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Malaysia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Malaysia IOC code  MAS NOC Olympic Council of Malaysia external link (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Other related appearances
Malaya (1956 • 1960) 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 they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

As the Federation of Malaya, the nation competed as Malaya (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 would subsequently regain independence from Malaysia in 1965 and compete once again as Singapore at the Olympics from 1968 onwards.

Malaysian athletes have won a total of four Olympic medals, all in badminton.^[1]

The National Olympic Committee for Malaysia was created in 1953 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Razif Sidek & Jalani Sidek	1992 Barcelona	Badminton	Men's doubles
2 Silver	Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock	1996 Atlanta	Badminton	Men's doubles
3 Bronze	Rashid Sidek	1996 Atlanta	Badminton	Men's singles
2 Silver	Lee Chong Wei	2008 Beijing	Badminton	Men's singles

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by summer sport

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Malaysia

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-20.  
• "Olympic Council of Malaysia". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=MAS. Retrieved 2007-12-20.