Malaysia at Olympics 2024: All You Need To Know, Where to Watch, Athletes, and Schedule

Malaysia will be participating in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 at the end of July 2024, which is the 30^th edition of the Summer Olympics 2024.

This will be Malaysia’s 15^th participation in the Summer Olympics games since 1964.

Since 2008’s Beijing Olympics, Malaysia have had multiple opportunities to clinch an Olympics Gold medal but have fallen short at the final stage. With more than 20 athletes participating from Malaysia, here’s the nation’s opportunity to go for Gold again.

Below is all the information about Malaysia’s participation in Olympics 2024. The information will be updated regularly.

Date and Venue of Paris Olympics 2024

The Summer Olympics 2024 will be held in France with Paris as the main host city from 26^th July to 11^th August 2024. Events will also be held across 16 other cities and the island of Tahiti.

Malaysia’s Olympics medal record

Malaysia has won 13 Olympics medals since Tokyo 1964 but has never won a Gold medal. The 13 medals are made up of 8 Silver medals and 5 Bronze medals.

Here is Malaysia’s Olympics medal record for successful games:

• Barcelona 1992: 1 Bronze medal
• Atlanta 1996: 1 Silver medal, 1 Bronze medal
• Beijing 2008: 1 Silver medal
• London 2012: 1 Silver medal, 1 Bronze medal
• Rio de Janeiro 2016: 4 Silver medals, 1 Bronze medal
• Tokyo 2020: 1 Silver medal, 1 Bronze medal

Malaysia’s Olympics medal winners

Malaysia’s Olympics medal winners have been in the sport of Badminton, Diving, and Cycling only, with Lee Chong Wei being the athlete with most medals, a record of 2 Silver medals.

Here are Malaysia’s Olympics medal winners:

• Barcelona 1992 – Bronze medal in Badminton Men’s Doubles: Jalani Sidek and Razif Sidek
• Atlanta 1996 – Silver medal in Badminton Men’s Doubles: Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock
• Atlanta 1996 – Bronze medal in Badminton Men’s Singles: Rashid Sidek
• Beijing 2008 – Silver medal in Badminton Men’s Singles: Lee Chong Wei
• London 2012 – Silver medal in Badminton Men’s Singles: Lee Chong Wei
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 – Silver medal in Men’s Singles: Lee Chong Wei
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 – Silver medal in Men’s Doubles: Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 – Silver medal in Badminton Mixed Doubles: Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 – Silver medal in Women’s Synchronized Platform Diving: Cheong Jun Hoong and Pandelela Rinong
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 – Bronze medal in Men’s Track Cycling: Azizulhasni Awang
• Tokyo 2020 – Silver medal in Men’s Track Cycling: Azizulhasni Awang
• Tokyo 2020 – Bronze medal in Badminton Men’s Doubles: Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian athletes that qualified and participating in Paris Olympics 2024

There will 26 Malaysian athletes participating in Paris Olympics 2024 across 10 different sports.

Here is the list of participating Malaysian athletes:

• Bertrand Rhodict Lises: Diving (Men’s 10m Platform) – Debut
• Nur Dhabitah Sabri: Diving (Women’s 3m Springboard)
• Khiew Hoe Yean: Swimming (Men’s 400m Freestyle) – Debut
• Tan Ruoxin: Swimming (Women’s 100m Breaststroke) – Debut
• Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif: Sailing (ILCA 6)
• Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy: Sailing (ILCA 7)
• Jonathan Wong: Shooting (10m Air Pistol)
• Ariana Nur Dania: Archery (Women’s Individual and Women’s Team) – Debut
• Syaqiera Mashayikh: Archery (Women’s Team)
• Nurul Azreena Mohamad Fazil: Archery (Women’s Team) – Debut
• Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir: Cycling (Road) – Debut
• Dato’ Azizulhasni Awang: Cycling (Sprint and Keirin)
• Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom: Cycling (Sprint and Keirin)
• Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri: Cycling (Sprint and Keirin)
• Mohamad Aniq Kasdan: Weightlifting (Men’s 61kg) – Debut
• Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik: Badminton Men’s Doubles
• Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan: Badminton Women’s Doubles – Debut
• Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei: Badminton Mixed Doubles – Debut
• Goh Jin Wei: Badminton Women’s Singles – Debut
• Lee Zii Jia: Badminton Men’s Singles
• Gavin Kyle Green: Men’s Golf (Men’s Golf)
• Ashley Lau Jen Wen: Women’s Golf (Women’s Golf) – Debut
• Azeem Fahmi: Men’s 100m Sprint (Athletics) - Debut

Read more about our athletes and their stories here.

Olympics 2024 schedule for Malaysian athletes

Malaysian athletes will compete in the sports of Diving, Swimming, Sailing, Shooting, Archery, Cycling, Weightlifting, Badminton, Golf, and Athletics. The first Malaysian athlete to compete will be Ariana Nur Diana in Archery (Women’s Individual Ranking Round) on Thursday 25^th July 2024, 3:30pm.

For the full Olympics 2024 Malaysian schedule, you may click here for more.

Where to watch (Live streaming) Olympics 2024 in Malaysia

Stadium Astro will be streaming the Olympic Games 2024 for free here.

All Astro customers will have complimentary access to 16 dedicated channels for Paris 2024 in HD with 6 of the channels available only through Astro GO. Customers can also tune in to Astro Arena (CH 801 & 802) for and provide commentary and coverage in Bahasa Malaysia.

For more information and for other live streaming options, click here for more info.

Malaysia’s Chef de mission for Paris Olympics 2024

Chef de mission (CDM) means “Head of mission” in French. An Olympics CDM is the person appointed to lead a national delegation of athletes at the Olympics. The Malaysian CDM is Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin.

Flag bearer of Malaysia at Paris Olympics 2024

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Malaysia’s flag bearers for Olympics 2024 are 19-year-old diver Bertrand Rhodict Lises and 25-year-old sailor Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif.

Countries participating in Paris Olympics 2024

Instead of competing for a country, athletes compete as part of a National Olympic Committee (NOC). There are around 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs that will compete in Olympics 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024 Mascot

The name of the Paris 2024 mascot is Olympic Phryge, based on the traditional small Phrygian hats that the mascots are shaped after. The name and design were chosen as symbols of freedom and to represent allegorical figures of the French republic.