Sukma Games Explained

Sukma Games
Formation:	1986 Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur
Recurrence:	Two years
Last:	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:

1. Not from within Malaysia.

Former participating teams

• • • Malaysian Armed Forces (Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia) (ATM/MAF)
• Malaysian University Sports Council (Malay: Majlis Sukan Universiti-Universiti Malaysia) (MASUM)
• Malaysian School Sports Council (Malay: Majlis Sukan Sekolah Sekolah Malaysia) (MSSM)
  • Royal Malaysian Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia) (PDRM/RMP)

Notes:

1. Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya have participated as a combined Federal Territory team since 2006.
2. 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

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aquatics Artistic
  • Rhythmic

Optional sports

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Beach
  • Indoor

All-time medal table

Below shows the all time medal table of Sukma Games from 1986 to 2018. Defunct teams are highlighted in italics.

Medal table by edition

2000 Sukma Games

List of SUKMA Edition

Edition	Year	Host	Main Stadium	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Teams	Competitors	Top state
I	1986			19 April	26 April	16	123	16	3849	Kuala Lumpur
II	1988			12 November	19 November	17	133	17	4214	Selangor
III	1990			18 July	27 July	15	134	17	2849	Sarawak
IV	1992			1 July	11 July	22	199	17	5206	Sarawak
V	1994			9 June	18 June	24	264	17	3956	Sarawak
VI	1996			1 June	10 June	25	277	19	5206	Selangor
VII	1998			17 April	26 April	24	264	16	3956	Selangor
VIII	2000			25 May	4 June	29	332	19	5875	Selangor^[7]
IX				7 September	14 September	27	347	20	5324	Selangor
X				29 May	6 June	30		17	6000
XI				28 May	4 June	26	349	16	4882
XII				31 May	9 June	31	404	15	6000	Terengganu
XIII				10 June	19 June	33	418	15	7000	Terengganu
XIV			KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	2 June	12 June	24	129	14	3368	Terengganu
XV				9 July	16 July	24	393	15	5828	Terengganu
XVI			NSC Mini Stadium, KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	28 June	7 July	23	130	14	3618	Selangor
XVII				24 May	4 June	24	389	15	7815	Federal Territory
XVIII			Sarawak Stadium, Kuching	23 July	31 July	24	382	15	5670	Selangor
XIX		^[8]	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	11 September	22 September	29	427	15	7464	Terengganu
XX		Kuala Lumpur	Dataran Gemilang, UKM, Bangi, Selangor	16 September	24 September	31	426	15	6606	Johor
XXI			Sarawak Stadium, Kuching	17 August	24 August	37	488	15	9927
XXII			TBA	Future event
XXIII	2028 Sukma Games	2028		Bukit Merbau Stadium, Pasir Puteh Kelantan (expected)	Future event
XXIV	2030 Sukma Games	2030	MSN		Future event
XXV	2032 Sukma Games	2032		Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu (expected)	Future event
XXVI	2034 Sukma Games	2034	MSN		Future event

List of the Sukma Games' Sportsman and Sportswoman

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Edition	Year	Sukma Games' Sportsman			Sukma Games' Sportswoman
		Name	Contingent	Sport	Name	Contingent	Sport
I	1986
II	1988
III	1990	Gerard Liew			Tania Hamid Bugo		Swimming
IV	1992	Khoo Kah Hock	MASUM		Magdaline Goh		Swimming
		Azmi Ibrahim (Most Promising Sportsman)			Shalin Zulkifli (Most Promising Sportswoman)		Bowling
V	1994	Azmi Ibrahim			Yew Chai Peng		Athletics
VI	1996
VII	1998	Chai Song Lip			Ho Hsu Ee		Swimming
VIII	2000						Swimming
IX	2002	Ng Shu Mun			Ngew Sin Mei		Athletics
					Petra Nabila Mustafa (Most Promising Sportswoman)		Athletics
X	2004				Cindy Ong		Swimming
XI	2006						Swimming
XII	2008	Foo Jian Beng			Marellyn Liew		Swimming
XIII	2010	J. Karthik			Chan Kah Yan		Swimming
XIV	2011	Ahmad Shafie Abd Jabar					Cycling
XV	2012	Abdul Mubin Rahim			Frenceay Titus		Weightlifting
XVI	2013	Danniel Iskandar Richard			Esmelda Arecia Menti Alfred Geling		Artistic gymnastics
XVII	2014				Jelinie Empera		Weightlifting
XVIII	2016				Nur Aqilah Yusof
XIX	2018	Eugenius Lo Foh Soon					Athletics
XX	2022	Muhammad Fakhrullah Rumaize		Canoeing	Tan Rouxin		Swimming

Para Sukma Games

Para Sukma Games (Malay: Para Sukan Malaysia), is a multi-sport event held for Malaysian athletes with disabilities.^{[11] [12]} The games were previously known as the National Games of Malaysia For the Disabled (Malay: Sukan Kebangsaan Bagi Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia) from 1982 until 1998 and the Malaysian Paralympiad (Malay: Paralimpiad Malaysia) from 1998 until 2018 and held separately from the Sukma Games until 2010.^{[13] [14]}

Editions

Games	Year	Host state	Sports	Contingent	Top state
I	1982		2	14
II	1984		2	14
III	1986		2	14
IV	1988		2	15
V	1990		2	17
VI	1992		2	17
VII	1994		2	15	Sarawak (1)
VII	1996		2	18	Sarawak (2)
IX	1998		5	14	Sarawak (3)
X	2000		10	23	Sarawak (4)
XI	2002		15	23	Sarawak (5)
XII	2004		18	15	Sarawak (6)
XIII	2006		16	15	Sarawak (7)
XIV	2008		16	15	Sarawak (8)
XV	2010		16	15	Sarawak (9)
XVI	2012		17	15	Sarawak (10)
XVII	2014		9	15	Sarawak (11)
XVIII	2016		9	15	Sarawak (12)
XIX	2018		10	15	Sarawak (13)
XX	2022		10	15	Sabah (1)

See also

• Sport in Malaysia
• Malaysia at the Olympics
• Malaysia at the Asian Games
• Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games

External links

• Sukma Games
• 2016 Sukma Games Information Site
• Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) - Tag Archive - PenyuSukan.com
• 1996 Sukma Games official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA). National Sports Council of Malaysia. 27 January 2015. ms. 2 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210502152632/http://www.nsc.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article/sukan%20malaysia/588. dead.
2. Web site: Sukma mungkin diadakan setiap tahun mulai 2011. 17 October 2017. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017150309/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0331&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_20.htm. dead.
3. Web site: Sukma Games may be held, starting 2011. 17 October 2017. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017201500/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0401&pub=themessenger&sec=Sports&pg=sp_04.htm. dead.
4. Web site: Contingent code. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20070109013304/http://sukma2002.com.my/others/k_kontingen.asp. 9 January 2007. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Magazine Sabah 2002. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160627201450/http://www.sukma2002.com.my/mags/mags_a01.asp. 27 June 2016. dmy-all.
6. Web site: Magazine Sabah 2002. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20080417044318/http://www.sukma2002.com.my/mags/pdf/gemilang01.pdf. 17 April 2008. dmy-all.
7. Web site: Mascot SUKMA. November 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080732/http://documents.pageflip-flap.com/uocI9l7SFb9BVHJ3ovBUDcJV#p=0. 4 March 2016. dead.
8. News: Perak, Johor tuan rumah Sukma 2018, 2020. Sinar Harian. 14 May 2015. ms.
9. Web site: Sukma 1992 Closed. 23 January 2017. 2 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150825/http://library.perdana.org.my/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/1989-1992/1992/00007063.pdf. dead.
10. Web site: Sukma 1998 Closed. 31 March 2017. 2 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150828/http://library.perdana.org.my/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/1996-1998/1998pq/pm%20rasmi%20upacara%20p.PDF. dead.
11. Web site: Paralimpiad Malaysia. . 25 January 2017.
12. Web site: Para Sukma.
13. Web site: Malaysia Paralympics Movement.
14. Web site: Paralimpiad Malaysia. .