Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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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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in
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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previously competed in two other games under the name ''Malaya''. Malaysia did not participate at the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott.
Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid (16 September 1938 – 28 August 2021) was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 9th Chief Secretary to the Government from 1990 to 1996. Background and education Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid was born in ...
was the Chef de Mission of the national delegation at the Games.
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sent a total of 29 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 13 women, to compete in 9 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Malaysia's Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nine Malaysian athletes had competed in Beijing, including platform diver
Pandelela Rinong Dato Pandelela Rinong Pamg, (born 2 March 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She has won two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals. Pandelela represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 27th in 10m platform. S ...
, who was appointed by the council to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony. Diver
Yeoh Ken Nee Yeoh Ken Nee (; born 30 April 1983) is a Malaysian diver. As a 15-year-old he competed in Diving at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2009 he competed in the 2009 World Aquatics Championships ...
, on the other hand, made his Olympic return in London, after a twelve-year absence. For the first time since its official Olympic debut, Malaysia did not qualify athletes in taekwondo. This was Malaysia's most successful
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outing since the
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and was surpassed by their results in
2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...
, winning a total of 2 medals. Flagbearer
Pandelela Rinong Dato Pandelela Rinong Pamg, (born 2 March 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She has won two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals. Pandelela represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 27th in 10m platform. S ...
made history as the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal and the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic medal in any event besides badminton, when she took the bronze medal in women's 10 meter platform diving. Meanwhile, badminton player Lee Chong Wei, repeated his silver medal victory from Beijing, becoming the first Malaysian athlete to hold more than one Olympic medal.


Medalists

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Archery

Malaysia has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, a team for the men's team event and one archer for the women's individual event.


Athletics

Malaysia has selected two athletes by wildcard. ;Key * 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 ;Men ;Women


Badminton


Cycling


Road


Track

;Sprint ;Keirin


Diving

Malaysia has qualified 9 quota spots in diving, 2 each from
2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchro ...
in Shanghai and Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur and 5 from the 2012 Diving World Cup. ;Men ;Women


Fencing

Malaysia has qualified 1 fencer. ;Men


Sailing

Malaysia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events ;Men M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;


Shooting

Malaysia has ensured berths in the following events of shooting: ;Women


Swimming

Malaysian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Women


References

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Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics