# Malaya at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The Federation of Malaya competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first Olympic appearance by the nation, which later expanded and was renamed as Malaysia in 1963. 32 competitors, 31 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.

## 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 | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lee Kah Fook | 100 m | 11.84 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Raja Azlam Ngah Ali | 100 m | 11.41 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan | 100 m | 11.56 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lee Kah Fook | 200 m | 23.94 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Abdul Rahim Ahmed | 400 m | 50.93 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenneth Perera | 400 m | 51.96 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenneth Perera | 800 m | – | – | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manikavagasam Harichandra | 800 m | 1:56.27 | 7 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Annie Choong | 100 m | 12.73 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Supaat Nadarajah
* Manikam Shanmuganathan
* Chuah Eng Cheng
* Philip Sankey
* Mike Shepherdson
* Gerry Toft
* Salam Devendran
* Chua Eng Kim
* Thomas Lawrence
* Aman Ullah Karim
* Sheikh Ali Sheik Mohamed
* Hamzah Shamsuddin
* Peter van Huizen
* Freddy Vias
* Rajaratnam Selvanayagam
* Gian Singh
* Noel Arul

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Malaya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
* Qualified for the semifinals
* 23 November 1956 11:30
| Great Britain | 2–2 (1–1) | Malaya |
* 26 November 1956 16:00
| Australia | 3–2 (2–1) | Malaya |
* 28 November 1956 16:00
| Malaya | 1–1 (0–1) | Kenya |

#### Ninth to twelfth classification

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank |
| Malaya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | =11 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | =11 |
* 3 December 1956
| Malaya | 8–0 | Afghanistan |
* 4 December 1956
| Malaya | 3–0 | United States |
* 6 December 1956
| Malaya | 3–2 | Kenya |

## Shooting

Three shooters represented Malaya in 1956.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Joseph Chong | 50 m pistol | — | — | 438 | 33 |
| Liew Foh Sin | Trap | — | — | 140 | 29 |
| Moe Fu Kiat | Trap | — | — | 145 | 28 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fong Seow Hor | 200 m butterfly | 2:56.0 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lim Heng Chek | 100 m backstroke | 1:12.4 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 |
| Koh Eng Tong | Featherweight | 90.0 | 14 | 82.5 | 19 | 112.5 | 14 | 285.0 | 17 |
| Chan Pak Lum | Middleweight | 100.0 | 12 | 102.5 | 12 | – | – | DNF | DNF |
| Tan Kim Bee | Middle-heavyweight | 117.5 | 13 | 122.5 | 5 | 155.0 | 5 | 395.0 | 6 |