# Malaysia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 45 competitors, 42 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 6 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 | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Zainuddin Wahab | 100 m | 10.80 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zainuddin Wahab | 200 m | 21.87 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tambusamy Krishnan | 400 m | 48.31 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ishtiaq Mubarak | 110 m hurdles | 14.78 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Baba Singhe Peyadesa Mohamed Hassan Osman Sinnayah Sabapathy Tambusamy Krishnan | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.51 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Junaidah Aman | 400 m | 57.36 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200 m | Final | Rank |
| Gladys Chai | Result | 18.46 | 6.95 | 1.60 | – | – | DNF | – |
| Gladys Chai | Points | 440 | 363 | 834 | – | – | DNF | – |

## Cycling

Four cyclists represented Malaysia in 1972.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Daud Ibrahim | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Omar Haji Saad | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Saad Fadzil | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum Daud Ibrahim Omar Haji Saad Saad Fadzil | Men's team time trial | 2:46:51.6 | 35 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | 1/8 finals | 1/8 repechage | 1/8 repechage finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Daud Ibrahim | Men's sprint | E Cardi (ITA) F Suárez (ESP) L | K Balk (NED) M Hugh-Sam (JAM) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Daud Ibrahim | Men's 1000 m time trial | 1:16.27 | 29 |

## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Squad

Head coach: Jalil Che Din
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | Wong Kam Fook | 17 March 1949 | 23 | 17 | Perak | 3 | 0 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Othman Abdullah | 13 March 1945 | 27 | 22 | Johor | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Soh Chin Aun | 19 July 1948 | 24 | 39 | Selangor | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Namat Abdullah | 12 March 1945 | 27 | 22 | Penang | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mohammed Chandran | 4 May 1942 | 30 | 97 | Selangor | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Khoo Huan Khen | 27 March 1951 | 21 | 0 | Perak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MD | Hamzah Hussain | 8 August 1948 | 23 | 27 | Kelantan | 3 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MD | Shahruddin Abdullah | 29 September 1949 | 22 | 49 | Penang | 3 | 1 | 248 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MD | Wan Zawawi Yusoff | 11 April 1949 | 23 | 11 | Kelantan | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | V Krishnasami | 13 Jan 1948 | 24 | 21 | Perak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MD | Salleh Ibrahim | 1 Nov 1947 | 24 | 27 | Kelantan | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Harun Jusoh | | | 16 | Terengganu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Lim Fung Kee | 24 Mar 1950 | 22 | 3 | Selangor | 1 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MD | Wong Choon Wah | 31 March 1947 | 25 | 56 | Selangor | 3 | 0 | 262 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ali Bakar | 18 Nov 1947 | 24 | 19 | Penang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MD | Mohammed Bakar | 25 Jun 1945 | 27 | 12 | Penang | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Looi Loon Teik | 15 February 1945 | 27 | 12 | Kedah | 3 | 0 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Rahim Abdullah | 12 Sep 1947 | 24 | 6 | Selangor | 1 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | MD | Bahwandi Hiralal | 1 Jun 1951 | 21 | 18 | Selangor | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |

#### Ranked 10th in final standings
## Hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

* Khairuddin Zainal
* Francis Belavantheran
* Sri Shanmuganathan
* Brian Santa Maria
* Phang Poh Meng
* Wong Choon Hin
* Singaram Balasingam
* Sayed Samat
* Sulaiman Saibot
* Franco de Cruz
* Murugesan Mahendran
* Harnahal Singh Sewa
* Yang Siow Ming
* Omar Mohamed Razali Yeop
* Ramalingam Pathmarajah

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| West Germany | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Spain | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Belgium | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| France | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Argentina | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Uganda | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
* Qualified for the semifinals
* 27 August 1972
| Malaysia | 3–1 | Uganda |
* 28 August 1972
| West Germany | 1–0 | Malaysia |
* 29 August 1972
| Malaysia | 0–0 | Spain |
* 31 August 1972
| Malaysia | 1–0 | France |
* 1 September 1972
| Malaysia | 4–2 | Belgium |
* 3 September 1972
| Pakistan | 3–0 | Malaysia |
* 4 September 1972
| Malaysia | 1–0 | Argentina |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

* 7 September 1972
| Australia | 2–1 | Malaysia |

#### Seventh and eighth place match

* 9 September 1972
| Spain | 2–1 | Malaysia |

#### Ranked 8th in final standings
## Shooting
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Wong Foo Wah | 50 m rifle prone | — | — | 581 | 85 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 100 m backstroke | 1:07.65 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 200 m backstroke | 2:26.51 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chiang Jin Choon | 200 m individual medley | 2:32.67 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ong Mei Lin | 100 m backstroke | 1:19.39 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ong Mei Lin | 200 m backstroke | 2:46.40 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ong Mei Lin | 200 m individual medley | 2:48.13 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |