# Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name Malaya. Malaysia did not participate at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid was the Chef de Mission of the national delegation at the Games.
Olympic Council of Malaysia sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Malaysia's Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nine Malaysian athletes had competed in Beijing, including platform diver Pandelela Rinong, who was appointed by the council to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony. Diver Yeoh Ken Nee, on the other hand, made his Olympic return in London, after a twelve-year absence. For the first time since its official Olympic debut, Malaysia did not qualify athletes in taekwondo.
This was Malaysia's most successful Olympics outing since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was surpassed by their results in 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a total of 2 medals. Flagbearer Pandelela Rinong made history as the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal and the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic medal in any event besides badminton, when she took the bronze medal in women's 10 meter platform diving. Meanwhile, badminton player Lee Chong Wei, repeated his silver medal victory from Beijing, becoming the first Malaysian athlete to hold more than one Olympic medal.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Lee Chong Wei | Badminton | Men's singles | 5 August |
| Bronze | Pandelela Rinong | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform | 9 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Archery

Malaysia has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, a team for the men's team event and one archer for the women's individual event.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Cheng Chu Sian | Men's individual | 658 | 45 | Mohamad (MAS) (20) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Haziq Kamaruddin | Men's individual | 654 | 48 | Gankin (KAZ) (17) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khairul Anuar Mohamad | Men's individual | 669 | 20 | Cheng C S (MAS) (45) W 6–4 | Xing Y (CHN) (13) W 5–4 | Godfrey (GBR) (4) W 6–5 | Furukawa (JPN) (5) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Chu Sian Haziq Kamaruddin Khairul Anuar Mohamad | Men's team | 1981 | 10 | — | — | Mexico (MEX) (7) L 211–216 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nurul Syafiqah Hashim | Women's individual | 599 | 60 | Lin C-e (TPE) (5) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Malaysia has selected two athletes by wildcard.

### 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Lee Hup Wei | High jump | 2.16 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Noraseela Khalid | 400 m hurdles | 1:00.16 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lee Chong Wei | Men's singles | Lång (FIN) W (21–8, 14–21, 21–11) | — | — | 1 Q | Santoso (INA) W (21–12, 21–8) | Kashyap (IND) W (21–19, 21–11) | Chen L (CHN) W (21–13, 21–14) | Lin D (CHN) L (21–15, 10–21, 19–21) | |
| Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Men's doubles | Kawamae / Sato (JPN) W (21–12, 21–14) | Bach / Gunawan (USA) W (21–12, 21–14) | Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) L (16–21, 11–21) | 2 Q | — | Isara / Jongjit (THA) W (21–16, 21–18) | Fu / Cai (CHN) L (9–21, 19–21) | Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) L (21–23, 10–21) | 4 |
| Tee Jing Yi | Women's singles | Bae Y-j (KOR) L (21–16, 15–21, 12–21) | Allegrini (ITA) W (21–7, 21–14) | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying | Mixed doubles | Chen H-l / Cheng W-h (TPE) L (12–21, 21–6, 15–21) | Xu C / Ma J (CHN) L (14–21, 8–21) | Prapakamol / Thoungthongkam (THA) L (16–21, 15–21) | 4 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mohammed Adiq Husainie Othman | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Amir Rusli | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Azizulhasni Awang | Men's sprint | 10.226 70.408 | 11 | Zhang M (CHN) W 10.473 68.748 | Bye | Dmitriev (RUS) L | Nakagawa (JPN) Canelón (VEN) W 10.456 68.859 | Kenny (GBR) L, L | Did not advance | 5th place final Dmitriev (RUS) Watkins (USA) Förstemann (GER) L | 8 |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Azizulhasni Awang | Men's keirin | 2 Q | Bye | 2 Q | 6 |
| Fatehah Mustapa | Women's keirin | 4 R | 5 | Did not advance | 15 |

## Diving

Malaysia has qualified 9 quota spots in diving, 2 each from 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai and Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur and 5 from the 2012 Diving World Cup.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Huang Qiang | 3 m springboard | 433.85 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yeoh Ken Nee | 3 m springboard | 452.60 | 10 Q | 441.65 | 12 Q | 437.45 | 10 |
| Bryan Nickson Lomas | 10 m platform | 434.95 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Huang Qiang Bryan Nickson Lomas | 3 m synchronised springboard | — | — | — | — | 405.09 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Cheong Jun Heong | 3 m springboard | 272.45 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ng Yan Yee | 3 m springboard | 257.85 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pandelela Rinong | 10 m platform | 349.00 | 2 Q | 352.50 | 5 Q | 359.20 | |
| Traisy Vivien Tukiet | 10 m platform | 285.00 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheong Jun Heong Pandelela Rinong | 3 m synchronised springboard | — | — | — | — | 283.50 | 8 |
| Leong Mun Yee Pandelela Rinong | 10 m synchronised platform | — | — | — | — | 308.52 | 7 |

## Fencing

Malaysia has qualified 1 fencer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Yu Peng Kean | Individual sabre | Zeid (EGY) W 15–12 | Szilágyi (HUN) L 1–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing

Malaysia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Khairul Nizam Mohd Affendy | Laser | 42 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 40 | 45 | EL | 394 | 47 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

## Shooting

Malaysia has ensured berths in the following events of shooting:

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nur Suryani Muhd Taibi | 10 m air rifle | 392 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Malaysian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Heidi Gan | 10 km open water | — | — | 2:00:45.0 | 16 |
| Khoo Cai Lin | 800 m freestyle | 8:51.18 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |