1981 Southeast Asian Games

11th Southeast Asian Games

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Host city Manila, Philippines
Nations participating 7
Athletes participating over 2000 (including officials)
Events --- in 18 sports
Opening ceremony 6 December 1981
Closing ceremony 15 December 1981
Officially opened by Ferdinand Marcos
President of the Philippines
Ceremony venue Rizal Memorial Stadium
<  1979 1983  >

The 11th Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, Philippines from 6 December 1981 to 15 December 1981. This was the first time that the Philippines hosted the Games since its first participation in 1977. The event was officially opened by President Ferdinand Marcos and the cauldron was lit by Benjamin Silva-Netto. The colourful opening ceremony was held in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. A new football stadium and indoor arena was built in Pasig named the University of Life Track & Field and Arena or the ULTRA, now called the PhilSports Arena. The adjacent apartments were used as the athlete's quarters and was converted into a BLISS housing project of First Lady Imelda Marcos.

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Indonesia (INA)857356214
2 Thailand (THA)624541148
3 Philippines (PHI)555577187
4 Malaysia (MAS)16273174
5 Burma (BIR)15192761
6 Singapore (SIN)12263371
7 Brunei (BRU)10000
Total245245265755

1Brunei was a British colony at that time.

More than 2,200 athletes and officials participated in the Manila Games.

Bong Coo emerged as its most successful Filipino campaigner. She won six medals in six events, four of which were gold medals where she set six individual game records. Bong won the gold in Ladies Doubles with Lita de la Rosa and averaged 221 in Trios en route to an Individual All Events gold medal and became the South East Asian Games Masters champion.

Lydia de Vega was acclaimed the Queen of SEAGames Athletics when she won the 200-metre dash and the 400-metre in record times.

Sports

References

Preceded by
1979
Jakarta, Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1983
Singapore
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