Malaysia competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name ''Malaya''. Malaysia, however, did not participate at the

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in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott. With the absence of the men's field hockey team, Olympic Council of Malaysia sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the

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in Barcelona. A total of 26 athletes, 18 men and 8 women, competed in 11 sports. Nine Malaysian athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including badminton tandem

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and Lee Wan Wah, race walker

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, and US-based swimmers

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and

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. Being the youngest ever athlete of the team, fourteen-year-old diver

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was appointed by the council to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Malaysia also marked its official debut in archery. Malaysia failed to win a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time since the

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in Atlanta, where badminton pair

Cheah Soon Kit Datuk Cheah Soon Kit (Current name: / Birth name: ) (born 9 January 1968) is a former Malaysian badminton player and coach. Career Known for his amazing jumping smash, Soon Kit was one of the top doubles stars in the world in his heyday ...

and

Yap Kim Hock Yap Kim Hock (; born on 2 August 1970) is a retired badminton player from Malaysia. He is currently the doubles head coach of the Singapore national badminton team. Career He had played with different pairs such as Tan Kim Her (1989–1994) ...

claimed a silver in the men's doubles.

Archery

One Malaysian archer qualified for the women's individual archery.

Athletics

Malaysian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;Men ;Women

Badminton

;Men ;Women

Cycling

Track

;Sprint ;Keirin

Diving

Malaysian divers qualified for four individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. ;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

Sailing

Malaysian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events. ;Open M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Two Malaysian shooters qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men

Swimming

Malaysian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): ;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

Malaysia has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Weightlifting

Malaysia has qualified a single weightlifter.

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad

Olympic Council of Malaysia
{{Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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