1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Host city

Rangoon, Burma

Nations participating

Events

13 sports

Opening ceremony

11 December 1961

Closing ceremony

16 December 1961

Officially opened by

Win Maung
President of Burma

Ceremony venue

Bogyoke Aung San Stadium

< 1959	1965 >

The 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games officially known as the 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was a multi-sport event held in Rangoon, Burma from 11–16 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 is the second country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, then known as the Southeast Asian Games.

The final medal tally was led by host Burma, followed by Thailand and Malaya.

The games

Participating nations

Vietnam

Sports

Aquatics ()
Athletics ()
Badminton ()
Basketball ()
Boxing ()
Cycling ()
Football ()
Shooting ()
Sailing ()
Table tennis ()
Tennis ()
Volleyball ()
Weightlifting ()

Medal table

Key

* Host nation (Burma)

1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games medal table
Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Burma (BIR)*	35	26	43	104
2	Thailand (THA)	21	18	22	61
3	Malaya (MAL)	16	24	39	79
4	Vietnam (VIE)	9	5	8	22
5	Singapore (SIN)	4	13	11	28
6	Cambodia (CAM)	1	6	4	11
7	Laos (LAO)	0	0	8	8
Total (7 NOCs)		86	92	135	313

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¹ - Singapore was a self-governing British colony at that time.

References

↑ "Olympic Council of Asia".

Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
History of the SEA Games

Preceded by 1959 Bangkok, Thailand	Southeast Asian Games	Succeeded by 1963 Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Southeast Asian Games¹

Host cities Mascots Medal tables Medalists Sports

Games	Bangkok 1959 Yangon 1961 ~~Phnom Penh 1963~~² Kuala Lumpur 1965 Bangkok 1967 Yangon 1969 Kuala Lumpur 1971 Singapore 1973 Bangkok 1975 Kuala Lumpur 1977 Jakarta 1979 Manila 1981 Singapore 1983 Bangkok 1985 Jakarta 1987 Kuala Lumpur 1989 Manila 1991 Singapore 1993 Chiang Mai 1995 Jakarta 1997 Bandar Seri Begawan 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Vientiane 2009 Jakarta–Palembang 2011 Naypyidaw 2013 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Davao City 2019 Hanoi 2021 Phnom Penh 2023 Thailand 2025

¹ formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. ASEAN Para Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN Civil Service Games

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia

Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games

Regional	Central Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	East Asian Games Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹

¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.

Nations at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Rangoon, Burma

Burma Cambodia Laos Malaya Singapore Thailand Vietnam

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