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Multi-sport event in Rangoon, Burma

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host cityRangoon, Burma
Nations7
Sport13
Opening11 December 1961
Closing16 December 1961
Opened byWin Maung
President of Burma
Ceremony venueBogyoke Aung San Stadium
← Bangkok 1959Kuala Lumpur 1965 →

The 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 to 16 December 1961 with 13 sports featured in the games. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival and the first time Myanmar, then known as Burma hosted the games. Burma, later known as Myanmar is the second country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, which later known as the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand. The games was opened and closed by Win Maung, the President of Burma at the Bogyoke Aung San Stadium. The final medal tally was led by host Burma, followed by Thailand and Malaya.

The games

Participating nations

- Singapore was a self-governing British colony at that time.

Sports

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Burma)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Burma (BIR)*352643104
2 Thailand (THA)21182261
3 Malaya (MAL)16243979
4 Vietnam (VIE)95822
5 Singapore (SIN)4131128
6 Cambodia (CAM)16411
7 Laos (LAO)0088
Totals (7 entries)8692135313

References

  1. Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
  2. "Medal tally". Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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Preceded byBangkok Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Rangoon
II Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (1961) 		Succeeded byKuala Lumpur
Events at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (Rangoon)
Nations at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Rangoon, Burma
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Formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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