Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games

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 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	43 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 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] A total of 43 athletes attended the Games released by the Olympic Council of Asia.[7][8]

Athletics

Cambodia entered five athletes (1 men and 4 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[9]

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horl Lyda	Men's C-1 1000 m	N/A				5:00.682	7
Ly Torhieth	Men's K-1 200 m	41.349	8 QS	39.274	5	Did not advance

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Fencing

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frantisek Paul Vag-Urminsky	Men's épée	Shi GF (CHN): L 3–5  Park S-y (KOR): L 3–5  Juengamnuaychai (THA): L 4–5  MR Tadi (IRI): L 4–5  A Al-Hammadi (UAE): L 3–5  E Dulguun (MGL): W 5–2	6	Did not advance					28
Chim Theara	Men's foil	T Shikine (JPN): L 0–5  Hoàng NH (VIE): L 1–5  MP Bhatt (NEP): W 5–3  Huang MK (CHN): L 1–5  JI Lim (SGP): L 1–5	5	Did not advance					25
Chhay Linly	Women's sabre	S Fukushima (JPN): L 3–5  Yoon J-s (KOR): L 0–5  FR Delcheh (IRI): L 3–5  R Thapa (NEP): W 5–1  D Permatasari (INA): L 4–5	5	Did not advance					19

Gymnastics

Cambodia represented by Choeun Sokden who participate in the men's vault event, but he did not start the competition.[10]

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.[11]

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

Athlete	Event	Moto Points				Ded.	Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Saly Ou Moeut	Runabout limited	DNR				N/A	0	–
	Runabout 1100 stock	39	48	43	53	N/A	183
	Runabout endurance open	336	DNF		N/A	–10	326	12
	Ski modified	53	60	60	60	N/A	233
Min Mustan	Runabout limited	DNR				N/A	0	–
	Runabout 1100 stock	30	33	22	48	N/A	133	7
	Runabout endurance open	DNF			N/A		0	–
	Ski modified	DNF	53	39	53	N/A	145	7

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.[12]

Key:

• ADV – Won by advantages.
• RDC – Won by referee decision.
• SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vivaddhana Khaou	–69 kg	H Al-Kaabi (UAE) W 100^SUB–0	J Hojamyradow (TKM) L 0–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jessa Khan	–49 kg	S Boonsorn (THA) W 100^SUB–0	La YW (CHN) DSQ	N Pirhad (IRI) W 100^SUB–0	K Napolis (PHI) W 0^ADV–0	N/A	M Al-Hinaai (UAE) W 100^SUB–0

Judo

Key:

• 1st number — Ippon
• 2nd number — Waza-ari
• s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Phou Khi Phok	–60 kg	Bye	T Shishime (JPN) L 00–11	Did not advance
Sun Panhga	–73 kg	A Ayash (YEM) L 00s1–11s1	Did not advance

Karate

Cambodia entered the karate competition with two men's athletes.[13]

Sailing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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
		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		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		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		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
		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
	100 m freestyle	58.78	42	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Voleak Sok	50 m breaststroke	36.00	21	Did not advance
	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.[14]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		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
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Ny Sovannroth	Men's −58 kg	Mahmadjon Sunatov (TJK) L 11-30	Did not advance
Chhun Soklong	Men's −63 kg	Sardor Toirov (UZB) L 5-25	Did not advance
Cassie Tubbs	Women's −57 kg	Phạm Thị Thu Hiền (VIE) L 18-19	Did not advance
Sorn Seavmey	Women's +67 kg	N/A	Ranuri Wickramasinghe (SRI) W WD	Svetlana Osipova (UZB) L 3-5	Did not advance

Wrestling

Cambodia put up five wrestlers (2 men's and 3 women's) competed in the freestyle event at the wrestling competition.[15]

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
		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
		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

See also

• Cambodia at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
• Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Para Games

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