Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games is under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia.
History
The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. On May 22, 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian peninsula attending the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization. The SEAP Games was conceptualized by Laung Sukhumnaipradit, then Vice-President of the Thailand Olympic Committee. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will help promote cooperation, understanding and relations among countries in the Southeast Asian region.
Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya (now Malaysia), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included thereafter) were the founding members. These countries agreed to hold the Games biannually. The SEAP Games Federation Committee was formed.
The first SEAP Games were held in Bangkok from 12-17 December, 1959 comprising more than 527 athletes and officials from Thailand, Burma, Malaya (now Malaysia), Singapore, South Vietnam and Laos participating in 12 sports.
At the 8th SEAP Games in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered the inclusion of Indonesia and the Philippines.The two countries were formally admitted in 1977, the same year when SEAP Federation changed their name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and the games were known as the Southeast Asian Games. Brunei was admitted at the 10th SEA Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, and East Timor at the 22nd SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In December 2005, the Philippines hosted the Games for the third time, after 1981 and 1991 editions. With its 113 gold medals, it copped the over-all championship for the first time since it joined in 1977.
The last games held was the incident free 2009 Southeast Asian Games (running from December 9-18) which was the first time Laos has ever held a Southeast Asian Games (Laos had previously declined hosting the 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games citing financial difficulties). It has also commemorated the 50 years of the SEA Games, held in Vientiane, Laos. The next host for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games is Indonesia.The games commenced and progressed largely smoothly, however, praises and commendations were expressed by many athletes, sports officials and the press- Laos now joins the list of countries that have successfully hosted the South East Asian Games.
Participating Countries
Sports
Below was the list of the types of sports played in the SEAG from 1959. the bullet mark (•) indicates that the sport was played in the respective year.
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1 - not an official Olympic Sport
2 - sport played only in the SEAG
3 - not a traditional Olympic nor SEAG Sport and introduced only by the host country.
4 - Beach volleyball was introduced in 1993.
o - a former official Olympic Sport, not applied in previous host countries and was introduced only by the host country.
h - sport not played in the previous edition and was reintroduced by the host country.
Editions
- 1 Changed name when the Philippines & Indonesia were admitted.
- 2 It was the first time in SEAG history that the game venues were assigned into two cities namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
- 3 Other locales that hosted the games are several cities within Metro Manila, Los Baños and Calamba City in Laguna, Cebu, Bacolod, Angeles and Subic, Zambales.
- 4 The City of Chonburi and Bangkok are among the places were the 24th SEA Games held.
- 5 Palembang will be the main host for the games, Jakarta will be the supporting co-host
Gold medal tally
updated as of Dec.19, 2009
Hosting tally
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Hosting tallies from 1959 to 1975.
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Hosting tallies from SEA games 1977-present.
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1981, 1991, 2005 |
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1983, 1993 |
 Myanmar |
1
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2013 |
 Laos |
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2009 |
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1999 |
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1 - Cambodia was to host the 3rd Southeast Asiad but cancelled due to unsettling circumstances
2 - Singapore was assigned to host the 27th Southeast Asiad but it chose to give up the rights later
All-time medal count
- As of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games.
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES
| COUNTRY |
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| Indonesia |
1,420
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1,262
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1,252
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3,934
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| Thailand |
1,404
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1,208
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1,195
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3,807
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| Philippines |
799
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915
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1,114
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2,828
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| Malaysia |
746
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722
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986
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2,454
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| Vietnam |
490
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448
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518
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1,456
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| Singapore |
464
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514
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768
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| Myanmar |
233
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383
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1,158
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| Laos |
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134
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226
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| Brunei |
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113
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| Cambodia |
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| Thailand |
1,778
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1,462
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1,456
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4,696
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| Indonesia |
1,420
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1,262
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1,252
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3,934
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| Malaysia1 |
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977
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1,302
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3,219
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| Philippines |
799
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915
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1,114
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2,828
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| Singapore |
668
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743
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2,400
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| Vietnam4 |
529
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499
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583
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1,611
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| Myanmar5 |
431
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590
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755
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| Laos |
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249
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| Cambodia3 |
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| Brunei |
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- 1 Competed as Malaya in the inaugural games until 1961.
- 2 The Republic of South Vietnam was dissolved in July 1976 when it merged with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to become the Socialist Republic of Vietnam also known as Vietnam. Therefore, the medal counts for this country are considered to be as until 1975. International Olympic Committee (IOC) is not using codes for South Vietnam anymore after unifying with North Vietnam.
- 3 Competed as Cambodia, Kampuchea, and Khmer Republic.
- 4 In 1989 edition, a unified Vietnam re-join the games with new name and new flag. Medals made by South Vietnam are already combined here. See table tally above for South Vietnam.
- 5 Competed as Burma until 1985.
See also
References
External links
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1Defunct. 2Sub-national. 351 component games in 36 U.S. states.
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