1979 Southeast Asian Games

10th Southeast Asian Games

Theme: ""

Host city

Jakarta, Indonesia

Nations participating

Events

--- in 16 sports

Opening ceremony

21 September 1979

Closing ceremony

30 September 1979

Officially opened by

Suharto
President of Indonesia

Ceremony venue

Gelora Senayan Stadium

< 1977	1981 >

The 10th (X) Southeast Asian Games were held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21–30 September 1979. It was the first time that Indonesia hosted the biennial sports carnival. The colourful opening and closing ceremonies were held at Senayan Sports Stadium in Jakarta and was officially opened by President Suharto.

Medal count

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Indonesia (INA)	92	78	52	222
2.	Thailand (THA)	50	46	29	125
3.	Burma (BIR)	26	26	24	76
4.	Philippines (PHI)	24	31	38	93
5.	Malaysia (MAS)	19	23	39	81
6.	Singapore (SIN)	16	20	36	72
7.	Brunei (BRU)¹	0	1	0	1
Total		227	225	218	670

¹Brunei was a British colony at that time.

Sports

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
SEA Games 1979 Athletic Results

Preceded by 1977 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Southeast Asian Games	Succeeded by 1981 Manila, Philippines

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

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.

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