A year before we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Merdeka, and on the 60th anniversary of our first foray into the Olympic Games in Melbourne 1956, the contingent returned home from the Rio Olympics with their finest haul, four silver and one bronze to finish 60th in the medal tally.
While we finished behind Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore, we did beat India - the world's fastest growing economy.
The elusive gold will be won in Tokyo, no two ways about it. In order to dissect the contingent's performance objectively, loose cannon offers an analysis on where we stand statistically against the best in Asia and the region.
WEIGHTLIFTING
MOHD HAFIFI MANSOR
AGE: 25 years, 10 months
EVENT: 69kg
PERFORMANCE: Snatch 140kg, Clean and jerk 176kg, total 316kg, national record, 12th of 20 participants
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Shi Ziyong (China) 352kg
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Shi Ziyong (China) 352kg
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Triyatno (Indonesia) 317kg
PREVIOUS BEST:
BADMINTON
DATUK LEE CHONG WEI
AGE: 33 years, 10 months
EVENT: Men’s singles
PERFORMANCE: Silver medal
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Chen Long (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Chen Long (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Lee Chong Wei (silver) London 2012
TAN WEE KIONG-GOH V SHEM
AGE: 27 years, 3 months/27 years, 3 months
EVENT: Men’s doubles
PERFORMANCE: Silver medal
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Zhang Nan-Fu Haifeng (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Zhang Nan-Fu Haifeng (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Wee Kiong-V Shem
PREVIOUS BEST: Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock (silver) Atlanta 1996
TEE JING YI
AGE: 25 years, 6 months
EVENT: Women’s singles
PERFORMANCE: Group stage
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Carolina Marin (Spain)
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Pusarla V Sindhu (India)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Thailand) quarterfinals
PREVIOUS BEST: Tee Jing Yi (group stage) London 2012
VIVIAN HOO-WOON KHE WEI
AGE: 26 years, 5 months/27 years, 5 months
EVENT: Women’s doubles
PERFORMANCE: Quarterfinals, losing to eventual gold medallists
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Misaki Matsutomo-Ayashi Takahashi (Japan)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: Joint 4th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Misaki Matsutomo-Ayashi Takahashi (Japan)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Hoo-Khe Wei/Greysia Polii-Nitya Krishinda Maheshwari (Indonesia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Chin Ee Hui-Wong Pei Tty (second round) Athens 2004
CHAN PENG SOON-GOH LIU YING
AGE: 28 years, 4 months/27 years, 3 months
EVENT: Mixed doubles
PERFORMANCE: Silver medal
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (group stage) London 2012
GOLF
(Back after 112 years)
DANNY CHIA
AGE: 43 years, 9 months
EVENT: Men’s Individual Stroke Play
PERFORMANCE: 48th of 60 golfers, 73, 70, 76, 69 (288)
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Justin Rose (GBR)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 9th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand)
GAVIN KYLE GREEN
AGE: 22 years, 8 months
EVENT: Men’s Individual Stroke Play
PERFORMANCE: 47th of 60 golfers, 74, 75, 72, 68 (287)
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Justin Rose (GBR)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 7th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand)
KELLY TAN
AGE: 22 years, 10 months
EVENT: Women’s Individual Stroke Play
PERFORMANCE: 51st of 59 golfers, 78, 70, 76, 73 (297)
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Park In Bee (Korea)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 13th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Park In Bee (Korea)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Pornanong Phatlum (Thailand)
MICHELLE KOH
AGE: 25 years, 11 months
EVENT: Women’s Individual Stroke Play
PERFORMANCE: 58th from 59 golfers, 79, 71, 76, 82 (308)
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Park In Bee (Korea)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 14th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Park In Bee (Korea)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Pornanong Phatlum (Thailand)
CYCLING
AZIZULHASNI AWANG
AGE: 28 years, 1 month
EVENT: Men’s keirin
PERFORMANCE: Bronze medal
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Jason Kenny (GBR)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 1st
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Josiah Ng (6th) Athens 2004, Azizulhasni Awang (6th) London 2012
FATEHAH MUSTAPA
AGE: 27 years, 5 months
EVENT: Women’s sprint
PERFORMANCE: 21st of 27 cyclists, 11.207s, top 18 qualified for heats
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Kristina Vogel (Germany)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 4th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Zhong Tianshi (China) in final standings, Lee Wai Sze (Hong Kong) fastest qualifier
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Fatehah Mustapa (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: None
ARCHERY
KHAIRUL ANUAR MOHAMAD
AGE: 24 years, 11 months
EVENT: Men’s individual and team
PERFORMANCE: 22nd in ranking round, lost to Florian Floto (Germany) in second round/lost to France in last 16
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 9th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Khairul Anuar Mohamad (Malaysia)/Indonesia (quarterfinals)
PREVIOUS BEST: Cheng Chu Sian (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008 and Khairul Anuar Mohamad (quarterfinals) London 2012/team (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008
HAZIQ KAMARUDDIN
AGE: 23 years, 1 month
EVENT: Men’s individual/team event
PERFORMANCE: First round defeat to Zach Garrett (US)/first round defeat to France
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 18th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Khairul Anuar Mohamad (Malaysia)/Indonesia (quarterfinals)
PREVIOUS BEST: Cheng Chu Sian (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008 and Khairul Anuar Mohamad (quarterfinals) London 2012/team (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008
AKMAL NOR NASRIN
AGE: 21 years, 1 month
EVENT: Men’s individual/team event
PERFORMANCE: First round defeat to Juan Ignacio Rodriguez (Spain)/first round defeat to France RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 19th
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ku Bonchan (Korea)/South Korea (team)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Khairul Anuar Mohamad (Malaysia)/Indonesia (quarterfinals)
PREVIOUS BEST: Cheng Chu Sian (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008 and Khairul Anuar Mohamad (quarterfinals) London 2012/team (quarterfinals) Beijing 2008
JOHNATHAN WONG
AGE: 24 years
EVENT: Men’s 10m air pistol, 50m pistol
PERFORMANCE: 28th of 46 shooters in 10m air pistol, 37th of 41 shooters in 50m pistol EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Hoang Xuan Vinh (Vietnam)/Jin Jongoh (Korea)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 13th in 10m, 15th in 50m
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Hoang Xuan Vinh (Vietnam)/Jin Jongoh (Korea)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Hoang Xuan Vinh (Vietnam)/Hoang Xuan Vinh (Vietnam) silver
PREVIOUS BEST: None/Sabiamad Abdul Ahad (537) Los Angeles 1984
ATHLETICS
NAURAJ SINGH
AGE: 24 years, 7 months
EVENT: Men’s high jump
PERFORMANCE: 2.26m from Group B, did not make the cut to final on countback
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Derek Drouin (Canada) 2.38m
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) 2.36m
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Nauraj Singh (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Lee Hup Wei (2.20m) Beijing 2008
ZAIDATUL HUSNIAH ZULKIFLI
AGE: 23 years
EVENT: Women’s 100m
PERFORMANCE: 12.12 sec in qualifying, 12.62s in preliminary
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 10.71s
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 11th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Wei Yongli (Chn) 11.48s, Round 1, Heat 1
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Annie Choong (Heats) 12.5s Melbourne 1956
SAILING
KHAIRULNIZAM AFFENDY
AGE: 23 years, 3 months
EVENT: Laser Men
PERFORMANCE: 35th of 46 sailors
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Tom Burton (Australia)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ha Jeemin (Korea) 12th
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Khairulnizam Affendy (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Kevin Lim (22nd) Sydney 2000
NUR SHAZRIN LATIF
AGE: 18 years, 6 months
EVENT: Radial female
PERFORMANCE: 33rd from 37 sailors
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Marit Bouwmeester (Netherlands)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 5th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Xu Lijia (China) 18th
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Elizabeth Yin (Singapore) 26th
PREVIOUS BEST: None
SWIMMING
WELSON SIM
AGE: 19 years, 5 months
EVENT: Men’s 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle
PERFORMANCE: 1.47.67m (26th of 37 swimmers), 3.51.57 (34th of 50), 15.32.63 (39th of 45) RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd, 5th and 3rd
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Sun Yang (China)/Mack Horton (Australia)/Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy)
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Sun Yang (China)/Sun Yang (China) silver/Sun Yang (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Welson Sim (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST: Allen Ong/Jeffrey Ong/Jeffrey Ong
PHEE JINQ EE
AGE: 18 years, 9 months
EVENT: Women’s 100m breastroke
PERFORMANCE: 1.10.22, 33rd of 44 swimmers
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Lilia King (USA)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 6th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Shi Jinglin (China) 4th final, 1.06.37
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Phee Jinq Ee (Malaysia)
PREVIOUS BEST:
HEIDI GAN
AGE: 27 years, 10 months
EVENT: Women’s 10km marathon
PERFORMANCE: 21st of 25 swimmers, 1.59.07
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Xin Xin (China) 4th, 1.57.14
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Heidi Gan (Malaysia)
DIVING
OOI TZE LIANG
AGE: 22 years, 9 months
EVENT: Men’s 10m platform
PERFORMANCE: 22nd in preliminary, out of 26 participants
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Chen Aisen (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 4th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Chen Aisen (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Ooi Tze Liang (Malaysia)
AHMAD AMSYAR AZMAN
AGE: 24 years
EVENT: Men’s 3m springboard
PERFORMANCE: 29th out of 29 participants
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Cao Yuan (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 6th
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Cao Yuan (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Ahmad Amsyar Azman (Malaysia)
PANDELELA RINONG
AGE: 23 years, 5 months
EVENT: 10m platform, 10m platform synchro
PERFORMANCE: 11th, silver medal
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Ren Qian (China)/Chen Ruolin-Liu Xuixia (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 6th, 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ren Qian (China)/Chen Ruolin-Liu Xuixia (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Malaysia)/Jun Hoong-Pandelela (Malaysia)
CHENG JUN HOONG
AGE: 26 years, 4 months
EVENT: 10m platform synchro, 3m springboard synchro, 3m springboard individual PERFORMANCE: silver medal with Pandelela, 5th with Nur Dhabitah, 21st out of 29 divers EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Chen Ruolin-Liu Xuixia (China)/Wu Minxia-Shi Tingmao (China)/Shi Tingmao (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 2nd, 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Chen Ruolin-Liu Xuixia (China)/Wu Minxia-Shi Tingmao (China)/Shi Tingmao (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Jun Hoong-Pandelela (Malaysia)/Nur Dhabitah Sabri-Cheng Jun Hoong (Malaysia)/Ng Yan Yee (Malaysia)
NG YAN YEE
AGE: 23 years, 1 month
EVENT: Women’s 3m springboard
PERFORMANCE: 10th in final
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Shi Tingmao (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 3rd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Shi TIngmao (China)
BEST ASEAN PERFORMER: Ng Yan Yee (Malaysia)
NUR DHABITAH SABRI
AGE: 17 years, 1 month
EVENT: 10m platform individual, 3m springboard synchro
PERFORMANCE: 9th, 5th
EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST: Ren Qian (China)/Wu Minxia-Shi Tingmao (China)
RANKING AMONG ASIANS: 5th, 2nd
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Ren Qian (China)/Wu Minxia-Shi Tingmao (China)
BEST ASIAN PERFORMER: Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Malaysia)/NurDhabitah-Jun Hoong (Malaysia)
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