 1958 Asian Games

Federation of Malaya competed in the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 May 1958 to 1 June 1958. This country is ranked number 15 with no gold medals, no silver medals and 3 bronze medals.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Bronze | Abdul Rahim Ahmed | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Bronze | Gladys Loke Katherine Leong | Tennis | Women's doubles |
| Bronze | Tan Kim Bee | Weightlifting | Men's middle heavyweight (90 kg) |

## 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 |
| Abdul Rahim Ahmed | 400 m | 48.8 | |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 207 | 100 | +107 | 4 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 168 | −25 | 3 |
| Malaya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 213 | −82 | 2 |
* 26 May
| Malaya | 71–103 | Thailand |
* Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
* 27 May
| Philippines | 110–60 | Malaya |
* Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

#### Seventh to tenth place classification

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Rank |
| Cambodia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 252 | +35 | 6 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 248 | +14 | 5 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 263 | 266 | −3 | 4 | 9 |
| Malaya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 248 | 294 | −46 | 3 | 10 |
* Qualified for the finals
* 28 May
| Indonesia | 98–84 | Malaya |
* Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
* 29 May
| Malaya | 86–102 | Cambodia |
* Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
* 30 May
| Malaya | 78–94 | Hong Kong |
* Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

#### Ranked 10th in final standings
## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Final round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rank |
| Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 7 | |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 | |
| South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | |
| Malaya | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 1 | 4 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 1 | 5 |
* 25 May
| Malaya | 2–3 | South Korea |
* National Stadium, Tokyo
* 27 May
| India | 6–0 | Malaya |
* National Stadium, Tokyo
* 28 May
| Pakistan | 6–0 | Malaya |
* National Stadium, Tokyo
* 30 May
| Japan | 0–0 | Malaya |
* National Stadium, Tokyo

#### Ranked 4th in final standings
## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAV | Pts |
| Republic of China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 4 |
| South Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.500 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 1 |
| Malaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.250 | 0 |
* Qualified for the quarterfinals

#### Ranked 13th in final standings
## Tennis

Four tennis player represented for Malaysia in tennis.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gladys Loke Katherine Leong | Women's doubles | | |

## 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 |
| Tan Kim Bee | Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | | | | | | | | |

## Wrestling

Two wrestler represented for Malaysia in wrestling.