Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

competed at the

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. 45 competitors, 42 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.

Athletics

;Men ;Track events ;Women ;Track event ;Combined events –

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Malaysia in 1972.

Road

Track

;Sprint ;Time trial

Football

Men's tournament

;Squad Head coach: Jalil Che Din ;Group A ---- ---- ;Ranked 10th in final standings

Hockey

Men's tournament

;Team roster * Khairuddin Zainal * Francis Belavantheran * Sri Shanmuganathan * Brian Santa Maria * Phang Poh Meng * Wong Choon Hin * Singaram Balasingam * Sayed Samat * Sulaiman Saibot * Franco de Cruz *

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* Harnahal Singh Sewa * Yang Siow Ming * Omar Mohamed Razali Yeop * Ramalingam Pathmarajah ;Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Fifth to eighth place classification ;Seventh and eighth place match ;Ranked 8th in final standings

Shooting

;Mixed

Swimming

;Men ;Women

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
{{Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...