Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

CGF code	MAS
CGA	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	olympic.org.my
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 69 Silver 78 Bronze 91 Total 238
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
British North Borneo (1958, 1962) Sarawak (1958, 1962)

Malaysia (abbreviated MAS) has competed in all the Commonwealth Games held from 1966.

In 1950, 1958, and 1962 the country competed as Malaya (MAL), see Malaya at the Commonwealth Games.

In 1958 and 1962 North Borneo (BNB) (now Sabah) and Sarawak (SAR) competed separately at the Commonwealth Games (but not winning any medals). They both became states in the new country of Malaysia in 1963.

Host nation

Malaysia has hosted the Games once, in 1998, at Kuala Lumpur.

Commonwealth Games

Medals by Games

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Malaysia was tenth in the medal tally, and was eleventh in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 228 medals (66 Gold, 73 Silver and 89 bronze).

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Total	69	78	91	238	11
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1930 Hamilton	Did not participate
1934 London
1938 Sydney
1950 Auckland	See Malaya
1954 Vancouver	See Malaya
1958 Cardiff	0	2	0
1962 Perth	See Malaya
1966 Kingston	2	2	1	5	7
1970 Edinburgh	1	1	1	3	15
1974 Christchurch	1	0	3	4	15
1978 Edmonton	1	2	1	4	12
1982 Brisbane	1	0	1	2	13
1986 Edinburgh	Did not participate
1990 Auckland	2	2	0	4	10
1994 Victoria	2	3	2	7	14
1998 Kuala Lumpur	10	14	12	36	4
2002 Manchester	7	9	18	34	8
2006 Melbourne	7	12	10	29	8
2010 Delhi	12	10	14	36	7
2014 Glasgow	6	7	6	19	12
2018 Gold Coast	7	5	12	24	12
2022 Birmingham	7	8	8	23	10

During the 1950 games, Malaysia was represented by Malaya as well during the 1958 and 1962 games but joined together with British North Borneo (now Sabah) and Sarawak before competing as part of Malaysia from 1966.

Medals by sport

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Badminton	31	22	16	69
Weightlifting	14	7	18	39
Gymnastics	5	12	14	31
Lawn bowls	4	5	7	16
Shooting	3	10	14	27
Diving	3	8	6	17
Squash	2	1	3	6
Ten-pin bowling	2	1	1	4
Cycling	1	2	3	6
Athletics	1	1	4	6
Boxing	1	0	2	3
Table tennis	0	3	2	5
Hockey	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)	67	75	93	235

Medals by individual

Athlete	Sport	Years	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Lee Chong Wei	Badminton	2006–2018	M	5	1	0	6
Koo Kien Keat	Badminton	2006–2010	M	5	0	0	5
Chin Eei Hui	Badminton	2002–2010	F	4	1	1	6
Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim	Weightlifting	2002–2010	M	4	0	0	4
Wong Choong Hann	Badminton	1998–2006	M	3	2	1	6
Choong Tan Fook	Badminton	1998–2006	M	3	2	0	5
Chan Peng Soon	Badminton	2010–2022	M	3	1	1	5
Vivian Hoo	Badminton	2014–2018	F	3	1	0	4
Siti Zalina Ahmad	Lawn bowls	2002–2022	F	3	0	2	5
Chan Chong Ming	Badminton	2002–2006	M	3	0	0	3
Woon Khe Wei	Badminton	2010–2014	F	3	0	0	3
Cheah Soon Kit	Badminton	1990–1998	M	2	3	0	5
Pandelela Rinong	Diving	2014–2018	F	2	2	1	5
Rashid Sidek	Badminton	1990–1994	M	2	2	0	4
Wong Mew Choo	Badminton	2006–2010	F	2	2	0	4
Goh V Shem	Badminton	2014–2018	M	2	1	1	4
Tan Wee Kiong	Badminton	2014–2018	M	2	1	1	4
Nicol David	Squash	2002–2018	F	2	1	1	4
Lai Pei Jing	Badminton	2014–2022	F	2	0	1	3
Punch Gunalan	Badminton	1970–1974	M	2	0	1	3
Razif Sidek	Badminton	1982–1990	M	2	0	1	3
Wong Pei Tty	Badminton	2002–2006	F	2	0	1	3
Lee Wan Wah	Badminton	1998	M	2	0	0	2
Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	Badminton	2002–2010	M	2	0	0	2
Pearly Tan	Badminton	2022	F	2	0	0	2
Tan Aik Huang	Badminton	1966	M	2	0	0	2
Tan Boon Heong	Badminton	2010	M	2	0	0	2
Thinaah Muralitharan	Badminton	2022	F	2	0	0	2
Ng Joe Ee	Gymnastics	2022	F	2	0	0	2
Kenny Ang	Ten-pin bowling	1998	M	2	0	0	2
Aznil Bidin	Weightlifting	2018–2022	M	2	0	0	2

Records

Key

WR = World record
GR = Games record
AS = Asian record
NR = National record

Type	Sport	Events	Athlete / Team	Games	Result
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 55kg Clean & jerk	Aniq Kasdan	2022 Birmingham	142.0 kg
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg Snatch	Aznil Bidin	2022 Birmingham	127.0 kg
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg Clean & jerk	Aznil Bidin	2022 Birmingham	158.0 kg
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg Total	Aznil Bidin	2022 Birmingham	285.0 kg
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg Snatch	Azroy Hazalwafie	2018 Gold Coast	117.0 kg
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	Azroy Hazalwafie	2018 Gold Coast	261.0 kg
NR	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	Kevin Yeap Lim Ching Hwang Vernon Lee Welson Sim	2014 Glasgow	7:26.74
NR	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	Chui Lai Kwan	2014 Glasgow	26.00
NR	Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke	Alex Lim	2002 Manchester	25.67
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg clean and jerk	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim	2002 Manchester	145.0 kg
GR	Bowling	Men's singles	Kenny Ang	1998 Kuala Lumpur	6046 points
GR	Bowling	Men's doubles	Ben Heng Kenny Ang	1998 Kuala Lumpur	3552 points
NR	Athletics	Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase	Nainasagoram Shanmuganathan	1998 Kuala Lumpur	8:59.10
NR	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	Ramachandran Murusamy	1994 Victoria	29:30.29

Commonwealth Youth Games

See also: Commonwealth Youth Games Sporting event delegation

Malaysia at the Commonwealth Youth Games

CGF code	MAS
CGA	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 26 Silver 23 Bronze 20 Total 69
Commonwealth Youth Games appearances
2000 2004 2008 2011 2015 2017 2023

Medals by Games


Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2000 Edinburgh	1	3	5	9
2004 Bendigo	6	9	3	18
2008 Pune	3	4	6	13
2011 Isle of Man	4	2	1	7
2015 Apia	11	3	3	17
2017 Bahamas	0	0	0	0
2023 Trinbago	1	2	2	5
Totals (7 entries)	26	23	20	69

References

"Malaysia". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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v t e Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games
1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Malaysia hosted the Games in 1998.

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Africa	Botswana Cameroon Eswatini The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei Malaysia Maldives India Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Former	British North Borneo Hong Kong Ireland Newfoundland Sarawak Federation of South Arabia Zimbabwe

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