# Malaysia at the 1971 SEAP Games

Malaysia competed in the 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games as the host nation in Kuala Lumpur from 6 to 13 December 1971. It won 41 gold, 43 silver and 55 bronze medals.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Athletics | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 1 |
| Badminton | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Field hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Swimming | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 43 | 55 | 139 | 2 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Thambu Krishnan | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Gold | Ramasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
| Gold | Ishtiaq Mubarak | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
| Gold | Muthiah Dattaya | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Gold | Nashatar Singh Sidhu | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
| Gold | Khoo Chong Beng | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | Abdul Aziz Khalil | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | A.S. Nathan Ramasamy Subramaniam Thambu Krishnan S. Sivaraman | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Junaidah Aman | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Gold | Chong Soo Luan | Athletics | Women's 200 metres hurdles |
| Gold | Mona Chin | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Gold | Paramasiva Savithri | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
| Gold | Yamuna Nair Junaidah Aman Fazillah Ahmad Noreen Pereira | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Gold | | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Tan Aik Huang | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Gold | Rosalind Singha Ang | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Gold | Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Gold | Ng Tat Wai Teh Mei Ling | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
| Gold | Malaysia national badminton team Ng Boon BeePunch GunalanNg Tat WaiHo Khim KooiTan Aik HuangAbdul Rahman Mohamad | Badminton | Men's team |
| Gold | Daud Ibrahim | Cycling | Men's 1000 metre individual time trial |
| Gold | Daud Ibrahim Fadzil Ibrahim Rahim Baharuddin Kamarudeen Ali | Cycling | Men's 1600 metre team time trial |
| Gold | | Cycling | Men's 4000 metre team pursuit |
| Gold | Chan Wee Keong | Diving | Men's springboard |
| Gold | Malaysia men's national field hockey team | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Gold | Ally Ong | Shooting | Men's skeet individual |
| Gold | Wong Mei Lin | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley |
| Gold | Nordin Hamzah | Boxing | Men's light middleweight |
| Silver | Thomboo Krishnan | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| Silver | P. Palanisamy | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
| Silver | Bala Ditta | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
| Silver | Vijayan Janarthan | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Silver | Fazillah Ahmad | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Silver | Junaidah Aman | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Silver | Punch Gunalan | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Silver | Ng Tat Wai Ho Khim Kooi | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Silver | Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong | Badminton | Women's doubles |
| Silver | Ng Boon Bee Rosalind Singha Ang | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
| Silver | Malaysia national badminton team Teh Mei LingTeoh Siew YongRosalind Singha AngSylvia Tan | Badminton | Women's team |
| Silver | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Silver | | Cycling | Men's 200 kilometre massed start team |
| Silver | Malaysia national football team | Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | | Shooting | Men's skeet team |
| Silver | Chiang Jin Choon | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley |
| Silver | Ong Mei Lin | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Silver | Malaysia national water polo team | Water polo | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Peter Govind | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
| Bronze | M. Arumugam | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
| Bronze | Chin Wan Loy | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Bronze | Kamal Din | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Bronze | Zambrose Abdul Rahman | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Bronze | Thor Gim Soon Poopathy Zainuddin Wahab Thomboo Krishnan | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metre relay |
| Bronze | Fazillah Ahmad | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Bronze | Vijaya Kumari | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
| Bronze | Silvia Tan Teh Mei Ling | Badminton | Women's doubles |
| Bronze | Omar Saad | Cycling | Men's 200 kilometre massed start team |
| Bronze | | Shooting | Men's small bore rifle prone individual |
| Bronze | | Shooting | Men's small bore rifle prone team |
| Bronze | Mohd Jaafar | Shooting | Men's air rifle |
| Bronze | Loke Tat Chew | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol individual |
| Bronze | | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol team |
| Bronze | Liew Chuan Wai | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
| Bronze | Chiang Jin Choon | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Bronze | | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Bronze | | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
| Bronze | Lam Po Leng | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke |
| Bronze | Lim Ai Leng | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Bronze | Jean de Bruyne | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly |
| Bronze | | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Bronze | Soong Poh Wah | Table tennis | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Peong Tah Seng Yong Ng Loong | Table tennis | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Leong Ah Wah | Weightlifting | Men's bantamweight |
| Bronze | Yan Chee | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight |