Events
- January - The Selangor Pewter Sdn Bhd company changed its name to Royal Selangor.
- 16 March - The former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building in Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur was destroyed on fire.
- 17 May - Malaysia's men badminton team win the fourth Thomas Cup at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur since 1967.
- May - The new slogan "Malaysia Boleh" is introduced.
- 20 June - 13 die in tanker blast and 24-hour blaze at Port Klang, Selangor.
- July - Proton Saga Iswara is launched.
- 25 July-9 August - Malaysia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Malaysian badminton, men's doubles player, Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.
- August - Kuala Lumpur was chosen as the host of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It was the first time in history that a city in Asia was chosen as a host of the Commonwealth Games.
- 23 August - The last horse race at the old Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur took place before it was moved to the new location at Sungai Besi.
- 29 September - The 1992 Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis.
- September - The groundbreaking ceremony for the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil
- 15 October - A fire at the Subang Airport, six months after a major blaze destroyed the South Wing of Terminal One in April.
- 30 November - An assault incident involving Sultan Iskandar of Johor and Douglas Gomez, a hockey coach led to a media frenzy and the subsequent 1993 amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia.
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