Malaysia at the Olympics

Malaysia at the Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 11
Summer appearances
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2018
Other related appearances
North Borneo (1956)  Singapore (1948–1960; 1968–present)

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 made their debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018.

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 federated to form 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 11 Olympic medals, 8 in badminton, 2 in diving and 1 in cycling. The first Malaysian Olympians to win Olympic medals could have been Punch Gunalan and Ng Boon Bee, who lost their final match in badminton men's doubles. As badminton was only a demonstration sport in 1972, there were no official medals then; Malaysia thus had to wait for the first medal until 1992. The most successful Malaysian Olympian by medals won is Lee Chong Wei with 3 silver medals in badminton.^[1]

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

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956 Melbourne	as  Malaya (MAL) and  North Borneo (NBO)
1960 Rome	as  Malaya (MAL)
1964 Tokyo	62	0	0	0	0	-
1968 Mexico City	31	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Munich	45	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Montreal	23	0	0	0	0	-
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	21	0	0	0	0	-
1988 Seoul	9	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	26	0	0	1	1	54
1996 Atlanta	35	0	1	1	2	58
2000 Sydney	40	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	26	0	0	0	0	-
2008 Beijing	32	0	1	0	1	70
2012 London	29	0	1	1	2	63
2016 Rio de Janeiro	32	0	4	1	5	60
2020 Tokyo	future event
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles
Total		0	7	4	11	101

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Badminton	0	6	2	8
Diving	0	1	1	2
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	0	7	4	11

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	1996 Atlanta	Badminton	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	2012 London	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform
Silver	Lee Chong Wei	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Men's singles
Silver	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Men's doubles
Silver	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Silver	Cheong Jun Hoong Pandelela Rinong	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 metre platform
Bronze	Azizulhasni Awang	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cycling	Men's keirin

See also

• Malaysia at the Paralympics
• List of flag bearers for Malaysia at the Olympics

References

External links

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