Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

Malaysia
 at the Commonwealth Games

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Malaya (1950–1962)
British North Borneo (1958–1962)
Sarawak (1958–1962)

Malaysia (abbreviated MAS) has competed in ten of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games, from 1966.

In 1950, 1958, and 1962 the country competed as Malaya (MAL), see Malaya at the Commonwealth Games.

In 1958 and 1962 North Borneo (NB) (now Sabah) and Sarawak (SAR) competed separately at the Commonwealth Games (but not winning any medals). They both became states in the new country of Malaysia in 1963.

Host nation

Malaysia has hosted the Games once, in 1998, at Kuala Lumpur.

Medals by Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Malaysia was twelfth in the medal tally, and was eleventh in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 181 medals (52 Gold, 60 Silver and 69 bronze). [1]

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1966 Kingston 2 2 1 5 12
1970 Edinburgh 1 1 1 3 15
1974 Christchurch 1 0 3 4 15
1978 Edmonton 1 2 1 4 12
1982 Brisbane 1 0 1 2 13
1986 Edinburgh did not attend
1990 Auckland 2 2 0 4 10
1994 Victoria 2 2 2 6 14
1998 Kuala Lumpur 10 13 12 35 4
2002 Manchester 7 9 18 34 8
2006 Melbourne 7 12 10 29 8
2010 Delhi 12 10 14 36 7
2014 Glasgow 6 7 6 19 12
2018 Gold Coast Future event
Total 52 60 69 181 11

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Archery 0 1 0 1 6
Athletics 1 1 1 3 27
Badminton 27 19 12 58 2
Boxing 1 0 2 3 21
Cycling 1 2 2 5 10
Diving 2 5 3 10 5
Gymnastics 2 9 10 21 6
Hockey 0 1 1 2 5
Lawn bowls 3 4 6 13 8
Shooting 3 10 13 26 11
Squash 2 1 1 4 4
Swimming 0 1 1 2 12
Table tennis 0 0 1 1 10
Ten-pin bowling 2 1 1 4 2
Weightlifting 8 5 15 28 10
Total 52 60 69 181 11

Medals by individual

Athlete Sport Years Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kien Keat, KooKoo Kien Keat Badminton 2006–2010 M 5 0 0 5
Eei Hui, ChinChin Eei Hui Badminton 2002–2010 F 4 1 1 6
Ibrahim, Amirul HamizanAmirul Hamizan Ibrahim Weightlifting 2002–2010 M 4 0 0 4
Chong Wei, LeeLee Chong Wei Badminton 2006–2010 M 4 0 0 4
Choong Hann, WongWong Choong Hann Badminton 1998–2006 M 3 2 1 6
Tan Fook, ChoongChoong Tan Fook Badminton 1998–2006 M 3 2 0 5
Chong Ming, ChanChan Chong Ming Badminton 2002–2006 M 3 0 0 3
Khe Wei, WoonWoon Khe Wei Badminton 2010–2014 F 3 0 0 3
Soon Kit, CheahCheah Soon Kit Badminton 1990–1998 M 2 3 0 5
Sidek, RashidRashid Sidek Badminton 1990–1994 M 2 2 0 4
Mew Choo, WongWong Mew Choo Badminton 2006–2010 F 2 2 0 4
David, NicolNicol David Squash 2002–2014 F 2 1 1 4
Gunalan, PunchPunch Gunalan Badminton 1970–1974 M 2 0 1 3
Sidek, RazifRazif Sidek Badminton 1982–1990 M 2 0 1 3
Pei Tty, WongWong Pei Tty Badminton 2002–2006 F 2 0 1 3
Peng Soon, ChanChan Peng Soon Badminton 2010–2014 M 2 0 0 2
V Shem, GohGoh V Shem Badminton 2014 M 2 0 0 2
Ang, KennyKenny Ang Ten-pin bowling 1998 M 2 0 0 2
Wan Wah, LeeLee Wan Wah Badminton 1998 M 2 0 0 2
Hashim, Muhammad HafizMuhammad Hafiz Hashim Badminton 2002–2010 M 2 0 0 2
Ahmad, Siti ZalinaSiti Zalina Ahmad Lawn bowls 2002–2006 F 2 0 0 2
Aik Huang, TanTan Aik Huang Badminton 1966 M 2 0 0 2
Boon Heong, TanTan Boon Heong Badminton 2010 M 2 0 0 2
Wee Kiong, TanTan Wee Kiong Badminton 2014 M 2 0 0 2
Hoo, VivianVivian Hoo Badminton 2014 F 2 0 0 2

Records

Key
  • WR = World record
  • GR = Games record
  • AS = Asian record
  • NR = National record
Type Sport Events Athlete / Team Games Result
NR Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Kevin Yeap
Lim Ching Hwang
Vernon Lee
Welson Sim
2014 Glasgow 7:26.74
NR Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle Chui Lai Kwan 2014 Glasgow 26.00
GR Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim 2010 Delhi 257.0 kg
NR Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke Alex Lim 2002 Manchester 25.67
GR Weightlifting Men's 56 kg clean and jerk Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim 2002 Manchester 145.0 kg
GR Weightlifting Men's 56 kg clean and jerk Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim 2002 Manchester 115.0 kg
GR Bowling Men's singles Kenny Ang 1998 Kuala Lumpur 6046 points
GR Bowling Men's doubles Ben Heng
Kenny Ang
1998 Kuala Lumpur 3552 points
NR Athletics Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase Nainasagoram Shanmuganathan 1998 Kuala Lumpur 8:59.10
NR Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Ramachandran Murusamy 1994 Victoria 29:30.29

See also

References

  1. "Malaysia Commonwealth Games History". Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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