Malaysia at the 1989 SEA Games

Sporting event delegation

Malaysia at the
1989 Southeast Asian Games

IOC code| MAS
NOC| Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website| www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Kuala Lumpur
Competitors| 354 in 20 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
200
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)

* 1959
* 1961
* 1965
* 1967
* 1969
* 1971
* 1973
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
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* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
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* 2015
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* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025
* 2027
* 2029

Malaysia competed in the 1989 Southeast Asian Games as the host nation in Kuala Lumpur from 20 to 31 August 1989.

## Medal summary

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### Medals by sport

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Sport  | Gold | Silver | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

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Athletics | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Badminton | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2
Basketball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1
Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Swimming | 11 | 7  | 4  | 22  |
Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1
Total | 67 | 58 | 75 | 200 | 2

### Medallists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Samson Vellabouy | Athletics | Men's 800 metres
Gold | Sivalingam Muthiah | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres
Gold | Zulkifli Mohamed Yatim | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold | Sivabalan Kesavan | Athletics | Men's high jump
Gold | Mohamed Zaki Sadri | Athletics | Men's triple jump
Gold | Arjan Singh | Athletics | Men's shot put
Gold | Samret Singh Dhaliwal | Athletics | Men's hammer throw
Gold | Mohamed Nasir Sadri | Athletics | Men's decathlon
Gold | Baharuddin Jaafar, Kenny Martin, Samson Vellabouy, Nordin Mohd Jadi | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold | Lee Chiew Ha | Athletics | Women's shot put
Gold | Norsham Yoon | Athletics | Women's javelin throw
Gold | Zaiton Othman | Athletics | Women's heptathlon
Gold | Malaysia national badminton team

* Cheah Soon Kit
* Foo Kok Keong
* Jalani Sidek
* Rahman Sidek
* Rashid Sidek
* Razif Sidek
* Soo Beng Kiang

| Badminton | Men's team
Gold | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament
Gold | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament
Gold | Malaysia national football team

* A. Anbalagan
* Muhamad Radhi Mat Din
* P. Ravichandran
* Lim Teong Kim
* Zainal Abidin Hassan
* Borhan Abu Samah
* Dollah Salleh

| Football | Men's tournament
Gold | Jeffrey Ong | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle
Gold | Jeffrey Ong | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke
Gold | May Tan Seok Khoon | Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley
Gold | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley
Gold |  | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
Gold | Lim Chin Leong | Table tennis | Men's singles
Gold | Leong Mee Wan | Table tennis | Women's singles
Silver | Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek | Badminton | Men's doubles
Silver | Lee Chee Keen | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Silver | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle
Silver | May Tan Seok Khoon | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle
Silver | Jong Su Ting | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Silver | Nurul Huda Abdullah | Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly
Silver | May Tan Seok Khoon | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly
Silver |  | Swimming | Men's waterpolo team
Silver | Lim Chin Leong
Peong Tah Seng | Table tennis | Men's doubles
Silver |  | Water polo | Men's tournament
Bronze | Foo Kok Keong | Badminton | Men's singles
Bronze | Rashid Sidek | Badminton | Men's singles
Bronze | Lee Wai Leng | Badminton | Women's singles
Bronze | Tan Mei Chuan | Badminton | Women's singles
Bronze | Rahman Sidek
Soo Beng Kiang | Badminton | Men's doubles
Bronze | Tan Lee Wai
Tan Sui Hoon | Badminton | Women's doubles
Bronze | Lee Wai Leng
Lim Siew Choon | Badminton | Women's doubles
Bronze | Soo Beng Kiang
Lim Siew Choon | Badminton | Mixed doubles
Bronze | Cheah Soon Kit
Tan Sui Hoon | Badminton | Mixed doubles
Bronze | Malaysia national badminton team

* Lee Wai Leng
* Lim Siew Choon
* Tan Lee Wai
* Tan Mei Chuan
* Tan Sui Hoon

| Badminton | Women's team
Bronze | Lee Chee Keen | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Bronze | May Tan Seok Khoon | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle
Bronze | Chan Peck Hong | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke
Bronze | Jong Su Ting | Swimming | Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Bronze | Lim Mui Liang
Tan Liang Chenck | Table tennis | Men's doubles

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games

### Men's tournament

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Group B

Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Malaysia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 6
Indonesia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 3  | +8  | 4
Brunei | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 8  | −5  | 2
Philippines | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 10  | −9  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

21 August 1989

21:30

Malaysia | 3 – 0|  Philippines

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A. Anbalagan 4', 41'
Muhamad Radhi Mat Din 28' |  |

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23 August 1989

19:45

Malaysia | 2 – 1|  Brunei

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Muhamad Radhi Mat Din 28'
P. Ravichandran 86' |  | unknown 69'

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25 August 1989

21:30

Malaysia | 2 – 0|  Indonesia

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Lim Teong Kim 39', 52' |  |

Referee: P. Boocherd (Thailand)

Semifinal

28 August 1989

21:30

Malaysia | 1 – 0|  Thailand

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Zainal Abidin Hassan 71' |  |

Referee: K. Kunalan (Singapore)

Gold medal match

31 August 1989

20:00

Malaysia | 3 – 1|  Singapore

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Borhan Abu Samah 8' (o.g.)
Lim Teong Kim 59'
Dollah Salleh 60' |  | Fandi Ahmad 39'

Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Drs H Soetoyo (Indonesia)

## References

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points