Malaysia at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games
# Malaysia at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games

Malaysia competed in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 11 to 19 December 1997.

## Medal summary

### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Badminton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Karate | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | |
| Squash | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 55 | 68 | 75 | 198 | 3 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Romzi Bakar | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Gold | Ramadoss Nandakumar | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
| Gold | Arumugam Munusamy | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
| Gold | Munusamy Ramachandran | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
| Gold | Munusamy Ramachandran | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
| Gold | Nur Herman Majid | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
| Gold | Loo Kum Zee | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Gold | Mohamed Zaki Sadri | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Gold | Mohamed Zaki Sadri | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
| Gold | Harbans Narinder Singh | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | Naravanan Govindasamy | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres road walk |
| Gold | | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | Shanti Govindasamy | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Gold | Shanti Govindasamy | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Gold | Manimagalay Nadarajah | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
| Gold | Anastasia Karen Silvaraj | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres track walk |
| Gold | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Sazali Samad | Bodybuilding | Men's bantamweight (65 kg) |
| Gold | | Squash | Men's singles |
| Gold | | Squash | Women's singles |
| Gold | | Squash | Men's team |
| Gold | | Squash | Women's team |
| Gold | | Taekwondo | |
| Silver | | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Silver | Ong Ewe Hock | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Silver | Malaysia national badminton team Chew Choon EngJason WongLee Chee LeongOng Ewe HockRosman RazakTan Kim HerYong Hock Kin | Badminton | Men's team |
| Silver | Malaysia national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Chew Choon Eng Ang Li Peng | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
| Bronze | Malaysia national badminton team Ang Li PengChong Nga FanIshwari BoopathyLee Yin YinNorhasikin AminWoon Sze Mei | Badminton | Women's team |
| Bronze | Eng Tian Syah Yong Hong Cheh | Table tennis | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Chan Koon WahChoo Sim GuanEng Tian SyhNg Shui LeongYong Hong Cheh | Table tennis | Men's team |

## Football

### Men's tournament

**Group A**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| Laos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |

### Women's tournament

**Group B**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
