Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | MAS |
NOC | Olympic Council of Malaysia |
Website | www |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 26 in 11 sports |
Flag bearer (opening) | Bertrand Rhodict Lises & Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif[1] |
Flag bearer (closing) | Ashley Lau |
Medals Ranked 80th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
North Borneo (1956) |
Malaysia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's appearance in every single edition of summer Olympics, since its official debut in 1956 under the name 'Malaya', except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the United States-led boycott.
Malaysia left Paris with two bronze medals in badminton, with men's doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik retaining their bronze medals first won in 2021 and Lee Zii Jia taking another bronze medal in men's singles. The result of two bronze medals is the least successful outcome for the nation since 2008. It also marks the first time Malaysia claiming medals in only one sport, last time being 2008. Furthermore, it is also a return to the results achieved by the nation in 1992, where Malaysia secured medals without earning a silver and a gold. Therefore, the nation's wait for its first-ever Olympic gold medal carried on after leaving Paris. Malaysia ranked 80th in the overall results of the medal ranking, placing the nation at its worst ever standing at the Olympic Games.
In addition, Malaysia fell just short of a podium finish in badminton, weightlifting and cycling. In badminton, women's doubles pair Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan were defeated by Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan in the bronze medal match, Aniq Kasdan narrowly lost to Hampton Morris of the United States in men's 61 kg event of weightlifting by a margin of only 1 kg while in cycling, Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom was racing 3rd in the final lap in the gold medal match in men's keirin event of track cycling before involving in an incident where he was crashed by Shinji Nakano of Japan.