Sukma Games
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| First event | 1986 Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur |
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| Occur every | two years |
| Last event | 2016 Sukma Games in Sarawak |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for states in Malaysia |
| Website | National Sports Council of Malaysia |
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The Sukma Games is a sporting event in Malaysia, held once every two years. Sukma is an acronym for Sukan Malaysia; literally Malaysian Games, in other words this event is often viewed as a high-end national level competition and is usually referred to as the "Malaysian Olympics". The first Games was held in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur. The games have been held biannually from 1986 to 2010, annually from 2010 to 2014 and again biannually from 2014 onwards. Participants of the event are picked from a competitive pool of possible strong elite athletes for each respective state and are usually extremely proficient and skilled in their own respective disciplines.
The Sukma Games is the largest and prestige national-level tournament in Malaysia. The tournament is held at every alternate year with Southeast Asian Games to explore new talents of the athletes highly potential to represent the nation at international sporting events.
The games rose from the proposal of the then Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Anwar Ibrahim in 1983. At first, the proposal consisted of sports such as tennis, table tennis, cycling, athletics and volleyball, but due to popularity and fame, the sports and number of events increased.
The Sukma Games concept is initiated to shape a united multi-racial society across the nation. The games fulfilled the Malaysia corporation concept where the government, sporting bodies, National Sports Council and non-governmental organizations are involved in managing its sponsorship.
The Participating teams are mainly states and federal territories within Malaysia. Some national organisations and foreign affiliates have been invited to a few Sukma Games. Eventually, as time passes all invitational teams except Brunei have been ceased to participate in any Sukma Games followed by individual Federal Territories of Malaysia in which the latter had been merged into a single team starts 2006. Participating Contingent with their respective Sukma Games Code are as below.
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The list below shows the sports that are played at all the Sukma Games since 1986.
Below shows the all time medal table of Sukma Games from 1986 to 2016. Defunct teams are highlighted in italics.
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