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Malaya at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Sporting event delegation

Malaya at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malaya
CGF code	MAL
CGA	Federation of Malaya Olympic Council
Website	olympic.org.my
in Perth, Western Australia
Competitors	14 in 4 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

The Federation of Malaya competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.

Medalists

Further information: 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games medal table and List of 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Cheong Kam Hong	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Men
Track events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mazlan Hamzah	100 yd	10.5	5	Did not advance
Mazlan Hamzah	220 yd	23.4	4	Did not advance
Victor Asirvatham	440 yd	49.4	4	—		Did not advance
Mohamed Abdul Rahiman		51.2	5	—		Did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam		50.3	4	—		Did not advance
Mohamed Abdul Rahiman	880 yd	1:59.7	5	—		Did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam	880 yd	1:59.9	4	—		Did not advance
Ramasamy Subramaniam	1 mile	4:31.2	8	—				Did not advance
Karu Selvaratnam	440 yd hurdles	54.2	4	—				Did not advance
Victor Asirvatham Mazlan Hamzah Mohamed Abdul Rahiman Karu Selvaratnam	4×440 yd relay	3:22.5	4	—				Did not advance

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abdullah Abu	Men's individual road race		15
A. Michael		DNF
N. A. Rosli			18
Shaharuddin Jaafar		DNF

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdullah Abu	Men's sprint
N. A. Rosli
Shahruddin Jaafar

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abdullah Abu	Men's 1000 m time trial	1:22.1	15
N. A. Rosli		1:26.3	17
Shahruddin Jaafar		1:25.0	16

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Rank
Abdullah Abu	Men's individual pursuit	5:55.2		Did not advance
A. Michael		6:10.6		Did not advance
N. A. Rosli		6:02.0		Did not advance

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdullah Abu	Men's scratch race
N. A. Rosli
Shahruddin Jaafar

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Keng S. Y.	110 yards freestyle	1:02.6	6	Did not advance
Lim Heng Chek	110 yards backstroke	1:11.8	6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Cheong K. H.	60 kg							620 lb
Cheah C. M.	67.5 kg					–	–	–	DNF
Leong Chim Seong	90 kg							875 lb	4

References

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Associations at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Malaya has competed as part of Malaysia from 1966