Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games

Cambodia at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	CAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Cambodia
Website	www.noccambodia.org (in Khmer)
in Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia; 18 August – 2 September
Competitors	45 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Sorn Seavmey
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978–1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Cambodia competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1] This event marks the 12th Asian Games appearance for Cambodia since making their debut in 1954.^[2]

Cambodia will make its debut in the sport of sailing at the Asian Games.^[3]

Taekwondo practitioner Sorn Seavmey, was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[4]

Medalists

The following Cambodia competitors won medals at the Games.^[5]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jessa Khan	Ju-jitsu	Women's 49 kg	24 Aug
Gold	Saly Ou Moeut	Jet ski	Ski modified	25 Aug
Bronze	Saly Ou Moeut	Jet ski	Runabout 1100 stock	25 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Jet ski	1	0	1	2
Ju-jitsu	1	0	0	1
Total	2	0	1	3

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	0	0
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	1	0	0	1
7	August 25	1	0	1	2
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	0	0
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		2	0	1	3

Competitors

45 athletes have been qualified to compete in 13 different sporting events.^[6]

Athletics

Canoeing

Gymnastics

Jet Ski

Cambodian jetskier, Saly Ou Moeut, took home the gold medal in the ski modified event of the 2018 Asian Games at Ancol, North Jakarta, on 25 August. Ou Moeut also won another bronze medal in the Runabout 1100 stock. Ou Moeut became the first male athlete of Cambodian who won gold medal since debut in Asian Games in 1954.^[7]

His teammate, Mustan, failed to win any medal because of engine problem during Moto 1. But he still performed well in other rounds.

Ju-jitsu

Cambodian athlete Jessa Khan won the gold medal in the women's ju-jitsu newaza 49 kg at the 2018 Asian Games after beating United Arab Emirates athlete Mahra Alhinaai by submission at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on 24 August.^[8]

Judo

Karate

Sailing

Cambodia set up 3 men's sailors to make their debut at the Asian Games.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total	Rank
Soth Mesa	RS:X	~~(10)~~	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	136	10
Duch Bunthuoen	Laser	~~(16)~~	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	N/A			174	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race												Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Rank
Nhov Chan	Laser 4.7	22	23	22	22	~~(24)~~ RET	21	22	21	21	23	23	23	243	23

Soft tennis

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Samsocheaphearun Doeum	Men's singles	AE Sie (INA) L 0–4	Lê PV (VIE) W 4–2	S Vannasak (LAO) W 4–1	2	Did not advance
Sophorn Kann	Men's singles	S Uayporn (THA) L 1–4	J Menna (IND) L 3–4	N/A	3	Did not advance
Mariyan Meth	Women's singles	N Seth (IND) W 4–3	DR Pitri (INA) L 0–4	N/A	2	Did not advance
Sotheary Rin	Women's singles	Kim J-y (KOR) L 0–4	DT Kusrini (INA) L 1–4	N/A	3	Did not advance
Sambath Orn Sotheary Rin	Mixed doubles	N Damian Jr. / N Manalac (PHI) L 1–5	C Leampriboon / T Bunteng (THA) L 2–5	N/A	3	Did not advance
Sarsarith Yi Mariyan Meth	Mixed doubles	W Ratthapobkorrapak / S Naree (THA) L 3–5	Kim B-j / Kim J-y (KOR) L 1–5	N/A	3	Did not advance
Samsocheaphearun Doeum Chamroeun Ek Sophorn Kann Sambath Orn Sarsarith Yi	Men's team	India (IND) W 3–0	Japan (JPN) L 0–3	Indonesia (INA) L 0–3	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Keouodom Lim	50 m backstroke	30.68	32	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.38	35	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:01.47	31	Did not advance
Thol Thoeun	50 m freestyle	25.80	43	Did not advance
Thol Thoeun	100 m freestyle	58.78	42	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Voleak Sok	50 m breaststroke	36.00	21	Did not advance
Voleak Sok	100 m breaststroke	1:17.35	20	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Cambodia entered their athletes (3 men's and 3 women's) into the taekwondo competition at the Games.^[9]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Phal Sovannat	Men's individual	Kourosh Bakhtiar (IRI) L 7.81–8.22	Did not advance
Sim Rachana	Women's individual	Yun Ji-hye (KOR) L 7.70–8.31	Did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Ny Sovannroth	Men's −58 kg	Mahmadjon Sunatov (TJK)
Chhun Soklong	Men's −63 kg	Sardor Toirov (UZB)
Cassie Tubbs	Women's −57 kg	Phạm Thị Thu Hiền (VIE)
Sorn Seavmey	Women's +67 kg	N/A	Ranuri Wickramasinghe (SRI)

Wrestling

Cambodia put up five wrestlers (2 men's and 3 women's) competed in the freestyle event at the wrestling competition.^[10]

Key:

F – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chon Thoun	−65 kg	Bye	D Takatani (JPN) L 0–6^F	Did not advance		M Hussain (PAK) L 5–15	Did not advance		14
Heng Vuthy	−86 kg	Bye	P Kumar (IND) L 0–8^F	Did not advance					13

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dit Samnang	−50 kg	Bye	Kim S-h (PRK) L 0–10	Did not advance			11
Chey Chan Raksmey	−53 kg	J Virangsa (THA) L 4–7	Did not advance				9
Dorn Srors	−57 kg	E Tissina (KAZ) L 0–4^F	Did not advance				10

References

↑ asiangames2018. "asiangames2018". asiangames2018id. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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1 2 Vichea, Pang (4 July 2018). "CSF teams visit Jakarta for 2018 Asiad prep". Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
↑ Manjunath, H S (17 August 2018). "Seavmey eyes gold as Asiad to open". Phnom Penh Post. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
↑ "Medals Cambodia". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
↑ "Cambodian athletes seek Asian Games glory - Khmer Times". Khmer Times. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
↑ Firmansyah, Asep (25 August 2018). "Cambodian jetskier grabs gold in ski modified". asiangames2018.id. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
↑ Ridwan, Taufik (25 August 2018). "Cambodia wins gold in women's ju-jitsu newaza 49 kg". asiangames2018.id. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
↑ "Athletes Taekwondo Cambodia". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
↑ "Athletes Wrestling Cambodia". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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