1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Host city

Rangoon, Burma

Nations participating

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

< 1959	1965 >

The 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games officially known as the 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was a multi-sport event held in Rangoon, Burma from 11–16 December 1961 with 13 sports featured in the games. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival and the first time Myanmar, then known as Burma hosted the games.

Burma is the second country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, then known as the Southeast Asian Games.

The final medal tally was led by host Burma, followed by Thailand and Malaya.

Sports

Medal count

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Burma (BIR)	35	25	22	82
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	91	114	291

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

References

↑ "2nd SEA Games, 1961 Myanmar". SEA Games Federation Office. South East Asian Games Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

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

Southeast Asian Games

Host cities Mascots Medal tables Medalists Sports

SEA Games¹	Bangkok 1959 Yangon 1961 ~~Phnom Penh 1963~~² Kuala Lumpur 1965 Bangkok 1967 Yangon 1969 Kuala Lumpur 1971 Singapore 1973 Bangkok 1975 Kuala Lumpur 1977 Jakarta 1979 Manila 1981 Singapore 1983 Bangkok 1985 Jakarta 1987 Kuala Lumpur 1989 Manila 1991 Singapore 1993 Chiang Mai 1995 Jakarta 1997 Bandar Seri Begawan 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Vientiane 2009 Palembang 2011 Naypyidaw 2013 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Manila 2019 Hanoi 2021 Phnom Penh 2023 Thailand 2025

ASEAN University Games	Chiang Mai 1981 Jakarta 1982 Bangi 1984 Singapore 1986 Pattaya 1988 Bandung 1990 Shah Alam 1993 Singapore 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan 1996 Bangkok 1999 Manila 2002 Surabaya 2004 Hanoi 2006 Kuala Lumpur 2008 Chiang Mai 2010 Vientiane 2012 Palembang 2014 Singapore 2016

ASEAN Para Games	Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2008 Kuala Lumpur 2009 Surakarta 2011 Naypyidaw 2014 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017

ASEAN School Games	Suphanburi 2009 Kuala Lumpur 2010 Singapore 2011 Surabaya 2012 Hanoi 2013 Marikina 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan 2015 Chiang Mai 2016

ASEAN Civil Service Games	Kuala Lumpur 2015

¹ formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War.

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.

Nations at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Rangoon, Burma

Burma Cambodia Laos Malaya Singapore Thailand Vietnam

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