Malaysia at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games
# Malaysia at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1981 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines from 6 to 15 December 1981.

## Medal summary

### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Badminton | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 27 | 31 | 74 | 4 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Hoo Yoon Wah | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Gold | Ballang Lasung | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
| Gold | Hanapiah Nasir | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Gold | Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres track walk |
| Gold | Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | Mumtaz Jaafar | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Gold | Vengadasalam Angamah | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
| Gold | Zaiton Othman | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
| Gold | Paramasivam Sakthirani | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres track walk |
| Gold | Mumtaz Begum Jaafar V. Angamah Zaiton Othman Saik Oik Cum | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Gold | Mumtaz Begum Jaafar V. Angamah Zaiton Othman Saik Oik Cum | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Silver | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Silver | Malaysia national badminton team | Badminton | Men's team |
| Silver | Malaysia national football team R. ArumugamZainal Abidin HassanK. GunasakarnSubramaniam PushpanathanG. TorayrajuJamal Abd. Nasir IsmaelMuhidin HussinIbrahim Haji DinMokhtar DahariWong Hung NungRosli HusseinMohd. Yassin Mohd. NoorAbdul Muin Abdul RahimSujeindran M. SuppiahAlis Syed MohamadMohd. Kholid Hj. Mohd. Ali | Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Malaysia national volleyball team | Volleyball | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Misbun Sidek | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Katherine Teh | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Razif Sidek Leong Chai Lean | Badminton | Mixed singles |
| Bronze | Malaysia national badminton team | Badminton | Women's team |
| Bronze | Goh Shwu Fang | Table tennis | Women's singles |

## Football

### Men's tournament

**Group A**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Burma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
