Malaysia lies north of the equator and Singapore in South East Asia and south of Thailand. Malaysia joined the Commonwealth in 1957 and made their debut in the 1966 and have competed in all since except the 1986 Games in Edinburgh. Prior to their first appearance at the Games, there were teams from from the region competing as Malaya and North Borneo that competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Malaysia at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Malaysia finished tenth at Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games staged with a reduced program of 10 sports. The country won 8 gold medals, along with 3 silver and 5 bronze for 16 medals in total, which is 15 medals short of what Wales won - 31 medals.

The final medal standings, with Malaysia's rank, are shown below:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 70 45 56 171
2 England 29 45 36 110
3 Canada 19 20 23 62
4 India 13 17 9 39
5 Scotland 13 9 17 39
6 New Zealand 10 14 12 36
7 Nigeria 10 7 7 24
8 Jamaica 10 4 5 19
9 Wales 9 10 12 31
10 Malaysia
 8 3 5 16

Trivia

  • At their first Games in 1966 Malaysia won a total of 5 medals.
  • Malaysia has won medals in every Games that they have attended, with particular successes in badminton. Their biggest haul of gold and silver medals however came in 1998 when Kuala Lumpur, the capital, became the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games.