Malaysia at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games
# Malaysia at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1979 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 to 30 September 1979.

## Medal summary

### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Athletics | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 19 | 23 | 39 | 81 | 5 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Rabuan Pit | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Gold | Ho Yoon Wah | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Gold | Muthiah Dattaya | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Gold | Ballang Lasung | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
| Gold | Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres track walk |
| Gold | Vellasamy Subramaniam | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | Marina Chin Leng Sim | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
| Gold | Gladys Chai Ng Mei | Athletics | Women's high jump |
| Gold | Paramasivam Sakthirani | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres track walk |
| Gold | Marina Chin Leng Sim V. Angamah Zaiton Othman Saik Oik Cum | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Malaysia national football team Hamid RamliJamal NasirD. DavendranSoh Chin AunSantokh SinghShukor SallehAbdah AlifHassan SaniJames WongMokhtar DahariHassan YahyaAbdullah RamliR. ArumugamWan Jamak Wan HassanG. TorayrajuIsa Bakar | Football | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Malaysia national badminton team | Badminton | Men's team |
| Silver | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Chong Suk Fong | Table tennis | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Suhaili Yusuf | Archery | Men's individual recurve 90 metre |
| Bronze | Misbun Sidek Ong Beng Teong | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Malaysia national badminton team | Badminton | Women's team |

## Football

### Men's tournament

**Group stage**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| Burma | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
