Malaysian Tigers

History of Malaysian Athletes in Olympic Events. List of Contingent and Result.

Result

Athletics
Men’s 100 Metres
Manikavasagam Jegathesan      Heats 3 /Finish 6 : 10.3w sec ( wind = 4.2 m/s/ did not advance)

Men’s 110 Hurdles Metres
Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak             Heats 2 / Finish 6 :  14.3 sec ( did not advance)
 

Men’s 200 Metres
Manikavasagam Jegathesan      Heats 1/Finish 3  : 20.9sec ( advance to QF)
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Below is the list of Malaysia Contingent
(exclude the officers)
Events for Malaysia: 14 in 4 sports
Participants for Malaysia: 33 (33 men and 0 women)
Athletic
1. Manikavasagam Jegathesan
Born on 2 November 1943 in Kuala Kangsar, Perak
2. Ramasamy Subramaniam
Born on 24 October 1939
3. Rajalingam Gunaratnam
Born on 14 December 1941 in Kuala Lumpur
4. Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak
Born on 6 February 1948 [...]

Result
Athletics
Men’s 100 Metres
>> Manikavasagam Jegathesan Heats 7 — 10.6sec ( advance to QF)
>> Manikavasagam Jegathesan Heats 3 — 10.6sec (did not advance )
Men’s 110 Hurdles Metres
>> Kuda Dita Heats 6 — 15.1sec ( did not advance)
Men’s 200 Metres
>> Manikavasagam Jegathesan Heats 5 — 20.9sec ( advance to QF)
>> Manikavasagam Jegathesan Heats [...]

Below is the list of Malaysia Contingent
(exclude the officers)

Events for Malaysia: 48 in 10 sports
Participants for Malaysia: 66 (62 men and 4 women)
Athletic
1. Manikavasagam Jegathesan
Born on 2 November 1943 in Kuala Kangsar, Perak
2. Ramasamy Subramaniam
Born on 24 October 1939
3. Bala “Kuda” Ditta
Born on 4 February 1937
Died on 17 June 2003 in Padang Kerbau, Melaka, Malaysia [...]

Result
Athletics
Men’s 100 Metres
>> Shahrudin Mohamed Ali Heats 4 — 11.0sec (? did not advance)
Men’s 200 Metres
>> Shahrudin Mohamed Ali Heats 2 — 22.3sec (? did not advance)
Men’s 400 Metres
>> Manikavasagam Jegathesan Heats 6 — 48.4sec (? did not advance)
Men’s Long Jump
>> Kamaruddin Maidin Qualifying Round — 6.74m (? 43th place)
Swimming
Men’s 100 Metres Freestyle
>> Fong Seow [...]

Below is the list of The Federation of Malaya Contingent
(exclude the officers)

Events for Malaya: 11 in 4 sports
Participants for Malaya: 9 (9 men and 0 women)
Athletics
1. Shahrudin Mohamed Ali
Born on 5 May 1941 in Klang Selangor
2. Manikavasagam Jegathesan
Born on [...]

Athletics
Men’s 100 Metres
>> Raja Azlan bin Raja Ngah Ali Heats — 11.2sec ( did not advance)
>> Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan Heats — 11.3sec ( did not advance)
> Lee Kah Fook Heats — 23.7sec ( did not advance)
Men’s 400 Metres
>> Kenneth Perera Heats — time not taken ( did not advance)
>> Abdul Rahim bin Ahmad Heats — 50.8sec ( [...]

Below is the list of The Federation of Malaya Contingent
(exclude the officers)

Events for Malaya: 13 in 5 sports
Participants for Malaya: 33 (33 men and 1 woman)
Athletics
1. Abdul Rahim bin Ahmad
Born on 9 June 1944
(Age 12 years, 173 days)
The Youngest Participant
2. Sinnayah Karuppiah Jarabalan
Born on 1937
3. Lee Kah Fook
Born on 1935
4. Raja Azlan bin Raja Ngah Ali
Born on [...]

Before Federation of Malaya Olympic Council is formed in 1953, some Malayans may have participated in the Olympic Game by representing their countries of origin, such as China and India. International Olympic Games then give recognition to Federation of Malaya Olympics Council in 1954.
As the Federation of Malaya, the nation competed as Malaya (MAL) [...]