Malaysia at the Olympics

Malaysia was first at the Olympic Games in 1956.

Malaysia at the
Olympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitewww.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
  • 2022
Other related appearances
 North Borneo (1956)
 Singapore (1948–1960; 1968–present)

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Malaysia was MAL.[1] It is now MAS.[2]

History

Teams from Malaysia have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1956, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

As the Federation of Malaya, the nation was namedMalaya (MAL) for the 1956 and 1960 Games. North Borneo sent an independent team to the 1956 Games, and Singapore had 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 regained independence from Malaysia in 1965 and competed once again as Singapore at the Olympics from 1968 onwards.

Malaysian athletes have won a total of six Olympic medals. Most are in badminton.[3]

The National Olympic Committee for Malaysia was formed in 1953 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.[4]

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
33 BronzeRazif Sidek & Jalani Sidek1992 BarcelonaBadmintonMen's doubles
22 Silver Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock1996 AtlantaBadmintonMen's doubles
33 BronzeRashid Sidek1996 AtlantaBadmintonMen's singles
22 Silver Lee Chong Wei2008 BeijingBadmintonMen's singles
22 Silver Lee Chong Wei2012 LondonBadmintonMen's singles
33 BronzePandelela Rinong Pamg2012 LondonDivingWomen's 10 metre platform

References
  1. "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-19.
  2. "Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees," 2009 Annual Report, p. 91 [PDF p. 92 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-12.
  3. Olympic Council of Malaysia. "Previous Olympic Games Medal Tally". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. "Olympic Council of Malaysia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

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