1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
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| 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games | |||
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| Athletes participating | > 800 (including officials) | ||
| Events | --- in 13 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | December 11, 1961 | ||
| Closing ceremony | December 16, 1961 | ||
| Officially opened by | Win Maung President of Burma |
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| Ceremony venue | Bogyoke Aung San Stadium | ||
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The 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 December - 16 December 1961. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival.
[edit] Medal count
Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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.
[edit] Sports
[edit] 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
| Preceded by 1959 Bangkok, Thailand |
Southeast Asian Games | Succeeded by 1963 Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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