2004 Sukma Games

The 10th edition of Sukan Malaysia, a.k.a Malaysia Games was held in Seremban and some other places in Negeri Sembilan. This edition was the best edition held by a state. It was said by Minister of Youth and Sports, the next edition will be held in Kedah.[1]

Prelude

This is the 10th edition of Sukma Games since its introduction in 1986. It was for the very first time the state held such a national sporting event. At that time, all states held their respective Sukma Games except for Kedah, Terengganu, Malacca, Perlis and Kelantan.

Prior to this games, Negeri Sembilan has yet to host any Sukma Games. As this is the first time the Malaysian state held such a grand national sporting event, many of the sports venues and facilities were freshly completed.

Medal Table

      Host state

Rank States Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Selangor (SEL) 56 58 52 166
2  Sarawak (SAR) 53 56 44 153
3  Perak (PRK) 47 35 50 132
4  Penang (PEN) 36 35 61 132
5  Kuala Lumpur (KUL) 33 29 42 104
6  Johor (JOH) 27 31 29 87
7  Pahang (PAH) 27 17 35 79
8  Malacca (MEL) 24 16 25 65
9  Sabah (SAB) 21 28 37 86
10  Negeri Sembilan (NSN) 20 18 23 61
11  Kedah (KED) 13 19 21 53
12  Terengganu (TER) 6 9 15 30
13  Kelantan (KEL) 4 7 10 21
14 Malaysia Police (POL) 2 2 4 8
15  Brunei (BRU) 1 5 5 11
16  Perlis (PER) 0 2 6 8
17  Labuan (LAB) 0 1 5 6
Total 370 368 464 1202

Fourth Place-Points System

This is the fourth time Sukma Games adopted the Fourth Place-Points System. Like many other Sukma Games, invitational teams are not entitled to this system. Organiser also have misleading practice of including the system in the medal table and rank a contingent by most number of points on the medal table.

Contingent 4th Place Points
Selangor Selangor 35 684
Sarawak Sarawak 44 616
Perak Perak 32 516
Penang Penang 33 499
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 20 412
Johor Johor 19 344
Pahang Pahang 16 304
Malacca Malacca 10 242
Sabah Sabah 19 315
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan 7 233
Kedah Kedah 15 189
Terengganu Terengganu 0 90
Kelantan Kelantan 9 80
Malaysia Royal Malaysian Police 3 27
Brunei Brunei 1 N/A
Perlis Perlis 3 22
Labuan Labuan 0 14
Total 266 4587

References

  1. ↑ , "Official 17th Sukma Games Website
    http://www.sukmaperlis2014.com.my/index.aspx"
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