# Malaysia at the SEA Games

Malaysia started sending athletes to the SEA Games in 1959 as a founding member of the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) alongside Burma (now Myanmar), Kampuchea (now Cambodia), Laos, Thailand, and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). Later, Malaysia tendered a suggestion to expand the Southeast Asian Peninsula (SEAP) Games Federation by inviting other Southeast Asian countries such as Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These three new members were officially welcomed into the Federation on 5 February 1977. The 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur becomes the first games that bear the title Southeast Asian Games.

## Medals by games

    *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
| Games | Rank | | | | Total |
| SEAP Games ||||||
| 1959 Bangkok | 3 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 |
| 1961 Rangoon | 3 | 16 | 24 | 39 | 79 |
| 1965 Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 97 |
| 1967 Bangkok | 3 | 23 | 29 | 43 | 95 |
| 1969 Rangoon | 4 | 16 | 24 | 39 | 79 |
| 1971 Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 41 | 43 | 55 | 139 |
| 1973 Singapore | 3 | 30 | 35 | 50 | 115 |
| 1975 Bangkok | 4 | 27 | 49 | 51 | 127 |
| SEA Games ||||||
| 1977 Kuala Lumpur | 5 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 59 |
| 1979 Jakarta | 5 | 19 | 23 | 39 | 81 |
| 1981 Manila | 4 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 74 |
| 1983 Singapore | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 81 |
| 1985 Bangkok | 4 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 86 |
| 1987 Jakarta | 4 | 35 | 41 | 67 | 143 |
| 1989 Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 67 | 58 | 75 | 200 |
| 1991 Manila | 4 | 36 | 38 | 65 | 139 |
| 1993 Singapore | 5 | 43 | 45 | 65 | 153 |
| 1995 Chiang Mai | 4 | 31 | 49 | 69 | 149 |
| 1997 Jakarta | 3 | 55 | 68 | 75 | 198 |
| 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan | 2 | 57 | 45 | 42 | 144 |
| 2001 Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 111 | 98 | 86 | 295 |
| 2003 Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City | 5 | 43 | 42 | 59 | 144 |
| 2005 Manila | 4 | 61 | 49 | 65 | 175 |
| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | 2 | 68 | 52 | 96 | 216 |
| 2009 Vientiane | 4 | 40 | 40 | 59 | 139 |
| 2011 Palembang / Jakarta | 4 | 59 | 50 | 81 | 190 |
| 2013 Naypyidaw | 5 | 43 | 38 | 77 | 158 |
| 2015 Singapore | 4 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 186 |
| 2017 Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 145 | 92 | 86 | 323 |
| 2019 Philippines | 5 | 55 | 58 | 71 | 184 |
| 2021 Vietnam | 6 | 39 | 45 | 89 | 173 |
| 2023 Cambodia | 7 | 34 | 45 | 97 | 176 |
| 2025 Thailand | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| 2027 Malaysia | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | 3 | 1376 | 1363 | 1872 | 4611 |

## Medals by sport

| Sport | Rank | | | | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 53 |
| Athletics | 0 | 67 | 45 | 66 | 178 |
| Badminton | 2 | 46 | 55 | 98 | 199 |
| Basketball | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| Billiards and snooker | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| Bodybuilding | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bowling | 0 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 60 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Chess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cricket | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 0 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 64 |
| Diving | 1 | 61 | 26 | 14 | 101 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Floorball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Football | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Futsal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Golf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 59 | 43 | 25 | 127 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Indoor hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Karate | 0 | 44 | 25 | 33 | 102 |
| Lawn bowls | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Muaythai | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Netball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 32 | 12 | 40 | 84 |
| Pétanque | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 |
| Polo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rugby sevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| Sepaktakraw | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| Short track speed skating | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Shooting | 0 | 14 | 32 | 28 | 69 |
| Softball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Squash | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Swimming | 0 | 57 | 45 | 43 | 145 |
| Synchronised swimming | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Table tennis | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 43 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 59 |
| Tennis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Triathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Waterskiing | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| Water polo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| Wushu | 0 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 78 |
| Total | 3 | 1250 | 1215 | 1612 | 4076 |

## Medals by individual

| Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | 1985–1989 | F | 22 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Leong Mun Yee | Diving | 1999–2017 | F | 17 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| Daniel Bego | Swimming | 2003–2015 | M | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| Rosalind Singha Ang | Badminton | 1965–1975 | F | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| Yeoh Ken Nee | Diving | 2001–2011 | M | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Nashatar Singh Sidhu | Athletics | 1965–1975 | M | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sylvia Ng | Badminton | 1969–1975 | F | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Mary Rajamani | Athletics | 1965–1971 | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mohamed Zaki Sadri | Athletics | 1987–1997 | M | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Murusamy Ramachandran | Athletics | 1993–1999 | M | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ng Boon Bee | Badminton | 1961–1971 | M | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Ooi Tze Liang | Diving | 2011–2015 | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Katrina Ann Abdul Hadi | Synchronized swimming | 2011–2015 | F | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Cheong Jun Hoong | Diving | 2003–2015 | F | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Bryan Nickson Lomas | Diving | 2005–2011 | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nur Herman Majid | Athletics | 1991–2001 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pandelela Rinong | Diving | 2007–2015 | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ramasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | 1965–1971 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | 1977–1985 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Khoo Cai Lin | Swimming | 2007–2015 | F | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| Punch Gunalan | Badminton | 1969–1973 | M | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Ng Shu Wai | Gymnastics | 2003–2005 | M | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Lim Wen Chean | Gymnastics | 2003–2007 | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Zulmazran Zulkifli | Bowling | 2005–2011 | M | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Esther Cheah | Bowling | 2005–2015 | F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Gladys Chai Ng Mei | Athletics | 1973–1979 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kamaruddin Maidin | Athletics | 1959–1967 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Loo Kum Zee | Athletics | 1995–2003 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mani Jegathesan | Athletics | 1961–1965 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Png Hui Chuen | Synchronized swimming | 2011 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |