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Malaysia at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
Malaysia at the; 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	MAS
CGA	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	olympic.org.my
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	20 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	British North Borneo (1958, 1962); Sarawak (1958, 1962)

Malaysia competed in the 1978 Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.

Medal summary

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	1	2	1	4	2
Total	1	2	1	4	12

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Sylvia Ng	Badminton	Women's singles
Silver	Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Katherine Teh	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Saw Swee Leong Sylvia Ng Whee Chee Geok	Badminton	Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ishtiaq Mubarak	110 m hurdles	14.89	6	—		did not advance
Simit Bolkiah	400 m hurdles	54.36	6 Q	did not start		did not advance
Vellasamy Subramaniam	30 km walk	—				2:56:08	12

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Baljit Singh Sidhu	High jump	2.05	7

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Chin Leng Sim	100 m	12.85	7	did not advance
Marina Chin Leng Sim	100 m hurdles	14.77	6	—		did not advance

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abu Bakar Sufian	Men's singles	W	W	L	did not advance
James Selvaraj		W	W	L	did not advance
Moo Foot Lian		W	W	L	did not advance
Saw Swee Leong		W	W	W	W	W	Bronze medal match Ray Stevens (ENG) L	4
Abu Bakar Sufian James Selvaraj	Men's doubles	—	W	W	L	did not advance
Moo Foot Leong Ong Teong Boon	Men's doubles	—	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett (ENG) L
Chee Geok Whee	Women's singles	W	L	did not advance
Katherine Teh Swee Phek		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) L
Sylvia Ng Meow Eng		W	W	W	W	W	Gold medal match Sylvia Ng Meow Eng (MAS) W
Katherine Teh Swee Phek Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Women's doubles	—		W	L	did not advance
Ong Teong Boon Chee Geok Whee	Mixed doubles	W	L	did not advance
James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek	Mixed doubles	W	W	L	did not advance
Abu Bakar Sufian Chee Geok Whee James Selvaraj Katherine Teh Swee Phek Moo Foot Lian Ong Teong Boon Sylvia Ng Meow Eng	Mixed team	—		W	W	W	Bronze medal match New Zealand (NZL) W

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Leong Ah Wah	56 kg							197.5	5

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