1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host city	Rangoon, Burma
Nations participating	7
Athletes participating	> 800 (including officials)
Events	--- in 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

The 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 - 16 December 1961. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival.

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	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)¹	4	13	11	28
6	Cambodia (CAM)	1	6	4	11
7	Laos (LAO)	0	0	8	8
Total		86	92	135	313

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

Sports

References

• 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

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia Sports NOCs Mascots Continental Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Regional Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games Defunct 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.