Malaysia at the 1974 Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from 1 to 16 September 1974. Athletes from Malaysia won five medals overall and finished 17th in a medal table.^[1]

Malaysia at the 1974 Asian Games
IOC code	MAL
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Tehran
Competitors	106 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1954, 1958, 1962)  Sarawak (1962)

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	0	1	1	2	12
Field hockey	0	0	1	1	3
Football	0	0	1	1	3
Shooting	0	0	1	1	7
Total	0	1	4	5	17

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ishtiaq Mubarak	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze	Junaidah Aman	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
Bronze	Malaysia national field hockey team	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Malaysia national football team R. Arumugam Wong Hee Kok Hanafiah Ali Wong Kuw Fou P. Umaparam Mohamed Chandran Soh Chin Aun Shukor Salleh Wan Zawawi Ali Bakar Mohammed Bakar Syed Ahmad Mokhtar Dahari Harun Jusoh Namat Abdullah Santokh Singh	Football	Men's tournament
Bronze	Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong	Shooting	Men's team skeet

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1974 Asian Games

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 event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.49

Women

Track event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Junaidah Aman	400 metres	55.78

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1974 Asian Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Moo Foot Lian	Men's singles	Dinesh Khanna (IND) W 15–11, 7–15, 15–6	Yan Po Tim (HKG) W 15–12, 18–17	Liem Swie King (INA) L 9–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Tan Aik Mong		Kim Yong-do (PRK) W 15–8, 15–6	Yang Mei Liang (HKG) W 15–3, 15–10	Nunung Murdjianto (INA) W 8–15, 18–15, 15–6	Fang Kaixiang (CHN) L 8–15, 5–15	Bronze medal match  Liem Swie King (INA) L 12–15, 10–15	4
Dominic Soong Moo Foot Lian	Men's doubles	Bye	Partho Ganguli Davinder Ahuja (IND) L 15–6, 13–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Sylvia Ng	Women's singles	—	Mariko Nishio (JPN) W 6–11, 11–2, 11–3	Chen Yuniang (CHN) L 9–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Rosalind Singha Ang Sylvia Ng	Women's doubles	—	Behnaz Nourazar Rafat Yazdanparast (IRI) W 15–1, 15–1	Lin Youya Qiu Yufang (CHN) L 8–15, 8–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1974 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Final round

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	5	4	1	0	35	1	+34	9
India	5	4	1	0	25	1	+24	9
Malaysia	5	2	1	2	15	6	+9	5
Japan	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5
Sri Lanka	5	1	0	4	11	29	−18	2
Iran	5	0	0	5	1	52	−51	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 September 13:30 Malaysia  9–0  Iran Tehran

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8 September 15:30 Pakistan  4–0  Malaysia Tehran

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9 September 15:30 Malaysia  6–0  Sri Lanka Tehran

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12 September 16:00 India  2–0  Malaysia Tehran

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13 September 15:30 Japan  0–0  Malaysia Tehran

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• Since both Malaysia and Japan were tied on points, a play-off game was played to decide the 3rd team.

14 September 10:00 Malaysia  3–1  Japan Tehran

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Football

Main article: Football at the 1974 Asian Games

Men's tournament

Squad

• R. Arumugam
• Wong Hee Kok
• Hanafiah Ali
• Wong Kuw Fou
• P. Umaparam
• Mohamed Chandran
• Soh Chin Aun
• Shukor Salleh
• Wan Zawawi
• Ali Bakar
• Mohammed Bakar
• Syed Ahmad
• Mokhtar Dahari
• Harun Jusoh
• Namat Abdullah
• Santokh Singh

Preliminary round; Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Israel	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	6	Qualified for the second round
2	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	15	9	+6	3
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

Source: RSSSF

Israel	8 – 3	Malaysia
Onana 4', 18' Schwartz 10' Feigenbaum 39' Damti 48', 67', 89' Massuari 75'		Zawawi 61' (pen.) Ahmad 75', 80'

3 September

16:30

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kim Joo-Won (South Korea)

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Japan	1 – 1	Malaysia
Yoshimura 67'		M. Bakar 66'

5 September

16:30

Persepolis Stadium, Tehran

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Malaysia	11 – 0	Philippines

7 September

16:00

Persepolis Stadium, Tehran

Second round; Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Qualified for the gold medal match
2	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Qualified for the bronze medal match
3	Iraq	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Iran	1 – 0	Malaysia
Ali Parvin 17'

9 September

16:30

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mohammed Azam (India)

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Iraq	0 – 0	Malaysia

11 September

21:00

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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South Korea	2 – 3	Malaysia
Lee Hoi-Taek 12' Park Yi-Cheon 81'		Harun Jusoh 10' 22' Ali Bakar 78'

13 September

20:30

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Bronze medal match

North Korea	1 – 2	Malaysia
Kim Jong-Min 58'		Isa Bakar 48' 81'

15 September

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Referee: U Tin Htut (Burma)

Ranked 3rd in final standings

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1974 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Wang Siew Meng	Air pistol	356	11
Wang Siew Meng	Centre fire pistol	553	11
Wang Siew Meng	Standard pistol	515	9
Wang Siew Meng	Free pistol	530	7
Tengku Bakar	Trap	134	8
Ally Ong	Skeet	183	4
Ally Ong Edmond Yong Stanley Lim Yap Pow Thong	Team skeet	502

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiang Jin Choon	100 m backstroke	1:05.43	4	1:04.38	4
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m backstroke	2:21.23	4	2:18.49	4
Chiang Jin Choon	200 m individual medley	2:29.32	7		7
Chiang Jin Choon	400 m individual medley	5:27.97	8	DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rosanna Lam	100 m freestyle	1:11.13	11	Did not advance
Rosanna Lam	100 m breaststroke	1:25.54	11	Did not advance
Rosanna Lam	200 m breaststroke	3:05.28	9	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Harbans Singh	110 kg	115.0	8	150.0	8	265.0	8
Cheng Jiew Koon	+110 kg	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

References

1. "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.