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Malaysia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Malaysia.svg
IOC code MAS
NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.olympic.org.my (English)
in Nanjing
Competitors 20 in 11 sports
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 1 1 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Malaysia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 to 28 August 2014.

On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei became the first Malaysian to win a Youth Olympic gold medal when he won the badminton mixed doubles gold with Hong Kong's Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. The gold however, was not credited to the individual nation's medal tally as the event was a mixed-National Olympic Committees event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag.

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not included towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Malaysia qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.

Malaysia qualified three athletes.

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Malaysia qualified two athletes based on 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.

On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei won the mixed doubles gold medal with Hong Kong’s Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. They defeated Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan and Lee Chia-hsin of Taiwan in the finals which lasted 30 minutes. The gold however, was not credited to Malaysia or Hong Kong in the overall medal tally as it was a mixed-NOCs event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag.

W 2–0
(21–13, 21–11)

W 2–0
(21–14, 21–15)

W 2–0
(21–14, 21–6)

L 1–2
(22–20, 18–21, 12–21)


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