Malaya at the Olympics
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| NOC | Olympic Council of Malaysia | ||||||||
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 North Borneo (1956) |
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Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when Malaysia participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
The Federation of Malaya (now the states comprising West Malaysia) competed as Malaya (MAL) in the 1956 and 1960 Games. The present day state of Sabah sent an independent team to the 1956 Games as North Borneo, and Singapore also competed at the Olympics from 1948 to 1960. After these British colonies federated to form 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 from 1968 onwards.
Malaysian athletes have won a total of 11 Olympic medals, in badminton, diving and cycling. The first Malaysian Olympians to won the medals in Olympics could have been Punch Gunalan and Ng Boon Bee, who lost their final match in badminton men's doubles. As the badminton was only a demonstration sport in 1972, there were no official medals then; Malaysia thus had to wait for the first medal until 1996. The most successful Malaysian Olympians by medals won are Lee Chong Wei with 3 silver medals in badminton. No Malaysian athlete has ever won a gold medal.
The National Olympic Committee for Malaya was created in 1953 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954. This subsequently became the National Olympic Committee for Malaysia.
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