2002 Sukma Games

The 9th edition of Sukan Malaysia, a.k.a Malaysia Games was held in Kota Kinabalu, Tanjung Aru, Likas and some other places surrounding it in Sabah. This edition was the best edition held by a state. It was said by Minister of Youth and Sports, the next edition will be held in Negeri Sembilan.^[1]

Prelude

This is the 9th edition of Sukma Games since its introduction in 1986. It was for the very first time the state held such a national sporting event. At that time, all states held their respective Sukma Games except for Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Malacca and Perlis.

Prior to this games, Sabah has yet to host any Sukma Games. As this is the first time the Second Largest State Of Malaysia held such a grand national sporting event, many of the sports venues and facilities were either completed in time or renovated.

Information

The Venues

The Venue are places where each respective sporting event was held. The venue for the 2002 Sukma Games events are as below.

Mascot

The official mascot.

The Proboscis monkey, or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. This species co-exists with the Bornean Orang-utan.[3] It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus. It is a monkey species with muscular body and swift movements.

The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses. This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose. In Sabah, it resides in Sukau(Sg. Menanggul, Kinabatangan), Sg. Segama(Lahad Datu), Klias(Beaufort) and other places in small population. Apart from its large body size, It can swing fast from tree to tree and swimming.

Proboscis monkeys will start the day foraging and then rest further inland. Proboscis monkeys' daily activities consist of resting, traveling, feeding and keeping vigilant. Occasionally, they chew their cud to allow more efficient digestion and food intake. As night approaches, the monkeys move back near the river and forage again. Predators of the proboscis monkey include crocodiles, clouded leopards, eagles, monitor lizards and pythons. Monkeys will cross rivers at narrows or cross arboreally if possible. This may serve as predator avoidance.

The Mascot name is Bayau, a common nickname for the Bajaus community in Sabah.

Medal Table

2002 Sukma Games (SUKMA IX)
Rank	Contingent	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	55	40	60	155
2	Perak	49	38	42	129
3	Sarawak	35	47	60	142
4	Kuala Lumpur	31	37	29	97
5	Sabah	28	38	46	112
6	Penang	28	38	33	99
7	Johor	28	18	42	88
8	Pahang	24	27	26	77
9	Kedah	17	15	17	49
10	Negeri Sembilan	17	12	12	41
11	Malacca	15	11	17	43
12	Kelantan	6	9	17	32
13	Perlis	3	3	7	13
14	Terengganu	3	3	5	11
15	Labuan	2	1	3	6
16	Royal Malaysian Police	2	1	2	5
17	MASUM	2	1	1	4
18	Brunei	1	1	3	5
19	Northern Territory	1	0	1	2
20	MSSM	0	1	2	3
Total		347	341	425	1113

Fourth Place-Points System

This is the third time Sukma Games adopted the Fourth Place-Points System. Like many other Sukma Games, invitational teams are not entitled to this system. Organiser also have misleading practice of including the system in the medal table and rank a contingent by most number of points on the medal table.

Contingent	4th Place	Points
Selangor	47	655
Perak	18	526
Sarawak	43	537
Kuala Lumpur	13	373
Sabah	32	419
Penang	21	388
Johor	19	339
Pahang	12	299
Kedah	14	188
Negeri Sembilan	4	158
Malacca	7	157
Kelantan	10	111
Perlis	2	44
Terengganu	0	38
Labuan	0	20
Royal Malaysian Police	3	20
MASUM	2	17
Brunei	2	N/A
Northern Territory	1	N/A
MSSM	5	17
Total	254	4306

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