1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host city Rangoon, Burma
Nations participating 7
Sports 13
Opening ceremony 11 December
Closing ceremony 16 December
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 Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 to 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.[1] Burma, later known as Myanmar is the second country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, which later known as the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand. The games was opened and closed by Win Maung, the President of Burma at the Bogyoke Aung San Stadium. The final medal tally was led by host Burma, followed by Thailand and Malaya.

The games

Participating nations

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

Sports

Medal table

[2]

Key

  *   Host nation (Burma)

  *   Host nation (Burma)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Burma (BIR)*352643104
2 Thailand (THA)21182261
3 Malaya (MAL)16243979
4 Vietnam (VIE)95822
5 Singapore (SIN)4131128
6 Cambodia (CAM)16411
7 Laos (LAO)0088
Totals (7 nations)8692135313


Football Tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 220061+54
 Burma 210152+32
 Khmer Republic 200208−80
Burma  4 – 0  Khmer Republic
Burma  1 – 2  Malaysia

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Vietnam 211070+73
 Thailand 211052+33
 Laos 2002212−100
Thailand  0 – 0  South Vietnam
South Vietnam  7 – 0  Laos
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)
Thailand  5 – 2  Laos
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Malaysia  2 – 2  Thailand
(pso)
South Vietnam  1 – 2  Burma

Bronze medal match

Thailand  1 – 1  South Vietnam
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)

Gold medal match

Burma  0 – 2  Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
  2. ↑ "Medal tally".
Preceded by
1959
Bangkok, Thailand		 Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1965
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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