2004 Sukma Games

The 10th edition of Sukan Malaysia, a.k.a Malaysia Games was held in Seremban and some other places in Negeri Sembilan. 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 Kedah.^[1]

Prelude

This is the 10th 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 Kedah, Terengganu, Malacca, Perlis and Kelantan.

Prior to this games, Negeri Sembilan has yet to host any Sukma Games. As this is the first time the Malaysian state held such a grand national sporting event, many of the sports venues and facilities were freshly completed.

Medal Table

Rank	Contingent	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	56	58	52	166
2	Sarawak	53	56	44	153
3	Perak	47	35	50	132
4	Penang	36	35	61	132
5	Kuala Lumpur	33	29	42	104
6	Johor	27	31	29	87
7	Pahang	27	17	35	79
8	Malacca	24	16	25	65
9	Sabah	21	28	37	86
10	Negeri Sembilan	20	18	23	61
11	Kedah	13	19	21	53
12	Terengganu	6	9	15	30
13	Kelantan	4	7	10	21
14	Royal Malaysian Police	2	2	4	8
15	Brunei	1	5	5	11
16	Perlis	0	2	6	8
17	Labuan	0	1	5	6
Total		370	368	464	1202

Fourth Place-Points System

This is the fourth 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	35	684
Sarawak	44	616
Perak	32	516
Penang	33	499
Kuala Lumpur	20	412
Johor	19	344
Pahang	16	304
Malacca	10	242
Sabah	19	315
Negeri Sembilan	7	233
Kedah	15	189
Terengganu	0	90
Kelantan	9	80
Royal Malaysian Police	3	27
Brunei	1	N/A
Perlis	3	22
Labuan	0	14
Total	266	4587

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