Malaysia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Malaysia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time that the Federation had competed under that name, as it was previously named Malaya, while North Borneo and Singapore had sent separate teams to the Games (Singapore became separate again later). 62 competitors, 58 men and 4 women, took part in 49 events in 10 sports.^[2]

Malaysia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAS (MAL used at these Games)
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors	62 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Kuda Ditta[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1956)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mani Jegathesan	100 m	10.60	3 Q	10.62	5	did not advance
Mani Jegathesan	200 m	20.99	2 Q	21.40	3 Q	21.26	8	did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam	800 m	1:58.5[a]	8	—		did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam	1500 m	3:59.4[b]	10	—		did not advance
Kuda Ditta	110 m hurdles	15.17	6	—		did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam	400 m hurdles	53.8[c]	7	—		did not advance
Dilbagh Singh Kler	3000 m steeplechase	9:18.8[d]	10	—				did not advance
Canagasabai Kunalan John Daukom Mani Jegathesan Mazlan Hamzah	4 × 100 m relay	41.4	6	—		did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam Kuda Ditta Mohamed Abdul Rahman Victor Asirvatham	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.6[e]	6	—				did not advance

Field event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Javelin throw	51.63	25	did not advance

Women

Track event

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mary Rajamani	400 m	57.8[f]	6	—		did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jumaat Ibrahim	Flyweight	—	Sulley Shittu (GHA) L KO	did not advance
Gopalan Ramakrishnan	Light welterweight	Bye	Nadimi Ghasre Dashti (IRI) L RSC	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Nine cyclists represented Malaysia in 1964.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hamid Supaat	Men's individual road race	DNF
Michael Andrew		DNF
Stephen Lim		4:39:51.83	72
Zain Safaruddin		DNF
Arulraj Rosli Choy Mow Thim Ng Joo Pong Tjow Choon Boon	Men's team time trial	3:11:47.02	32

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ng Joo Pong	Men's 1000 m time trial	1:20.68	24

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank
Tjow Choon Boon	Men's individual pursuit	Amar Singh Sokhi (IND) L	–	did not advance
Arulraj Rosli Choy Mow Thim Kamsari Salam Ng Joo Pong	Men's team pursuit	Uruguay (URU) L DNF	–	did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

One male fencer, represented Malaysia in 1964.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ronnie Theseira	Foil	Ștefan Haukler (ROU) L 0–5  Witold Woyda (POL) L 1–5  Pasquale La Ragione (ITA) L 0–5  Tim Gerresheim (EUA) L 0–5  Brian McCowage (AUS) L 1–5  Didier Tamayo (COL) L 2–5 7th in group	did not advance
Ronnie Theseira	Épée	Hans Lagerwall (SWE) L 2–5  Bruno Habārovs (URS) L 3–5  Roland Losert (AUT) L 0–5  Claudio Polledri (SUI) L 1–5  John Humphreys (AUS) L 2–5  Zelmar Casco (ARG) L 1–5  Kim Man-sig (KOR) L 3–5 8th in group	did not advance
Ronnie Theseira	Sabre	Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) L 0–5  Jenő Hámori (USA) L 0–5  Cesare Salvadori (ITA) L 0–5  Octavian Vintilă (ROU) L 0–5  Jan Boutmy (AHO) L 1–5  Nguyễn Thế Lộc (VIE) L 4–5 8th in group	did not advance

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Ho Koh Chye
• Kandiah Anandarajah
• Manikam Shanmuganathan
• Michael Arulraj
• Doraisamy Munusamy
• Lawrence van Huizen
• Douglas Nonis
• Chelliah Paramalingam
• Tara Singh Sindhu
• Koh Hock Seng
• Rajaratnam Yogeswaran
• Arumugam Sabapathy
• Ranjit Singh Gurdit
• Kunaratnam Alagaratnam
• Lim Fung Chong

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
India	7	5	2	0	18	4	12
Spain	7	4	3	0	16	3	11
Germany	7	2	5	0	9	4	9
Netherlands	7	4	1	2	20	4	9
Malaysia	7	2	2	3	11	13	6
Belgium	7	2	2	3	10	13	6
Canada	7	1	0	6	5	25	2
Hong Kong	7	0	1	6	3	26	1

Qualified for the semifinals

Qualified for the consolation round

11 October 1964 Malaysia  4–1  Hong Kong

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12 October 1964 Spain  3–0  Malaysia

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14 October 1964 Malaysia  3–3  Belgium

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15 October 1964 Malaysia  0–0  Germany

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17 October 1964 India  3–1  Malaysia

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18 October 1964 Netherlands  2–0  Malaysia

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19 October 1964 Malaysia  3–1  Canada

Ranked 9th in final standings

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kanapathy Moorthy	Middleweight	Rodolfo Pérez (ARG) L	Bernardo Repuyan (PHI) W	2	did not advance
Ang Teck Bee	Heavyweight	Michel Casella (ARG) L	Isao Inokuma (JPN) L	3	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Seven shooters represented Malaysia in 1964.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Loh Ah Chee	25 m rapid fire pistol	—		495	52
Kok Kum Woh	50 m pistol	—		498	49
Wong Foo Wah	50 m rifle three positions	—		1019	52
Dennis Filmer	50 m rifle prone	—		574	66
Tang Peng Choi		—		582	53
Goh Tai Yong	Trap	—		178	36
Yap Pow Thong		—		140	50

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tan Thuan Heng	100 m freestyle	58.7	7	did not advance
Tan Thuan Heng	400 m freestyle	4:38.2	7	—		did not advance
Tan Thuan Heng	1500 m freestyle	18:24.2	6	—		did not advance
Michael Eu	200 m backstroke	2:35.8	7	did not advance
Michael Eu	200 m breaststroke	2:46.2	7	did not advance
Bernard Chan	200 m butterfly	2:26.6	6	did not advance
Bernard Chan Cheah Tong Kim Michael Eu Tan Thuan Heng	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:29.3	7	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jovina Tseng	100 m freestyle	1:13.9	7	did not advance
Jovina Tseng	400 m freestyle	5:46.0	8	—		did not advance
Jovina Tseng	100 m backstroke	1:20.7	7	—		did not advance
Marny Jolly	200 m breaststroke	3:11.0	7	—		did not advance
Molly Tay	100 m butterfly	1:23.0	7	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chua Phung Kim	Bantamweight	90.0	17	95.0	12	122.5	17	307.5	17
Chung Kum Weng	Featherweight	110.0	8	92.5	17	132.5	9	335.0	10
Boo Kim Siang	Lightweight	97.5	19	102.5	16	135.0	17	335.0	9
Tan Howe Liang	Middleweight	130.0	5	115.0	15	155.0	10	400.0	11
Lim Hiang Kok	Light heavyweight	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
Leong Chim Seong	Middle heavyweight	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liang Soon Hin	Flyweight	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos (GRE) L	Ali Akbar Heidari (IRI) L	did not advance
Tham Kook Chin	Lightweight	Enyu Valchev (BUL) L	Arto Savolainen (FIN) L	did not advance

Notes

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References

1. "Malaysia". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
2. "Malaysia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports