Sukma Games

Sukma Games
	Sukma Games logo
First event	1986 Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur
Occur every	Two years
Last event	2024 Sukma Games in Sarawak
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

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Notes:

^ Not from within Malaysia, only compete at the Sukma Games.
^ Kuala Lumpur and Labuan participate as a combined Federal Territories team since 2006 Sukma Games, but are still competing separately at the Para Sukma Games.

Former participating teams

Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM/MAF)
Malaysian University Sports Council (MASUM)
Malaysian School Sports Council (MSSM)
Northern Territory ¹
Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM/RMP)

Notes:

^ Not from within Malaysia.

Sports

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

Core sports

Optional sports

Aquatics
- Synchronised swimming
- 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

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	2,473
2	Sarawak	711	649	705	2,065
3	Perak	443	467	616	1,526
4	Terengganu	438	446	573	1,457
5	Pahang	416	391	439	1,246
6	Penang	415	425	551	1,391
7	Johor	353	373	506	1,232
8	Sabah	310	367	488	1,165
9	Federal Territory	303	316	387	1,006
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)		5,463	5,521	6,920	17,904

Medal table by edition

1986 Sukma Games

* 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

Source: ^[7]

1988 Sukma Games

* 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

* 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
9	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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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
15	Schools	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 entries)		264	261	303	828

2000 Sukma Games

* 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
17	Police	0	1	3	4
19	Labuan	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		332	322	387	1,041

List of SUKMA Edition

2014

1986, 1988, 2011, 2013, 2022

2028

Host cities of the games through 2018^[8]^[9]^[10]

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	16	123	16	3849	Kuala Lumpur
II	1988	Kuala Lumpur	Stadium Merdeka	12 November	19 November	17	133	17	4214	Selangor
III	1990	Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching	18 July	27 July	15	134	17	2849	Sarawak
IV	1992	Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru	1 July	11 July	22	199	17	5206	Sarawak
V	1994	Perak	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	9 June	18 June	24	264	17	3956	Sarawak
VI	1996	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	1 June	10 June	25	277	19	5206	Selangor
VII	1998	Selangor	Opening ceremony Shah Alam Stadium Closing ceremony Malawati Indoor Stadium	17 April	26 April	24	264	16	3956	Selangor
VIII	2000	Penang	Batu Kawan Stadium, Batu Kawan	25 May	4 June	29	332	19	5875	Selangor^[11]
IX	2002	Sabah	Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu	7 September	14 September	27	347	20	5324	Selangor
X	2004	Negeri Sembilan	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban	29 May	6 June	30		17	6000	Selangor
XI	2006	Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star	28 May	4 June	26	349	16	4882	Selangor
XII	2008	Terengganu	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Kuala Terengganu	31 May	9 June	31	404	15	6000	Terengganu
XIII	2010	Malacca	Hang Jebat Stadium, Paya Rumput	10 June	19 June	33	418	15	7000	Terengganu
XIV	2011	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	2 June	12 June	24	129	14	3368	Terengganu
XV	2012	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	9 July	16 July	24	393	15	5828	Terengganu
XVI	2013	Kuala Lumpur	NSC Mini Stadium, KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	28 June	7 July	23	130	14	3618	Selangor
XVII	2014	Perlis	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar	24 May	4 June	24	389	15	7815	Federal Territory
XVIII	2016	Sarawak	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching	23 July	31 July	24	382	15	5670	Selangor
XIX	2018	Perak^[12]	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	11 September	22 September	29	427	15	7464	Terengganu
XX	2022	Kuala Lumpur	Dataran Gemilang, UKM, Bangi	16 September	24 September	31	426	15	6606	Johor
XXI	2024	Sarawak	Opening ceremony Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Closing ceremony Unity Stadium, Kuching	17 August	24 August	37	488	15	9927	Sarawak
XXII	2026	Selangor	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang (expected)	Future event
XXIII	2028	Kelantan	Bukit Merbau Stadium, Pasir Puteh (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

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Edition	Year	Sukma Games' Sportsman			Sukma Games' Sportswoman
Edition	Year	Name	Contingent	Sport	Name	Contingent	Sport
III	1990	Gerard Liew	Penang	Swimming	Tania Hamid Bugo	Sarawak	Swimming
IV	1992	Khoo Kah Hock	MASUM	Archery	Magdaline Goh	Penang	Swimming
IV	1992	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
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
IX	2002	Ng Shu Mun	Perak	Artistic gymnastics	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
XXI	2024	Andrew Goh Zheng Yen	Selangor	Swimming	Gan Chen Jie	Negeri Sembilan	Shooting

Para Sukma Games

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 Orthopaedically Handicapped (Malay: Sukan Kebangsaan Bagi Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia) from 1982 until 1998 and the Paralimpiad Malaysia Games (Malay: Sukan Paralimpiad Malaysia) from 1998 until 2018 and held separately from the Sukma Games until 2010.^[17]^[18]

2014

1982, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2022