The Federation of Malaya competed in the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 August 1962 to 4 September 1962. It ranked eighth in the overall medal table with two gold medals, four silver medals and nine bronze medals.
Medal summary
Medals by sport SportGold Silver Bronze TotalRank Athletics 1 2 4 7 6 Badminton 1 2 2 5 2 Cycling 0 0 1 1 5 Field hockey 0 0 1 1 3 Football 0 0 1 1 3 Total 2 4 9 15 8
Medallists MedalNameSportEvent Mani Jegathesan Athletics Men's 200 metres Ng Boon BeeTan Yee Khan Badminton Men's doubles Mani Jegathesan Athletics Men's 100 metres Abdul Rahim AhmedKaru SelvaratnamMani JegathesanVictor Asirvatham Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Teh Kew San Badminton Men's singles Annie KeongJean MoeyKok Lee YingNg Mei LingTan Gaik Bee Badminton Women's team Karu Selvaratnam Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Mani JegathesanThor Gim SoonV. VijiaratnamShahrudin Mohamed Ali Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Cyril Perera Athletics Men's decathlon Maureen Ann Lee Athletics Women's long jump Billy NgNg Boon BeeTan Yee KhanTeh Kew SanYew Cheng Hoe Badminton Men's team Ng Mei LingTan Gaik Bee Badminton Women's doubles Jaafar BibonMohamad JaafarRosli Abdul Kadir Cycling Men's team road race Malaysia national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament Malaysia national football team Football Men's tournament
Athletics
Men Track events AthleteEventFinalTimeRankMani Jegathesan100 m10.6Mani Jegathesan200 m21.3 GRKaru Selvaratnam400 m hurdles53.4Mani JegathesanThor Gim SoonV. VijiaratnamShahrudin Mohamed Ali4 × 100 m relay41.5Abdul Rahim AhmedKaru SelvaratnamMani JegathesanVictor Asirvatham4 × 400 m relay41.5
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankCyril PereraResult5575Points
Women Field event AthleteEventFinalDistanceRankMaureen Ann LeeLong jump5.31
Badminton
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreTeh Kew SanMen's singlesGold medal matchLNg Boon BeeTan Yee KhanMen's doublesGold medal matchTan Joe HokLiem Tjeng KiangWBilly NgNg Boon BeeTan Yee KhanTeh Kew SanYew Cheng HoeMen's teamW 5–0L 2–3Bronze medal matchW 3–2Ng Mei LingTan Gaik BeeWomen's doublesAnnie KeongJean MoeyKok Lee YingNg Mei LingTan Gaik BeeWomen's teamW 3–2Gold medal matchL 2–3
Basketball
Men's tournament Group C Team330236171+656321236203+245312216247−294303184244−603 Qualified for the finals
Seventh to ninth place classification TeamRank220149131+1847211156142+1438202126158−3229
Ranked 9th in final standings
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankJaafar BibonMohamad JaafarRosli Abdul KadirMen's individual road race
Field hockey
Men's tournament Team roster
Mike Shepherdson Kandiah Anandarajah Ho Koh Chye Manikam Shanmuganathan Michael Arulraj Doraisamy Munusamy Lawrence van Huizen Chua Eng Wah Chelliah Paramalingam Mani Sockalingam Rajaratnam Yogeswaran Arumugam Sabapathy Aboo Samah Mohd Hariff Taib Ismail Ali Robin Jayesuria
Group A
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Ranked 3rd in final standings
Football
Men's tournament Squad
Sexton Lourdes Tunku Ismail Yee Seng Choy Ahmad Nazari Foo Fook Choon Abdullah Nordin Kamaruddin Ahmad Edwin Dutton Boey Chong Liam Roslan Buang I. J. Singh Stanley Gabrielle Abdul Ghani Minhat Robert Choe Mahat Ambu Arthur Koh M. Govindarajoo Richard Choe Ibrahim Mydin
Group A
Malaya won a draw for second place against Indonesia on 30 August, necessary as they were both equal on points and goal average.
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Ranked 3rd in final standings
Volleyball
Men's tournament (nine-a-side) Final round
Ranked 6th in final standings
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