# Malaysia at the 1990 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China from 22 September to 7 October 1990. Malaysia ended the games at 8 overall medals. Alexander Lee Yu Lung was the head of the delegation.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sepaktakraw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Abdul Malek Shamsuddin Noor Rani Adnan Nordin Sabaruddin Rehan Mohamed Din | Sepaktakraw | Men's regu |
| Gold | Abdul Malek Shamsuddin Noor Rani Adnan Nordin Sabaruddin Rehan Mohamed Din | Sepaktakraw | Men's team |
| Silver | Rashid Sidek Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Badminton | Men's team |
| Silver | Jeffrey Ong | Swimming | Men's 1500 metres freestyle |
| Bronze | Josephine Mary Rabia Abd Salam Sajaraturdur Hamzah Shanti Govindasamy | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Bronze | Rashid Sidek | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Malaysia national field hockey team | Field hockey | Men's tournament |

## 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 Rabia Abd Salam Sajaraturdur Hamzah Shanti Govindasamy | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.52 | |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rashid Sidek | Men's singles | | |
| Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Men's doubles | | |
| Rashid Sidek Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Men's team | China (CHN) L | |

## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| North Korea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
* Qualified for the quarterfinals

#### Ranked 12th in final standings
## Sepaktakraw

| Athletes | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abdul Malek Shamsuddin Noor Rani Adnan Nordin Sabaruddin Rehan Mohamed Din | Men's regu | Laos W 15–6, 15–4  Singapore W 15–7, 18–13  Japan W 15–5, 15–4 | 1 Q | Brunei W 15–3, 15–4 | Thailand W 15–10, 15–11 | |

### Men's team

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | Pts |
| | Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| | Singapore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Brunei | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Date | | Score | | Regu 1 | Regu 2 | Regu 3 |
| 24 Sep | China | 0–3 | Malaysia | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 25 Sep | Malaysia | 3–0 | Singapore | | | |
| 27 Sep | Malaysia | 3–0 | Brunei | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 28 Sep | Thailand | 1–2 | Malaysia | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |

### Ranked 1st in final standings
## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jeffrey Ong | 1500 m freestyle | 15:46.90 | |