# Malaysia at the 1998 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 20 December 1998. Malaysia ended the games at 29 overall medals. Its chef-de-mission was Zakaria Ahmad.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Cue sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Karate | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Sailing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sepaktakraw | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Squash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Wushu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 12 |

### Multiple medalists

Malaysian competitors that have won at least two medals.
| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Alex Lim | Swimming | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Sam Chong | Cue sports | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Yong Hock Kin | Badminton | | | 2 | 2 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ooi Chin Kay Sam Chong | Cue sports | Men's snooker doubles |
| Gold | Muralitharan Chandra | Karate | Men's kumite 55 kg |
| Gold | Muniandy Rajoo | Karate | Men's kumite 70 kg |
| Gold | Nicol David | Squash | Women's singles |
| Gold | Alex Lim | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Silver | Sam Chong | Cue sports | Men's snooker singles |
| Silver | Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar Wan Zaleha Radzi | Equestrian | Team dressage |
| Silver | Mohd Nazmi Sharif | Sailing | Men's optimist |
| Silver | Kevin Lim | Sailing | Men's laser |
| Silver | Malik Sulaiman | Sailing | Super Moth |
| Silver | | Sepaktakraw | Men's regu |
| Silver | | Sepaktakraw | Men's team |
| Silver | Alex Lim | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
| Silver | Lee Wan Yuen | Taekwondo | Women's +70 kg |
| Silver | Oh Poh Soon | Wushu | Men's changquan |
| Bronze | Yong Hock Kin | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Chan Chong Ming Cheah Soon Thoe James Chua Jeremy Gan Roslin Hashim Pang Cheh Chang Wong Choong Hann Yong Hock Kin | Badminton | Men's team |
| Bronze | Sarah Yap | Bowling | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil | Equestrian | Individual jumping |
| Bronze | Arivalagan Ponniah | Karate | Men's kumite 75 kg |
| Bronze | Suresh Rao Subramaniam | Karate | Men's kumite +75 kg |
| Bronze | Lim Lee Lee | Karate | Women's individual kata |
| Bronze | Premila Supramaniam | Karate | Women's kumite +60 kg |
| Bronze | | Sepaktakraw | Men's circle |
| Bronze | Kenneth Low | Squash | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Elvin Chia | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Bronze | Soo Lai Yin | Taekwondo | Women's 55 kg |
| Bronze | Ho Ro Bin | Wushu | Men's nanquan |

## 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 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Watson Nyambek | 100 m | 10.25 | 1 Q | | | 11.41 | 4 |
| Romzi Bakar | 400 m | 47.69 | 3 q | 47.73 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yazid Parlan | 400 m | 48.37 | 3 q | 48.41 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teoh Boon Lim | 20 km road walk | — | — | — | — | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Govindasamy Saravanan | 50 km road walk | — | — | — | — | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Teoh Boon Lim | 50 km road walk | — | — | — | — | 4:45:36 | 5 |
| | 4 × 400 m relay | | | 3:09.01 | 4 q | 3:10.31 | 8 |

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Loo Kum Zee | High jump | — | — | 2.19 | 14 |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shanti Govindasamy | 100 m | 11.47 | 3 Q | — | — | 11.41 | 4 |
| Shanti Govindasamy | 200 m | 23.56 | 2 Q | — | — | 23.42 | 4 |
| Yuan Yufang | 10,000 m track walk | — | — | — | — | 45:33.92 | 4 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Roslin Hashim | Men's singles | Ng Wei (HKG) W 15–9, 15–7 | Boonsak Ponsana (THA) W 15–8, 11–15, 17–16 | Hendrawan (INA) L 11–15, 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yong Hock Kin (2) | Men's singles | Bye | Tam Kai Chuen (HKG) W 17–14, 15–5 | Pullela Gopichand (IND) W 15–7, 15–4 | Dong Jiong (CHN) L 5–15, 10–15 | Did not advance | |
| Chan Chong Ming Jeremy Gan | Men's doubles | Fumihiko Machida Seiichi Watanabe (JPN) W 15–12, 15–9 | Lee Wei-jen Horng Shin-jeng (TPE) W 15–12, 14–17, 15–10 | Pramote Teerawiwatana Siripong Siripool (THA) L 7–15, 15–13, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ng Mee Fen | Women's singles | Koon Wai Chee (HKG) W 10–13, 11–7, 11–6 | Aparna Popat (IND) W 11–7, 11–8 | Gong Zhichao (CHN) L 7–11, 3–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Woon Sze Mei | Women's singles | Chan Ya-lin (TPE) L 2–11, 2–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanne Quay Law Pei Pei | Women's doubles | — | Ra Kyung-min Chung Jae-hee (KOR) L 2–15, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lim Pek Siah Chor Hooi Yee | Women's doubles | — | Sathinee Chankrachangwong Mathinee Naraweerawut (THA) L 4–15, 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay | Mixed doubles | Kennevic Asuncion Amparo Lim (PHI) W 15–0, 15–11 | Budi Santoso Meiluawati (INA) W 15–10, 15–5 | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min (KOR) L 3–15, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wong Choong Hann Chor Hooi Yee | Mixed doubles | Chang Jeng-shyuang Chen Li-chin (TPE) W 12–15, 15–13, 15–11 | Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin (KOR) L 2–15, 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Quarterfinal

| 9 December | Chinese Taipei | 1–4 | Malaysia |
| Chen Feng | Chen Feng | 0–2 | Yong Hock Kin | 13–15, 11–15 |
| Horng Shin-jeng / Lee Wei-jen | Horng Shin-jeng / Lee Wei-jen | 2–1 | Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe | 15–10, 5–15, 12–15 |
| Lee Mou-chou | Lee Mou-chou | 0–2 | Roslin Hashim | 7–15, 9–15 |
| Lee Sung-yuan / Lin Wei-hsiang | Lee Sung-yuan / Lin Wei-hsiang | 0–2 | Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan | 14–17, 6–15 |
| Chien Yu-hsiu | Chien Yu-hsiu | 0–2 | Wong Choong Hann | 15–10, 15–9 |

### Semifinal

| 10 December | Indonesia | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Hendrawan | Hendrawan | 2–0 | Yong Hock Kin | 15–4, 15–7 |
| Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky | Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky | 2–0 | Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe | 15–5, 15–5 |
| Taufik Hidayat | Taufik Hidayat | 0–2 | Roslin Hashim | 10–15, 14–17 |
| Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan | Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan | 2–0 | Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan | 15–5, 15–4 |
| Budi Santoso | Budi Santoso | 2–0 | Wong Choong Hann | 15–9, 15–9 |

### Quarterfinal

| 8 December | Malaysia | 0–5 | Indonesia |
| Woon Sze Mei | Woon Sze Mei | 0–2 | Mia Audina | 1–11, 2–11 |
| Lim Pek Siah / Chor Hooi Yee | Lim Pek Siah / Chor Hooi Yee | 0–2 | Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban | 6–15, 10–15 |
| Lee Yin Yin | Lee Yin Yin | 0–2 | Meiluawati | 3–11, 2–11 |
| Law Pei Pei / Joanne Quay | Law Pei Pei / Joanne Quay | 0–2 | Indarti Isolina / Carmelita | 0–15, 1–15 |
| Ng Mee Fen | Ng Mee Fen | 0–2 | Cindana Hartono | 3–15, 7–15 |

## Bowling
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Sarah Yap | Singles | | |
| Low Poh Lian | Masters | 1524 | 15 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rakib Ahmad | Men's flyweight (51 kg) | Bye | Bulat Zhumadilov (KAZ) L 9–20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adnan Yusoh | Men's bantamweight (54 kg) | Bye | Ihab Tafesh (PLE) W RSC | Sontaya Wongprates (THA) L 6–19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muruguthevan Balakrishnan | Men's lightweight (60 kg) | — | Asghar Ali Shah (PAK) L 2–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cue sports

Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ewin Lean Kam Beng | English billiards singles | — | | Praput Chaithanasakun (THA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moh Loon Hong | English billiards singles | — | | Mongkol Kanfaklang (THA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lee Thye Hong Ooi Chin Kay | English billiards doubles | — | | Mikhail Kim Bahtiyor Umarov (UZB) W | Devendra Joshi Balchandra Bhaskar (IND) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moh Loon Hong Ewin Lean Kam Beng | English billiards doubles | — | | Kohobala Sirisama Sabdeen Shaharwardi (SRI) W 3–0 | Reynaldo Grandea Ricardo Ancaja (PHI) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tan Kah Thiam Chew Lean Teng | Eight-ball doubles | — | | Chong Wei Onn Tan Lai Huat (SIN) W 7–6 | Yang Ching-shun Chao Fong-pang (TPE) L 3–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ng Aun Seng Ooi Fuk Yuen | Eight-ball doubles | — | | Kuniko Takahashi Satoshi Kawabata (JPN) L 2–7 | Romeo Villanueva Gandy Valle (PHI) L 10–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ng Aun Seng | Nine-ball singles | — | | Chatchawan Ruptae (THA) L 6–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ooi Fuk Yuen | Nine-ball singles | — | | Morishima Mitsuyoshi (JPN) L 7–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ng Aun Seng Ooi Fuk Yuen | Nine-ball doubles | — | | Lin Didi Zhang Kai (CHN) W 9–8 | Romeo Villanueva Gandy Valle (PHI) L 10–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tan Kah Thiam Chong Tin Sam | Nine-ball doubles | — | | Mikhail Kim Bahtiyor Umarov (UZB) W | Kuniko Takahashi Morishima Mitsuyoshi (JPN) L 5–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ooi Chin Kay | Snooker singles | Bye | Jamsran Enkhlur (MGL) W 5–0 | Marco Fu (HKG) W 5–3 | Mohammed Al-Hashemi (IND) W 5–2 | Shokat Ali (PAK) L 5–6 | Bronze medal match Chan Kwok Ming (HKG) L 0–5 | 4 |
| Sam Chong | Snooker singles | Bye | Bernard Tey Choon Kiat (SIN) W 5–4 | Hung Chung Ming (TPE) W 5–2 | Yashin Merchant (IND) W 5–4 | Chan Kwok Ming (HKG) W 6–2 | Gold medal match Shokat Ali (PAK) L 6–7 | |
| Sam Chong Ooi Chin Kay | Snooker doubles | — | | | | | Gold medal match Phaitoon Phonbun Noppadon Noppachorn (THA) W 6–4 | |
| Sam Chong Ooi Chin Kay | Snooker team | — | — | Mongolia (MGL) W 3–0 | Singapore (SIN) W 2–1 | Thailand (THA) L 1–2 | Bronze medal match Pakistan (PAK) L 1–2 | 4 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Nor Effandy Rosli | Men's road race | 4:41:21 | 8 |
| Shahrulneeza Razali | Men's road race | 4:59:32 | 26 |
| Mohd Mahazir Hamad | Men's road race | 4:59:32 | 29 |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil | ?? | Individual dressage | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil | Pizazz Girande Camelias | Individual dressage | 1108 | 5 Q | 1179 | 5 |
| Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar | Jirlow | Individual dressage | 1100 | 6 Q | 1093 | 13 |
| Wan Zaleha Radzi | Chagall Junior | Individual dressage | 1066 | 8 Q | 1114 | 8 |
| Nur Quzandria Mahamad Fathil Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil Syed Omar Al-Mohdzar Wan Zaleha Radzi | ??; Pizazz Girande; Jirlow; Chagall Junior; | Team dressage | — | — | 3274 | |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Koh Thong Hau | Roberto Bold | Individual jumping | 55.50 | 20 Q | 52.50 | 32 |
| Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil | San Patrignano | Individual jumping | 71.00 | 6 Q | 104.00 | 6 |
| Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil | Heros | Individual jumping | 78.50 | 3 Q | 121.00 | |
| Tunku Mokhsin | Domingo | Individual jumping | 44.50 | 25 Q | 54.50 | 31 |
| Koh Thong Hau Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil Quzier Ambak Mahamad Fathil Tunku Mokhsin | Roberto Bold; San Patrignano; Heros; Domingo; | Team jumping | 96.00 | 4 Q | 159.50 | 4 |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | Rank |
| Tunku Nazroff | Sprite | Individual eventing | 80.40 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 85.40 | 9 |
| Husref Malek | McPherson | Individual eventing | 124.80 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 134.80 | 13 |
| Ashraff Denal Ali | Deutsche Mark | Individual eventing | 81.80 | WD | – | 1000.00 | – |
| James Ravindra | Alf | Individual eventing | 62.60 | EL | – | 1000.00 | – |
| Tunku Nazroff Husref Malek Ashraff Denal Ali James Ravindra | Sprite; McPherson; Deutsche Mark; Alf; | Team eventing | 267.80 | 937.40 | 15.00 | 1220.20 | 4 |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament

| Squad list | Pool matches | Pool matches | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Squad list | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| | Japan T 1–1 Hong Kong W 9–0 Pakistan L 1–2 Singapore W 6–0 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Rhythmic
#### Women

| Athlete | Event |
| Athlete | Event | Rope Rank | Hoop Rank | Clubs Rank | Ribbon Rank | Total | Rank |
| Carolyn Au Yong | Individual all-around | | | | | 37.023 | 13 |

## Karate
### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Muralitharan Chandra | 55 kg | Ho Pak Chun (MAC) W 6–0 | Muhammed Shukri Masri (BRU) W 6–0 | Isfan Tanjung (INA) W 6–5 | Gold medal match Bader Al-Otaibi (KUW) W 6–1 | |
| Puvaneswaran Ramasamy | 60 kg | Arif Taufan Syamsuddin (INA) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muniandy Rajoo | 70 kg | Dipak Shrestha (NEP) W 6–0 | Vu Quoc Huy (VIE) W 6–5 | Raafat Al-Karad (SYR) W 6–2 | Gold medal match Mehdi Amouzadeh (IRI) W 6–1 | |
| Arivalagan Ponniah | 75 kg | Sadullo Kosimov (TJK) W 2–0 | Liao Yun-chih (TPE) W 2–2 | Alireza Katiraei (IRI) L 1–11 | Bronze medal match Osama Ali (SYR) W 3–1 | |
| Suresh Rao Subramaniam | +75 kg | Krishna Gurung (NEP) W 3–2 | Nour Shamseh (SYR) W 2–1 | | Bronze medal match Moukhammad Bodakov (TJK) W 6–2 | |

### Kata

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lim Lee Lee | Individual kata | 36.2 | 3 Q | 41.5 | |

### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ng Chai Lin | 53 kg | | Lamis Al-Sabsabi (SYR) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lim Lee Lee | 60 kg | | | Tham Pham Hong (VIE) L 1–3 | Bronze medal match Phetlada Ausabay (THA) L 1–2 | 4 |
| Premila Supramaniam | +60 kg | | Natalya Solodilova (KAZ) W 6–3 | Panadda Tamchuchaichana (THA) L 2–3 | | |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Net points | Rank |
| Mohd Nazmi Sharif | Optimist | 18 | |
| Kevin Lim | Laser | 18 | |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Net points | Rank |
| Malik Sulaiman | Super Moth | 17 | |

## Squash
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kenneth Low (3) | Men's singles | Bye | Koo Ryun-hoe (KOR) W 9–0, 9–1, 9–1 | Jackie Lee (HKG) W 9–1, 9–5, 9–1 | Zarak Jahan Khan (PAK) L 8–10, 7–9, 0–9 | Did not advance | |
| Ong Beng Hee (5) | Men's singles | Bye | Saman Tillekeratne (SRI) W 9–6, 9–3, 9–5 | Amjad Khan (PAK) L 4–9, 6–9, 9–1, 8–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kuan Choy Lin (3) | Women's singles | — | Sohini Kumari (IND) W 9–4, 9–0, 9–0 | Della Lee (SIN) L 5–9, 6–9, 10–9, 8–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicol David (1) | Women's singles | — | Bye | Masami Kofuji (JPN) W 9–3, 9–2, 9–0 | Mah Li Lian (SIN) W 9–5, 9–1, 9–7 | Gold medal match Rebecca Chiu (HKG) W 9–3, 9–1, 9–6 | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alex Lim | 100 m backstroke | 57.65 | 3 Q | 55.53 | |
| Alex Lim | 200 m backstroke | | Q | 2:00.94 NR | |
| Elvin Chia | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.81 | 4 Q | 1:03.09 | |

## Wushu
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Oh Poh Soon | Changquan | 27.78 | |
| Ho Ro Bin | Nanquan | 9.30 | |