1977 Southeast Asian Games

9th Southeast Asian Games

Theme: ""
Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations participating 7
Events --- in 18 sports
Opening ceremony 19 November 1977
Closing ceremony 26 November 1977
Officially opened by Yahya Petra of Kelantan
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Ceremony venue Stadium Merdeka
<  1975 1979  >

The 9th Southeast Asian Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 - 26 November 1977. Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines were finally admitted into the SEAP Games Federation in February that year. Although the word 'Peninsula' was omitted from the new federation title to reflect the expansion, its emblem (which featured six rings representing the six founding members), and the sequential numbering of the games was kept to provide continuity, as well as reverence to the objectives, aspirations and contributions of the founders. The six-ring emblem was not replaced until 1999, when the present ten-ring emblem was first used in an official games logo.

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Indonesia (INA)624134137
2 Thailand (THA)373533105
3 Philippines (PHI)31303091
4 Burma (BIR)254243110
5 Malaysia (MAS)21172159
6 Singapore (SIN)14212863
7 Brunei (BRU)1 0033
Total190185193568

1Brunei was a British colony at that time.

Sports

References

Preceded by
1975
Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1979
Jakarta, Indonesia
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