# Malaysia at the 1978 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 September 1978. Athletes from Malaysia won overall six medal and finished 12th in a medal table.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Bowling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Saik Oik Cum | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Gold | Alan Hooi Khoo Boo Jin Edward Lim Holloway Cheah P. S. Nathan Lee Kok Hong | Bowling | Men's team of 5 |
| Silver | Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Bronze | Khoo Chong Beng | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Bronze | Yusoff Hashim | Boxing | Men's 67 kg |
| 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

### Road event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Vellasamy Subramaniam | 20 km road walk | 1:31:59 | |
| Khoo Chong Beng | 20 km road walk | 1:33:57 | |

### Track event

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Saik Oik Cum | 400 m | 55.09 | |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| North Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Qatar | 4 | 0 | 4 |
* Qualified for the finals
* 9 December
| Japan | 88–73 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 10 December
| North Korea | 74–63 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Malaysia | 114–76 | Hong Kong |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Malaysia | 163–37 | Qatar |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

#### Seventh to fourteenth place classification

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| Malaysia | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Iraq | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Kuwait | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Qatar | 7 | 0 | 7 |
* 14 December
| Malaysia | 101–88 | Pakistan |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Malaysia | vs. | Bahrain |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Malaysia | vs. | Qatar |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 17 December
| Malaysia | 94–88 | Saudi Arabia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Malaysia | vs. | Iraq |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Kuwait | 66–65 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 20 December
| Malaysia | vs. | Hong Kong |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

#### Ranked 7th in final standings
### Women's tournament
#### Final round

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
* 10 December
| Thailand | 61–53 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 12 December
| South Korea | 108–20 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 15 December
| China | vs. | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok
* 17 December
| Japan | 85–29 | Malaysia |
* Nimibutr Indoor Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bangkok

#### Ranked 5th in final standings
## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Yusoff Hashim | Men's 67 kg | | |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Bronze medal match

| Malaysia | 2–1 | Japan |
* Bangkok

#### Ranked 3rd in final standings
## Football
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round; Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| India | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
* Qualified for the semifinals

#### Semifinal; Group 2

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| South Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 |
| Thailand | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 |
* Qualified for the gold medal match
* Qualified for the bronze medal match