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Sukma Games

Sukma Games

Sukma Games logo
First event	1986 Sukma GamesinKuala Lumpur
Occur every	two years
Last event	2022 Sukma GamesinKuala Lumpur
Purpose	Multi-sport event for states in Malaysia
Website	National Sports Council of Malaysia

The Sukma Games (Malay: Sukan Malaysia, lit.: Malaysian Games) is a biennial national multi-sport event involving young athletes from Malaysia's 13 states and 3 Federal Territories. The games are regulated by the National Sports Council of Malaysia, the state sports council of the respective member states, the Olympic Council of Malaysia and the National Sports association of the games respective sporting event. The logo was designed by Anuar bin Dan in 1986.^[1][2][3]

Participating teams[edit]

^[4]

 Federal Territories

 Johor

 Kedah

 Kelantan

 Malacca

 Negeri Sembilan

 Pahang

 Penang

 Perak

 Perlis

 Sabah

 Sarawak

 Selangor

 Terengganu

Notes:

1. ^ Not from within Malaysia.

Former participating teams[edit]

•  Kuala Lumpur ¹
•  Labuan ¹
• Malaysian Armed Forces (Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia) (ATM/MAF)
• Malaysian University Sports Council (Malay: Majlis Sukan Universiti-Universiti Malaysia) (MASUM)
• Malaysian School Sports Council (Malay: Majlis Sukan Sekolah Sekolah Malaysia) (MSSM)
•  Northern Territory ²
• Royal Malaysian Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia) (PDRM/RMP)

Notes:

1. ^ Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya have participated as a combined Federal Territory team since 2006.
2. ^ Not from within Malaysia.

Sports[edit]

The list below shows the sports that are played at all the Sukma Games since 1986.^[5][6]

Core sports[edit]

 Swimming

 Archery

 Athletics

 Badminton

 Bowling

 Cycling

 Hockey

 Golf

 Gymnastics

• Artistic
• Rhythmic

 Sailing

 Sepak takraw

 Shooting

 Squash

 Weightlifting

Optional sports[edit]

 Water polo

 Basketball

 Beach soccer

 Bodybuilding

 Boxing

 Canoeing

 Cricket

 Equestrian

 Fencing

 Football

 Futsal

 Handball

 Judo

 Kabaddi

 Karate

 Lawn bowls

 Muay

 Netball

 Pencak silat

 Pétanque

 Rugby sevens

 Silambam

 Softball

 Table tennis

 Taekwondo

 Tennis

 Volleyball

• Beach
• Indoor

 Wushu

All-time medal table[edit]

Below shows the all time medal table of Sukma Games from 1986 to 2018. Defunct teams are highlighted in italics.

Sukma Games all-time medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	800	786	887	2473
2	Sarawak	711	649	705	2065
3	Perak	443	467	616	1526
4	Terengganu	438	446	573	1457
5	Pahang	416	391	439	1246
6	Penang	415	425	551	1391
7	Johor	353	373	506	1232
8	Sabah	310	367	488	1165
9	Federal Territory	303	316	387	1006
10	Kuala Lumpur	274	276	279	829
11	Kedah	273	252	367	892
12	Negeri Sembilan	241	242	346	829
13	Malacca	210	211	278	699
14	Kelantan	139	150	193	482
15	Perlis	67	71	153	291
16	Police	31	36	45	112
17	Universities	17	17	15	49
18	Armed Forces	12	27	39	78
19	Brunei	5	15	33	53
20	Labuan	2	2	10	14
21	Schools	2	2	9	13
22	Northern Territory	1	0	1	2
Totals (22 entries)		5463	5521	6920	17904

Medal table by edition[edit]

1986 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Kuala Lumpur)

1986 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kuala Lumpur*	36	32	22	90
2	Selangor	23	14	14	51
3	Sarawak	13	8	14	35
4	Perak	10	15	17	42
5	Penang	9	20	21	50
6	Sabah	9	8	8	25
7	Police	9	4	7	20
8	Johor	6	5	6	17
9	Kedah	5	5	11	21
10	Armed Forces	2	8	11	21
11	Malacca	2	1	5	8
12	Terengganu	2	1	4	7
13	Pahang	1	4	6	11
14	Negeri Sembilan	0	1	4	5
15	Kelantan	0	1	1	2
16	Perlis	0	0	1	1
17	Universities	0	0	0	0
Totals (17 entries)		127	127	152	406

1988 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation ( Kuala Lumpur)

1988 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	26	17	29	72
2	Sarawak	24	18	15	57
3	Penang	19	14	15	48
4	Kuala Lumpur*	12	12	22	46
5	Negeri Sembilan	10	6	5	21
6	Johor	9	3	9	21
7	Kedah	6	6	8	20
8	Police	6	3	5	14
9	Malacca	5	7	4	16
10	Sabah	4	12	8	24
11	Universities	4	4	8	16
12	Perak	3	20	21	44
13	Terengganu	2	2	4	8
14	Kelantan	1	3	7	11
15	Pahang	1	1	5	7
16	Perlis	1	0	5	6
17	Armed Forces	0	1	1	2
Totals (17 entries)		133	129	171	433

1990 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Sarawak)

1990 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak*	44	17	18	79
2	Kuala Lumpur	19	20	18	57
3	Penang	17	22	24	63
4	Perak	12	16	22	50
5	Selangor	11	18	34	63
6	Negeri Sembilan	7	4	4	15
7	Sabah	5	4	10	19
8	Malacca	4	6	6	16
9	Police	4	4	2	10
	Terengganu	4	4	2	10
11	Kedah	2	7	6	15
12	Johor	2	5	12	19
13	Kelantan	2	2	3	7
14	Perlis	1	0	7	8
15	Pahang	0	2	5	7
16	Universities	0	2	1	3
17	Armed Forces	0	1	2	3
Totals (17 entries)		134	134	176	444

1992 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Johor)

1992 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak	36	27	26	89
2	Johor*	26	21	22	69
3	Selangor	23	25	41	89
4	Penang	22	28	22	72
5	Kuala Lumpur	22	23	32	77
6	Perak	18	10	21	49
7	Sabah	9	16	13	38
8	Malacca	7	6	12	25
9	Kedah	6	7	8	21
10	Negeri Sembilan	6	5	3	14
11	Armed Forces	5	5	18	28
12	Pahang	5	5	8	18
13	Universities	4	5	2	11
14	Kelantan	3	9	12	24
15	Terengganu	3	4	10	17
16	Police	2	1	5	8
17	Perlis	2	0	0	2
Totals (17 entries)		199	197	255	651

1994 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Perak)

1994 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak	39	28	30	97
2	Kuala Lumpur	31	39	26	96
3	Selangor	28	41	33	102
4	Perak*	26	26	25	77
5	Pahang	21	16	20	57
6	Sabah	19	14	14	47
7	Johor	17	13	22	52
8	Penang	13	12	24	49
9	Kedah	8	5	20	33
10	Kelantan	6	6	10	22
11	Armed Forces	5	12	7	24
12	Terengganu	5	3	7	15
13	Negeri Sembilan	4	2	4	10
14	Malacca	4	1	10	15
15	Police	3	8	2	13
16	Perlis	1	0	8	9
17	Universities	0	2	1	3
Totals (17 entries)		230	228	263	721

1996 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Pahang*)

1996 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	57	43	44	144
2	Sarawak	56	49	52	157
3	Pahang**	37	42	44	123
4	Kuala Lumpur	34	27	32	93
5	Perak	22	25	28	75
6	Sabah	20	19	22	61
7	Terengganu	8	16	15	39
8	Kelantan	8	11	11	30
9	Kedah	8	6	18	32
10	Negeri Sembilan	6	4	10	20
11	Penang	5	10	10	25
12	Malacca	5	9	11	25
13	Universities	4	0	0	4
14	Johor	2	7	17	26
15	Perlis	2	2	4	8
16	Police	1	3	8	12
17	Brunei	1	1	0	2
18	Schools	1	0	2	3
19	Labuan	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		277	274	328	879

1998 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Selangor)

1998 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor*	80	61	41	182
2	Sarawak	46	45	41	132
3	Perak	25	25	37	87
4	Kuala Lumpur	23	25	26	74
5	Pahang	21	29	36	86
6	Penang	12	5	23	40
7	Terengganu	11	14	15	40
8	Sabah	11	10	12	33
9	Kelantan	11	9	10	30
10	Kedah	8	13	15	36
11	Johor	7	7	16	30
12	Negeri Sembilan	4	8	13	25
13	Malacca	4	8	11	23
14	Perlis	1	2	3	6
15	Labuan	0	0	2	2
	Schools	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 entries)		264	261	303	828

2000 Sukma Games[edit]

  *   Host nation (Host state (Penang))

2000 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	53	56	54	163
2	Sarawak	49	55	56	160
3	Perak	46	37	40	123
4	Penang*	34	26	36	96
5	Kuala Lumpur	33	32	30	95
6	Pahang	27	26	35	88
7	Johor	20	17	31	68
8	Kedah	17	15	21	53
9	Sabah	12	11	18	41
10	Negeri Sembilan	12	10	13	35
11	Kelantan	8	12	15	35
12	Malacca	7	10	14	31
13	Terengganu	6	4	8	18
14	Perlis	4	5	5	14
15	Universities	3	3	2	8
16	Schools	1	1	3	5
17	Brunei	0	1	3	4
	Police	0	1	3	4
19	Labuan	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		332	322	387	1041

Edition[edit]

2014

Edition	Year	Host	Main Stadium	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Teams	Competitors	Top state
I	1986	Kuala Lumpur	Stadium Merdeka	19 April	26 April			17		Kuala Lumpur (1)
II	1988			12 November	19 November			17		Selangor (1)
III	1990	Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching	18 July	27 July			17		Sarawak (1)
IV	1992	Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru	1 July	11 July			17		Sarawak (2)
V	1994	Perak	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	9 June	18 June			17		Sarawak (3)
VI	1996	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	1 June	10 June			19		Selangor (2)
VII	1998	Selangor	Opening ceremony Shah Alam Stadium Closing ceremony Malawati Indoor Stadium	17 April	26 April			16		Selangor (3)
VIII	2000	Penang	Batu Kawan Stadium, Batu Kawan	25 May	4 June	30		19	5875	Selangor (4)[11]
IX	2002	Sabah	Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu	7 September	14 September	27		20	5324	Selangor (5)
X	2004	Negeri Sembilan	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban	29 May	6 June	30		17	6000	Selangor (6)
XI	2006	Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star	28 May	4 June	26		16	4882	Selangor (7)
XII	2008	Terengganu	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Kuala Terengganu	31 May	9 June	31		15	6000	Terengganu (1)
XIII	2010	Malacca	Hang Jebat Stadium, Paya Rumput	10 June	19 June	33		15	7000	Terengganu (2)
XIV	2011	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	2 June	12 June	24		14	3368	Terengganu (3)
XV	2012	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	9 July	16 July	24		15	5828	Terengganu (4)
XVI	2013	Kuala Lumpur	NSC Mini Stadium, KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	28 June	7 July	23	130	14	3618	Selangor (8)
XVII	2014	Perlis	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar	24 May	4 June	24	389	15	7815	Federal Territory (2)
XVIII	2016	Sarawak	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching	23 July	31 July	24	382	15	5670	Selangor (9)
XIX	2018	Perak[12]	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	11 September	22 September	29	427	15	7464	Terengganu (5)
XX	2022	Kuala Lumpur	Dataran Gemilang, UKM, Bangi, Selangor	16 September	24 September	31	426	15	6606	Johor (1)
XXI	2024	Sarawak	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching (expected)	Future event
XXII	2026	Selangor	TBA	Future event
XXIII	2028	Kelantan	Bukit Merbau Stadium, Pasir Puteh Kelantan(expected)	Future event
XXIV	2030	MSN		Future event
XXV	2032	Sabah	Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu (expected)	Future event
XXVI	2034	MSN		Future event

List of the Sukma Games' Sportsman and Sportswoman[edit]

^[13][14]

Edition	Year	Sukma Games' Sportsman			Sukma Games' Sportswoman
		Name	Contingent	Sport	Name	Contingent	Sport
I	1986
II	1988
III	1990	Gerard Liew	Penang	Swimming	Tania Hamid Bugo	Sarawak	Swimming
IV	1992	Khoo Kah Hock	MASUM	Archery	Magdaline Goh	Penang	Swimming
		Azmi Ibrahim (Most Promising Sportsman)	Pahang	Athletics	Shalin Zulkifli (Most Promising Sportswoman)	Selangor	Bowling
V	1994	Azmi Ibrahim	Pahang	Athletics	Yew Chai Peng	Perak	Athletics
VI	1996
VII	1998	Chai Song Lip	Sarawak	Athletics	Ho Hsu Ee	Kuala Lumpur	Swimming
VIII	2000	Allen Ong	Perak	Swimming	Sia Wai Yen	Kuala Lumpur	Swimming
IX	2002	Ng Shu Mun	Perak	Artistic gymnastics	Ngew Sin Mei	Kuala Lumpur	Athletics
					Petra Nabila Mustafa (Most Promising Sportswoman)	Negeri Sembilan	Athletics
X	2004	Daniel Bego	Sarawak	Swimming	Cindy Ong	Perak	Swimming
XI	2006	Zulkifli Che Rose	Sarawak	Weightlifting	Lew Yih Wey	Negeri Sembilan	Swimming
XII	2008	Foo Jian Beng	Selangor	Swimming	Marellyn Liew	Sabah	Swimming
XIII	2010	J. Karthik	Malacca	Athletics	Chan Kah Yan	Federal Territory	Swimming
XIV	2011	Ahmad Shafie Abd Jabar	Johor	Canoeing	Jupha Somnet	Perlis	Cycling
XV	2012	Abdul Mubin Rahim	Terengganu	Weightlifting	Frenceay Titus	Sabah	Weightlifting
XVI	2013	Danniel Iskandar Richard	Selangor	Artistic gymnastics	Esmelda Arecia Menti Alfred Geling	Sarawak	Artistic gymnastics
XVII	2014	Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin	Negeri Sembilan	Athletics	Jelinie Empera	Sarawak	Weightlifting
XVIII	2016	Khairul Hafiz Jantan	Malacca	Athletics	Nur Aqilah Yusof	Terengganu	Archery
XIX	2018	Eugenius Lo Foh Soon	Sabah	Archery	Azreen Nabila Alias	Terengganu	Athletics
XX	2022	Muhammad Fakhrullah Rumaize	Johor	Canoeing	Tan Rouxin	Johor	Swimming

Para Sukma Games[edit]

Para Sukma Games (Malay: Para Sukan Malaysia), is a multi-sport event held for Malaysian athletes with disabilities.^[15][16] The games were previously known as the National Games of Malaysia For the Disabled (Malay: Sukan Kebangsaan Bagi Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia) from 1982 until 1998 and the Malaysian Paralympiad (Malay: Paralimpiad Malaysia) from 1998 until 2018 and held separately from the Sukma Games until 2010.^[17][18]

Editions[edit]

Games	Year	Host state	Sports	Contingent	Top state
I	1982	Kuala Lumpur	2	14
II	1984	Selangor	2	14
III	1986	Penang	2	14
IV	1988	Kelantan	2	15
V	1990	Malacca	2	17
VI	1992	Terengganu	2	17
VII	1994	Johor	2	15	Sarawak (1)
VII	1996	Sarawak	2	18	Sarawak (2)
IX	1998	Selangor	5	14	Sarawak (3)
X	2000	Kuala Lumpur	10	23	Sarawak (4)
XI	2002	Kuala Lumpur	15	23	Sarawak (5)
XII	2004	Kuala Lumpur	18	15	Sarawak (6)
XIII	2006	Kuala Lumpur	16	15	Sarawak (7)
XIV	2008	Kuala Lumpur	16	15	Sarawak (8)
XV	2010	Malacca	16	15	Sarawak (9)
XVI	2012	Pahang	17	15	Sarawak (10)
XVII	2014	Perlis	9	15	Sarawak (11)
XVIII	2016	Sarawak	9	15	Sarawak (12)
XIX	2018	Perak	10	15	Sarawak (13)
XX	2022	Kuala Lumpur	10	15	Sabah (1)

See also[edit]

• Sport in Malaysia
• Malaysia at the Olympics
• Malaysia at the Asian Games
• Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Sukma Games Archived 2 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• 2016 Sukma Games Information Site Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) - Tag Archive - PenyuSukan.com
• 1996 Sukma Games official website

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