1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Nations participating 7
Events --- in 15 sports
Opening ceremony December 6, 1971
Closing ceremony December 13, 1971
Ceremony venue Stadium Merdeka

The 6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 6 December - 13 December 1971. In this edition of the games, host country Malaysia joined Singapore in pressuring Thailand to let the SEAP Games Federation expand to include the Philippines and Indonesia, but to no avail. Thai officials felt that such expansion would be contrary to the small family affair they had intended the games to be, and would not be in keeping with the close-neighbours spirit the games was supposed to cultivate.

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Thailand 44 27 38 109
2  Malaysia 41 43 55 139
3  Singapore 32 33 31 96
4  Burma 20 28 13 61
5 Khmer Republic 17 18 17 52
6  South Vietnam 3 6 9 18
7  Laos 0 1 4 5
Total 157 156 167 480

Sports

References

Preceded by
1969
Rangoon, Burma		 Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1973
Singapore
  • Sports
  • Medal tables
  • Medalists
Peninsular Games1
Games
ParaGames
1 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games; former name of event. 2 Cancelled due to hosting issues
Youth
Indoor-Martial Arts
Beach
Regional
1 Subsequently merged to form Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games.2 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.