# Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever won throughout Malaysia's participation history since its nationhood in 1957. Hockey legend Dato Ho Koh Chye was the chef-de-mission of the delegation.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Lee Chong Wei | Badminton | Men's singles |

## Archery

Malaysia will send archers to the Olympics for the second time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Only men qualified for Malaysia, with Cheng Chu Sian and Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman earning spots for the country by placing 8th and 27th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz adding a third spot with his third-place finish at the Asian championships.
| 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 |
| Khalmizam Aziz | Men's individual | 674 | 5 | Bodnar (ROU) (60) L 105–106 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Chu Sian | Men's individual | 660 | 26 | Gray (AUS) (39) W 109–101 | Hatava (FIN) (58) W 110–103 | Lee C-H (KOR) (10) W 105 (19)–105 (18) | Badënov (RUS) (31) L 104–109 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Sulaiman | Men's individual | 659 | 27 | Chen S-Y (TPE) (38) L 106–107 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khalmizam Aziz Cheng Chu Sian Muhammad Sulaiman | Men's team | 1993 | 3 | — | — | Bye | Italy (ITA) (6) L 213–218 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Lee Hup Wei | High jump | 2.20 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Yuan Yufang | 20 km walk | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Roslinda Samsu | Pole vault | 4.30 | =16 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Badminton
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lee Chong Wei | Singles | Bye | Susilo (SIN) W 21–13, 21–14 | Navickas (LTU) W 21–5, 21–7 | Kuncoro (INA) W 21–9, 21–11 | Lee H-i (KOR) W 21–18, 13–21, 21–13 | Lin D (CHN) L 12–21, 8–21 | |
| Wong Choong Hann | Singles | Bye | Hidayat (INA) W 21–19, 21–16 | Hsieh Y-H (TPE) L 21–14, 17–21, 18–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | Doubles | — | — | Hwang J-m / Lee J-j (KOR) L 22–20, 13–21, 16–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Doubles | — | — | Sakamoto / Ikeda (JPN) W 21–12, 21–16 | Kido / Setiawan (INA) L 16–21, 18–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wong Mew Choo | Singles | Bye | Harrington (RSA) W 21–4, 21–4 | Nedelcheva (BUL) W 21–16, 21–8 | Lu L (CHN) L 7–21, 27–29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty | Doubles | — | — | Lee H-j / Lee K-w (KOR) L 14–21, 19–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### 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 | 10.272 70.093 | 7 Q | Bayley (AUS) L | Kitatsuru (JPN) Kwiatkowski (POL) W 10.959 65.699 | Kenny (GBR) L | Nimke (GER) Chiappa (ITA) W 11.010 65.395 | Hoy (GBR) L | Did not advance | 5th place final Sireau (FRA) Mulder (NED) Bos (NED) L | 8 |
| Azizulhasni Awang Josiah Ng Mohd Rizal Tisin | Men's team sprint | 44.725 60.368 | 7 Q | France (FRA) L 44.822 60.238 | — | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 7 |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Azizulhasni Awang | Men's keirin | 1 Q | Bye | 4 | 10 |
| Josiah Ng | Men's keirin | 2 Q | Bye | 4 | 9 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Bryan Nickson Lomas | 10 m platform | 384.35 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Elizabeth Jimie | 3 m springboard | 253.50 | =21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leong Mun Yee | 3 m springboard | 253.50 | =21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pandelela Rinong | 10 m platform | 249.20 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing
### 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 |
| Kevin Lim | Laser | BFD | 24 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 26 | CAN | EL | 249 | 38 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 564 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Daniel Bego | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.92 NR | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Bego | 100 m butterfly | 54.38 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Bego | 200 m butterfly | 2:01.28 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Khoo Cai Lin | 400 m freestyle | 4:23.37 | 38 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khoo Cai Lin | 800 m freestyle | 9:04.86 | 34 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leung Chii Lin | 50 m freestyle | 26.75 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lew Yih Wey | 400 m individual medley | 4:55.83 | 34 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Siow Yi Ting | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.80 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Siow Yi Ting | 200 m individual medley | 2:17.11 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elaine Teo | Women's −57 kg | Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 4–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | D López (USA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Che Chew Chan | Women's +67 kg | Karimova (UZB) W 5–4 | Solheim (NOR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Abd Rabo (EGY) L 1–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim | Men's −56 kg | 121 | 8 | 144 | 9 | 265 | 8 |