Malaya at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
# Malaya at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Malaya competed in the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 12 to 17 December 1959.

## Medal summary

### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Football | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 3 |

### Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Tan Ghee Lin | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Gold | Kamaruddin Maidin | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Gold | Carmen Koelmeyer | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Gold | Maureen Ann Lee | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Gold | K. C. Chan | Shooting | Men's rifle prone |
| Gold | Lim Heng Chek | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Gold | Lim Heng Chek | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly |
| Gold | Kwang King Lam | Weightlifting | Men's light heavyweight |
| Silver | Shaharuddin Ali | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
| Silver | Shaharuddin Ali | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| Silver | V. Velautham | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Silver | Mohammed Abdul Rahman | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
| Silver | C. Perera | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
| Silver | Choong Yew Kum | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Silver | Men's 4 × 400 metre relay team | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metre relay |
| Silver | Tan Fing Thin | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Silver | Carmen Koelmeyer | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
| Silver | Women's 4 × 100 metre relay team | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metre relay |
| Silver | Yeo Tin Seong | Shooting | Men's rifle prone |
| Silver | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay team | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
| Silver | Katherine Leong Anna Han | Tennis | Women's doubles |
| Silver | S. A. Azman Katherine Leong | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
| Silver | Chung Kum Weng | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight |
| Bronze | Choong Yew Kum | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Bronze | Tan Siew Chin | Athletics | Women's discus |
| Bronze | Carmen Koelmeyer | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Bronze | Hoo Huang Nyin | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| Bronze | Malaya national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Malaya national football team Sexton LourdesNg Mun KeaiCheah Cheng KokTang Choong HingR. AnthonyM. JosephAbdul Ghani MinhatP. A. GunasegaramNg Boon BeeYusoff BakarAhmad NazariMok Wai HoongEdwin C. DuttonWong Kam SengArthur KohRobert ChoeS. GovindarajuStanley Gabriel | Football | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Koay Thian Soon | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Bronze | Cheah Sek Thong | Weightlifting | Men's lightweight |
