In the Parade of Nations, 24 participating athletes and officials wore traditional costumes designed by Rizman Ruzaini named 'The Malaya', featuring an olive green colour scheme and golden songket motifs to symbolise their gold medal aspirations like their Olympic counterparts.

[4] Two of the three Tokyo 2020 gold medalists – shuttler Cheah Liek Hou and powerlifter Bonnie Bunyau Gustin retained their status in their respective events, with the latter broken a world record.

On the other hand, Abdul Latif Romly had to settle for silver after losing to Neutral representative Matvei Iakushev due to an injury sustained during training.

Malaysia entered two male and one female archers into the games by virtue of their own result at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Malaysia has qualified four para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.