Malaysia at the 2022 Asian Games
Malaysia competed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China, the event was postponed and rescheduled to 23 September to 8 October 2023. Background

Preparation 
Dato' Chong Kim Fatt, President of the Wushu Federation of Malaysia (WFM), was appointed as the chef-de-mission of the delegation on 25 September 2021 during the 198th Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Executive Council meeting which was held on virtual basis. On 29 December 2021, the OCM Selection Committee under the Chairmanship of OCM President Tan Sri Dato’ Sri (Dr.) Mohamad Norza Zakaria held a meeting to discuss the selection criteria for the 2022 Asian Games and decided that:

 For Category A, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 4;
 For Category B, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 8 (reduced from top 16 due to tightened criteria); And,
 The Committee will utilise competitions from 2018 to May 2022, including 2021 Southeast Asian Games as basis for selection. During the announcement ceremony for the Malaysian Delegation to the Games on Wednesday, 6 September 2023 at the AC Hotel by Marriot Kuala Lumpur, President of OCM, Mohamad Norza Zakaria handed over the instruments of selection certificates to representatives of the 289 athletes and 145 officials from 22 sports to symbolise their selection for the event, as well as appointing Track Cyclist Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom and Squash athlete, Sivasangari Subramaniam, as the Contingent’s Flag bearers for the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games and the Malaysia Boxing Federation (MBF) President, Datuk Mohamad Iruan Zulkefli and former Gymnast, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farrah Hani Imran as Deputy Chefs de Mission. Target and achievement 
During a press conference after the Flag Handing Ceremony for the Malaysian Delegation on Monday, 11 September 2023 at the Banquet Hall, Casa 4, National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSC) Headquarters in KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt announced a target of winning 27 medals, potentially contributed by 13 sports namely Aquatics (Diving), Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Track Cycling, Equestrian, E-Sports, Men’s Hockey, Karate, Sailing, Sepaktakraw, Squash and Wushu, without stating the specified gold medal target. He stated that this approach was meant to reduce pressure on the athletes and based on input from various stakeholders during post-mortem sessions conducted after previous Multi-Sport Games, as well as feedback from the Nippon Sports Science University (Nittaidai) in Japan, which has forged a close collaboration with the National Sports Council. Broadcasters

Competitors 
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Malaysia that will participate at the Asian Games:

Medal summary

Medal by sport

Medal by date

Medallists

Multiple medallists

3x3 Basketball

Archery

Recurve

Compound

Athletics 

Men

Women

Badminton 

Men

Women

Mixed

Boxing

Cricket

Cycling

Road

Track 
Men

Women

Diving 
 

Men
 

Women

Dragon boat

Equestrian 

 Dressage 

 Jumping

Esports 

Individual

Team

Go 

Individual

Team

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Field hockey 

Summary

Men's tournament 

Pool B

Fifth place game

Women's tournament 

Pool A

Fifth place game

Ju-jitsu 

Men

Women

Kabaddi

Karate

Kata

Kumite 

Men

Women

Rugby sevens

Sailing

Sepak takraw

Shooting 

Men

Women

Mixed

Squash 

Singles 
 

Doubles 

Team

Swimming 

Men

Women

Taekwondo 

Poomsae

Wushu 

Taolu

Xiangqi

Individual

Team

Notes

References 

Nations at the 2022 Asian Games
2022
2023 in Malaysian sport