The brand new national sports complex (NSC) in Bukit Jalil, 20km south of Kuala Lumpur's city centre, saw most of the sports thrills and spills in action. The excellent infrastructure such as the Shah Alam Expressway (SAE), STAR LRT and Telekom Malaysia's exchange (with a capacity of 10,000 lines) in Bukit Jalil enables efficient running of all events during the game.
Sports such as netball, cricket, hockey and rugby sevens were some of the team activities being included for the first time.
Malaysia collected an impressive medal tally of 10 Gold, 15 Silver and 20 Bronze medals.
Which ranked Malaysia into the 5th placing among the 70 other member countries.
Which ranked Malaysia into the 5th placing among the 70 other member countries.
Breakdown of Malaysia’s Medal Tally by Sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Aquatics | |||
Diving | - | - | - |
Swimming | - | 1 | 1 |
Synchronize Swimming | - | - | - |
| Athletics | - | - | 1 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Boxing | - | - | 1 |
| Cycling | - | - | - |
| Gymnastics | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey (W) | - | - | - |
| Lawn Bowls | 1 | - | 1 |
| Rugby 7s | - | - | - |
| Shooting | - | 2 | 2 |
| Squash | - | 1 | - |
| Table Tennis | - | - | - |
| Weightlifting | 3 | - | 5 |
| Triathlon | - | - | - |
| EAD Athletes | |||
Athletics | - | 1 | - |
Lawn Bowls | - | - | 2 |
Swimming | - | - | - |
Table Tennis | - | - | - |
Weightlifting | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 7 | 9 | 18 |
Outstanding Athletes
Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim was outstanding in winning all three gold medals, and setting three new Commonwealth Games record in the Men’s Up to 56kgs Weightlifting competitions.
The Badminton players, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (Men’s Singles), Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng (Men’s Doubles) and Ang Li Peng and Lim Pek Sian (Women’s Doubles) performed extremely well to win gold medals in their respective events. They good performance maintained Malaysia’s supremacy in Badminton in the Commonwealth Games.
Unknown Lawn Bowler, Siti Zalina Ahmad, overcame all odds to win the Women’s Singles gold medal, against her more experienced rivals.
Alex Lim Keng Liat, was very outstanding, although he won only a silver and a bronze medal in the 50m and 100m Backstroke respectively. Swimming in the Commonwealth Games is World-Class. Against really world-class swimmers, including world champions Matt Welsh and Ian Thorpe, Keng Liat rose to the occasion to win the first ever medals in Swimming for Malaysia in the Commonwealth Games. In both his events, he broke his own national records, and in the 100m Backstroke, he bettered his winning time of 55.53 sec in the 1998 Asian Games, with a time of 55.44 sec. Keng Liat is now ranked among the first 5 swimmers in the world in the 50m and 100m Backstroke events.
Athletics in the Commonwealth Games is another sport, which has attained World standards. Yuan Yu Fang, in spite of being warded for Dengue fever, barely 18 days before her event, still managed to win a bronze medal in the gruelling 20km Walk event. She not only had to overcome fatigue due to her illness, but also her fear of being disqualified.
Josiah Ng, although did not win any medal, came out fifth in the Men’s Sprint event. Cycling, like Swimming and Athletics is one of the few really world class sports in the Commonwealth Games. Hence achieving a fifth placing, had placed Josiah amongst the top ranked cyclists in the world.
The two Gymnasts, Ng Shu Wai and Loke Yik Siang, in winning a silver and a bronze medal in their respective events, also produced good performance. Although the standard of Men’s Artistic Gymnastics in the Commonwealth Games is not of such a high standard, both Ng Shu Wai and Loke Yik Siang have shown good potential for the future.
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