# Malaysia at the 1986 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea from 20 September to 5 October 1986. Malaysia ended the games at 10 overall medals. Abdul Hamid Omar was the head of the delegation.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Bowling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Ringo Wang | Bowling | Men's all-events |
| Silver | Peter Lim | Shooting | Mixed trap |
| Silver | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 400 metres freestyle |
| Silver | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 800 metres freestyle |
| Silver | Selvamuthu Ramasamy | Taekwondo | Men's 54 kg |
| Bronze | Josephine Mary Singarayar | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
| Bronze | Ringo Wang | Bowling | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Allan Lee Edward Lim Stanley Tai | Bowling | Men's trios |
| Bronze | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 200 metres freestyle |
| Bronze | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 400 metres individual medley |

## 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 event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Josephine Mary Singarayar | 800 m | 2:07.44 NR | |

## 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 |
| Misbun Sidek | Men's singles | Bye | Eddy Kurniawan (INA) L 15–9, 15–17, 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Foo Kok Keong | Men's singles | Bye | Pratap Adhikari (NEP) W 15–6, 15–6 | Zhao Jianhua (CHN) L 7–15, 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Razif Sidek Cheah Soon Kit | Men's doubles | Bye | Komchan Promsarin Siripong Siripool (THA) L 5–15, 15–8, 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rashid Sidek Chong Weng Kai | Men's doubles | Bye | Tian Bingyi Li Yongbo (CHN) L 6–15, 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Quarterfinal

| 27 September | Malaysia | 2–3 | Indonesia |
| Misbun Sidek | Misbun Sidek | 1–2 | Icuk Sugiarto | 6–15, 15–11, 10–15 |
| Foo Kok Keong | Foo Kok Keong | 0–2 | Eddy Kurniawan | 10–15, 8–15 |
| Chong Weng Kai / Misbun Sidek | Chong Weng Kai / Misbun Sidek | 0–2 | Liem Swie King / Bobby Ertanto | 2–15, 4–15 |
| Razif Sidek / Cheah Soon Kit | Razif Sidek / Cheah Soon Kit | 2–1 | Christian Hadinata / Hadibowo Susanto | 15–7, 14–17, 15–2 |
| Rashid Sidek | Rashid Sidek | 2–0 | Lius Pongoh | Walkover |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| China | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| South Korea | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Philippines | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Jordan | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Japan | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Kuwait | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 0 | 7 |
* 22 September
| Hong Kong | 62–94 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September
| Jordan | 81–79 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 27 September
| Japan | 80–93 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 28 September
| Malaysia | 60–108 | China |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 30 September
| South Korea | 110–78 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 1 October
| Malaysia | 68–84 | Philippines |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 3 October
| Malaysia | 72–64 | Kuwait |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Ranked 5th in final standings
### Women's tournament

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 273 | 170 | +103 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 256 | 171 | +85 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 207 | +16 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 316 | −204 | 3 |
* 23 September
| China | 107–38 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 30 September
| South Korea | 116–31 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 1 October
| Japan | 93–43 | Malaysia |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Ranked 4th in final standings
## Bowling
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Ringo Wang | Singles | | |
| Allan Lee Edward Lim Stanley Tai | Trios | | |
| Ringo Wang | All-events | | |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 |
| Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 |
* Qualified for the semifinals
* Qualified for the 5th – 8th classification
* 22 September
| Bangladesh | 1–3 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 24 September
| Oman | 3–10 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 26 September
| Malaysia | 2–1 | Pakistan |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

#### Semifinal

* 28 September
| Malaysia | 1–4 | South Korea |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

#### Bronze medal match

* 29 September
| India | 4–1 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

#### Ranked 4th in final standings
### Women's tournament

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | +43 | 10 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 44 | −43 | 0 |
* 23 September
| India | 2–1 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 25 September
| South Korea | 9–1 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 27 September
| Malaysia | 1–0 | Thailand |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 28 September
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam
* 30 September
| Japan | 3–0 | Malaysia |
* Seongnam Stadium, Seongnam

#### Ranked 4th in final standings
## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
* Qualified for the semifinals

#### Ranked 15th in final standings
## Shooting
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Peter Lim | Trap | | |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 200 m freestyle | 2:06.24 | |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 400 m freestyle | 4:20.49 | |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 800 m freestyle | 8:50.44 | |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | 400 m individual medley | 4:57.73 | |

## Taekwondo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Selvamuthu Ramasamy | 54 kg | Kim Young-sik (KOR) L | |