# Malaysia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Nine competitors, five men and four women, took part in fifteen events in five sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |

## Athletics
### Track event

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nordin Mohamed Jadi | 400 m | 49.52 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track event

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Josephine Mary Singarayar | 400 m | 56.06 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

Two male cyclists represented Malaysia in 1988.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Murugayan Kumaresan | Men's individual road race | 4:35:45 (+3:23) | 92 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Rosman Alwi | Men's sprint | 11.204 | 16 Q | L Heßlich (GDR) Eom Y-s (KOR) L | C Harnett (CAN) K Carpenter (USA) V Lynch (BAR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Rosman Alwi | Men's 1000 m time trial | 1:10.446 | 25 |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Murugayan Kumaresan | Men's points race | 1 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting

Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Jimmy Chin | Skeet | 136 | 52 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jeffrey Ong | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.62 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeffrey Ong | 400 m freestyle | 4:04.57 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeffrey Ong | 1500 m freestyle | 15:53.67 | 29 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 200 m freestyle | 2:04.85 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 400 m freestyle | 4:19.33 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 800 m freestyle | 8:50.84 | 19 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lau Wai Cheng | Women's singles | Li (CHN) L 0–3  Mok (HKG) L 0–3  Ishida (JPN) L 0–3  Tepper (AUS) W 3–0  Patricia Offei (GHA) W 3–1 5th in group | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leong Mee Wan | Women's singles | Boulatova (URS) L 0–3  Hrachova (TCH) L 0–3  Chang (TPE) L 0–3  Bogaerts (BEL) L 0–3  Roy (IND) W 3–0 5th in group | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lau Wai Cheng Leong Mee Wan | Women's doubles | China L 0–2  Japan L 0–2  Czechoslovakia L 0–2  West Germany L 0–2  Netherlands L 0–2  United States L 0–2 7th in group | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |