Malaysia at the Olympics

Malaysia at the
Olympics
Malaysia at the; Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
Medals; Ranked 114th	Gold 0 Silver 8 Bronze 5 Total 13
Summer appearances
	1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	North Borneo (1956)

Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, 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.^[1]^[2] Malaysia made their debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018.^[3]

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,^[4]^[5] and Singapore also competed at the Olympics from 1948 to 1960.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8] Malaysia would inherit Malaya's code MAL until 1988 when it started competing under its present code MAS. 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 13 Olympic medals, 9 in badminton, 2 in diving and 2 in cycling. The first Malaysian Olympians to win Olympic medals were two of the Sidek brothers, Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek back in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[9] The Malaysian athlete with the most medals won is Lee Chong Wei with three silver medals in badminton.^[10] No Malaysian athlete has ever won a gold medal, making Malaysia the country that has won the most Olympic medals without earning gold.^[11]

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.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Total		0	8	5	13	114
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	72
2012 London	29	0	1	1	2	65
2016 Rio de Janeiro	32	0	4	1	5	60
2020 Tokyo	30	0	1	1	2	74
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane

Medals by Winter Games

Total		0	0	0	0	−
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2018 Pyeongchang	2	0	0	0	0	-
2022 Beijing	2	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milan–Cortina	future event

Medals by Summer Sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
Badminton	6	3	9
Cycling	1	1	2
Diving	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)	8	5	13

Medals by Winter Sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)	0	0	0	0

Medals of demonstration and exhibition sports

*Only for demonstration and exhibition sports medalists


Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wushu	2	3	5
Badminton	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	3	4	7

List of medalists

Medalist of Demonstration & Exhibition Sports

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	1972 Munich	Badminton	Men's doubles

Bronze	Hii King Hung	1992 Barcelona	Taekwondo	Bantamweight (47–51 kg)
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	Lim Yew Fai	2008 Beijing	Wushu	Men's Jianshu / Qiangshu
Silver	Chai Fong Ying	2008 Beijing	Wushu	Men's Taijiquan / Taijijian
Bronze	Pui Fook Chien	2008 Beijing	Wushu	Men's Nanquan / Nangun
Bronze	Chai Fong Wei	2008 Beijing	Wushu	Women's Daoshu / Gunshu
Bronze	Diana Bong Siong Lin	2008 Beijing	Wushu	Women's Nanquan / Nandao
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 synchronised 10 metre platform
Bronze	Azizulhasni Awang	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Cycling	Men's keirin

Silver	Azizulhasni Awang	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's keirin
Bronze	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	2020 Tokyo	Badminton	Men's doubles

Medals by individual

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Malaysia.

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender			Total
Lee Chong Wei	Badminton	2008–2016	Summer	Men	3	0	3
Pandelela Rinong	Diving	2012–2016	Summer	Women	1	1	2
Azizulhasni Awang	Cycling	2016–2020	Summer	Men	1	1	2

People in bold are still active competitors

References

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