Malaysia competed in the 1979 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 to 30 September 1979.

Medal summary

Medals by sport SportGold Silver Bronze TotalRank Archery 0 0 1 1 5 Athletics 10 0 0 10 Badminton 0 1 2 3 3 Basketball 1 1 0 2 1 Football 1 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 0 1 0 1 3 Total 19 23 39 81 5

Medallists MedalNameSportEvent Rabuan Pit Athletics Men's 400 metres Ho Yoon Wah Athletics Men's high jump Muthiah Dattaya Athletics Men's hammer throw Ballang Lasung Athletics Men's javelin throw Vellasamy Subramaniam Athletics Men's 10,000 metres track walk Vellasamy Subramaniam Athletics Men's 20 kilometres road walk Marina Chin Leng Sim Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles Gladys Chai Ng Mei Athletics Women's high jump Paramasivam Sakthirani Athletics Women's 10,000 metres track walk Marina Chin Leng SimV. AngamahZaiton OthmanSaik Oik Cum Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Malaysia national basketball team Basketball Women's tournament Malaysia national football team Football Men's tournament Malaysia national badminton team Badminton Men's team Malaysia national basketball team Basketball Men's tournament Chong Suk Fong Table tennis Women's singles Suhaili Yusuf Archery Men's individual recurve 90 metre Misbun SidekOng Beng Teong Badminton Men's doubles Malaysia national badminton team Badminton Women's team

Football

Men's tournament Group stage

Gold medal match

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