After 19 days of intense joy, drama and heartbreak, the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 drew to a close earlier this morning with a spectacular closing ceremony.

For the Malaysian contingent though, Paris 2024 was a bit of a mixed bag as our nation’s quest for our 1st gold medal at the Olympic Games continued as Malaysia only brought home 2 bronze medals; the worst performance since Athens 2004 when we came home empty-handed.

With that in mind, did you know since Tokyo 2020, Malaysia actually holds the record for being the country with the most Olympic medals without winning a gold medal? 

With the 2 bronze medals won in Paris 2024, Malaysia’s all-time medal tally in the Olympic Games is 8 silver medals and 7 bronze medals, for a combined total of 15 medals.

This makes Malaysia the most successful country in the Olympic Games without winning a gold medal, with Kyrgyzstan following close behind with an all-time 13-medal tally (5 silver and 8 bronze)

In 3rd place for this niche category is Moldova with 10 (3 silver and 7 bronze), followed by Namibia with 5 (5 silver) in 4th and Ghana in 5th with 5 (1 silver and 4 bronze).