Malaysia at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games

Malaysia at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Jakarta
Competitors	260 in 18 sports
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 19 Silver 23 Bronze 39 Total 81
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)
1959 1961 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Other related appearances
North Borneo ( •  • ) Sarawak ()

Malaysia competed in the 1979 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 to 30 September 1979.

Medal summary[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
	0	0	1	1	5
	10	0	0	10
Badminton	0	1	2	3	3
	1	1	0	2	1
Football	1	0	0	1	1
	0	1	0	1	3
Total	19	23	39	81	5

Medallists[]

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Rabuan Pit  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold Gladys Chai Ng Mei  Gold  Gold  Gold Malaysia national basketball team  Gold Malaysia national football team Jamal Nasir Soh Chin Aun Santokh Singh Shukor Salleh Hassan Sani James Wong Mokhtar Dahari R. Arumugam Wan Jamak Wan Hassan Isa Bakar Football Men's tournament  Silver Malaysia national badminton team Badminton Men's team  Silver Malaysia national basketball team  Silver  Bronze  Bronze Misbun Sidek Ong Beng Teong Badminton Men's doubles  Bronze Malaysia national badminton team Badminton Women's team Football[] Main article: Football at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games Men's tournament[] Group stage Team v t Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Malaysia 4 2 2 0 3 0 +3 6  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5  Thailand 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5  Singapore 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3  Burma 4 0 1 3 2 5 −3 1 Source:[citation needed] 23 September 1979 Singapore  0 – 2  Malaysia James Wong  76' Hassan Sani  84' Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 25 September 1979 Malaysia  0 – 0  Burma Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 26 September 1979 Indonesia  0 – 0  Malaysia Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 28 September 1979 Malaysia  1 – 0  Thailand Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Gold medal match 30 September 1979 Indonesia  0 – 1  Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari  21' Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Attendance: 85.000 References[]