1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations participating 7
Athletes participating 1300 (including officials)
Events --- in 14 sports
Opening ceremony 14 December 1965
Closing ceremony 21 December 1965
Officially opened by Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
Ceremony venue Stadium Merdeka
<  1961 1967  >

The 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games officially known as the 3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 14 - 21 December 1965 with 14 sports featured in the games. Originally to be hosted by Laos, the third edition of the games was hosted by Malaysia after the former was not able to honour its hosting commitment citing financial difficulties and would later known to have hosted the 2009 Southeast Asian Games decades later. Two years earlier, the third SEAP Games was cancelled as Cambodia pulled out of hosting the event due to internal strife.

Hence, this was the first time Malaysia host the games and the third country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, then known as the Southeast Asian Games.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand followed by host Malaysia and Singapore.

Sports

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Thailand (THA)383335106
2 Malaysia (MAS)33362897
3 Singapore (SIN)18141648
4 Burma (BIR)871833
5 Vietnam (VIE)57719
6 Laos (LAO)0022
Total10297106305

References

Preceded by
1963
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1967
Bangkok, Thailand
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