1985 SEA Games

The 1985 Southeast Asian Games (Template:Lang-th), officially known as the 13th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 17 December 1985.

This was the fourth time Thailand hosted the games and its first time since 1975. Previously Thailand also hosted the 1959, 1967 and the 1975 editions when the Southeast Asian Games were then known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games. The games was opened and closed by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand at the Suphachalasai Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by host Thailand, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines. Several Games and National records were broken during the games. With little or no controversies at all, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

Organization

Development and preparation

The Bangkok SEA Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.

Venues

Province	Competition venue	Sports
Bangkok	National Sport Complex
	Suphachalasai Stadium	Opening and Closing Ceremony, Athletics, Football
	Nimibutr Gymnasium	Boxing, Gymnastics
	Chanthanayingyong Gymnasium	Judo
	Sport Authority of Thailand Sport Complex (Hua Mak)
	Aquatics Centre	Aquatics sport
	Football Field	Archery
	Indoor Stadium	Volleyball, Sepak takraw
	Shooting Range	Shooting
	Sport Training Centre	Table tennis
	Tennis Court	Tennis
	Velodrome	Cycling
	Other
	Bangkok Youth Center Sport Complex	Basketball, Football
	Chulalongkorn University	Badminton
	Kai Siew Treng Hall	Weightlifting
Chonburi	Pattaya Bay	Sailing
	Star Bowl	Bowling

Marketing

Siamese cat, the official mascot of the games.

Logo

The logo of the 1985 SEA Games is the Grand Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand.

Mascot

The official 1985 SEA Games mascot was a Siamese cat. The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of Oriental cat. It is called Wichien-maat (Template:Lang-th) in Thailand.

The games

Participating nations

•  Burma
•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

Sports

•  Aquatics
•  Archery
•  Athletics
•  Badminton
•  Basketball
•  Bowling
•  Boxing
•  Cycling
•  Football
•  Gymnastics
•  Judo
•  Sepak takraw
•  Sailing
•  Shooting
•  Table tennis
•  Tennis
•  Volleyball
•  Weightlifting

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)*	92	66	59	217
2	Indonesia (INA)	62	73	76	211
3	Philippines (PHI)	43	54	32	129
4	Malaysia (MAS)	26	28	32	86
5	Singapore (SIN)	16	11	23	50
6	Burma (BIR)	13	19	34	66
7	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	3	3
8	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	0	0
Totals (8 entries)		252	251	259	762

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
• BASOC (1985) 13th SEA Games Official Report, Thailand