Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games


Malaysia has competed in all the Commonwealth Games held from 1966. In 1998 they became the first Asian nation to host the Games.
In 1950, 1958, and 1962 the country competed as Malaya,
see Malaya at the Commonwealth Games.
In 1958 and 1962 North Borneo and Sarawak competed separately at the Commonwealth Games. They both became states within the new country of Malaysia in 1963.
Malaysia has experienced significant success at the Games, with Badminton and Weightlifting its most productive sports.

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.

Medals by sport

''Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games''

Records

TypeSportEventsAthlete / TeamGamesResult
GRWeightliftingMen's 55kg Clean & jerkAniq Kasdan2022 Birmingham142.0 kg
GRWeightliftingMen's 61 kg SnatchAznil Bidin2022 Birmingham127.0 kg
GRWeightliftingMen's 61 kg Clean & jerkAznil Bidin2022 Birmingham158.0 kg
GRWeightliftingMen's 61 kg TotalAznil Bidin2022 Birmingham285.0 kg
GRWeightliftingMen's 56 kg SnatchAzroy Hazalwafie2018 Gold Coast117.0 kg
GRWeightliftingMen's 56 kgAzroy Hazalwafie2018 Gold Coast261.0 kg
NRSwimmingMen's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayKevin Yeap
Lim Ching Hwang
Vernon Lee
Welson Sim
2014 Glasgow7:26.74
NRSwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyleChui Lai Kwan2014 Glasgow26.00
NRSwimmingMen's 50 metre backstrokeAlex Lim2002 Manchester25.67
GRWeightliftingMen's 56 kg clean and jerkAmirul Hamizan Ibrahim2002 Manchester145.0 kg
GRBowlingMen's singlesKenny Ang1998 Kuala Lumpur6046 points
GRBowlingMen's doublesBen Heng
Kenny Ang
1998 Kuala Lumpur3552 points
NRAthleticsMen's 3,000 metres steeplechaseNainasagoram Shanmuganathan1998 Kuala Lumpur8:59.10
NRAthleticsMen's 10,000 metresRamachandran Murusamy1994 Victoria29:30.29