Malaysia at the Olympics

Malaysia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Malaysia IOC code  MAS NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia Website www.olympic.org.my (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1956* 1960* 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 *As Malaya Summer Youth Olympics Games 2010 2014
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when Malaysia participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

The Federation of Malaya (now the states comprising West Malaysia) competed as Malaya (MAL) in the 1956 and 1960 Games. The present day state of Sabah sent an independent team to the 1956 Games as North Borneo, and Singapore also competed at the Olympics from 1948 to 1960. After these British colonies formed an independent Malaysia in 1963, the nation competed under that name for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Singapore would subsequently regain independence from Malaysia in 1965 and compete once again as Singapore from 1968 onwards.

Malaysian athletes have won a total of six Olympic medals, in badminton and diving.^[1]

The National Olympic Committee for Malaya was created in 1953 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1954. This subsequently became the National Olympic Committee for Malaysia.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1992 Barcelona	-	-	1	1	54
1996 Atlanta	-	1	1	2	58
2008 Beijing	-	1	-	1	70
2012 London	-	1	1	2	63
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Future event
2020 Tokyo	Future event
Total	-	3	3	6	+100

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Badminton	-	3	2	5	5
Diving	-	-	1	1	21
Total	-	3	3	6	+100

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Razif Sidek / Jalani Sidek	1992 Barcelona	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock	1996 Atlanta	Badminton	Men's doubles
Bronze	Rashid Sidek			Men's singles
Silver	Lee Chong Wei	2008 Beijing	Badminton	Men's singles
Silver	Lee Chong Wei	2012 London	Badminton	Men's singles
Bronze	Pandelela Rinong		Diving	Women's 10 metre platform

Records

Key

• WR = World record
• GR = Games record
• AS = Asian record
• NR = National record

Type	Sport	Events	Athlete / Team	Games	Result
NR	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	Siow Yi Ting	2008 Beijing	2:27.80
NR	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	Mani Jegathesan	1968 Mexico City	20.92

See also

• List of flag bearers for Malaysia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Malaysia
• Malaysia at the Paralympics
• Malaysia at the Asian Games
• Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

References

1. "Previous Olympic Games Medal Tally", Olympic Council of Malaysia

External links

• "Malaysia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Malaysia". Sports-Reference.com.