1985 Southeast Asian Games

13th Southeast Asian Games
Host city Bangkok, Thailand
Nations participating 8
Sports 18
Opening ceremony 8 December
Closing ceremony 17 December
Officially opened by Bhumibol Adulyadej
King of Thailand
Ceremony venue Suphachalasai Stadium
<  1983 1987  >

The 1985 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 13th Southeast Asian Games was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 17 December 1985.

This was the fourth time Thailand hosted the games and its first time since 1975. Previously Thailand also hosted the 1959, 1967 and the 1975 editions when the Southeast Asian Games were known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games at those times. The games was opened and closed by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand at the Suphachalasai Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by host Thailand, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines. Several Games and National records were broken during the games. With little or no controversies at all, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

Organization

Development and preparation

The Bangkok SEA Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.

Venues

ProvinceCompetition venueSports
BangkokNational Sport Complex
Suphachalasai StadiumOpening and Closing Ceremony, Athletics, Football
Nimibutr GymnasiumBoxing, Gymnastics
Chanthanayingyong GymnasiumJudo
Sport Authority of Thailand Sport Complex (Hua Mak)
Aquatics CentreAquatics sport
Football FieldArchery
Indoor StadiumVolleyball, Sepak takraw
Shooting RangeShooting
Sport Training CentreTable tennis
Tennis CourtTennis
VelodromeCycling
Other
Bangkok Youth Center Sport ComplexBasketball, Football
Chulalongkorn UniversityBadminton
Kai Siew Treng HallWeighlifting
Chonburi Pattaya BaySailing
Star BowlBowling

Marketing

Siamese cat, the official mascot of the games.

The logo of the 1985 SEA Games is the Grand Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand.

Mascot

The official 1985 SEA Games mascot was a Siamese cat. The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of Oriental cat. It is called Wichien-maat (Thai: วิเชียรมาศ) in Thailand.

The games

Participating nations

  •  Burma
  •  Brunei
  •  Cambodia
  •  Indonesia
  •  Malaysia
  •  Philippines
  •  Singapore
  •  Thailand

Sports

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Thailand (THA)*926659217
2 Indonesia (INA)627376211
3 Philippines (PHI)435432129
4 Malaysia (MAS)26283286
5 Singapore (SIN)16112350
6 Burma (BIR)13193466
7 Brunei (BRU)0033
8 Cambodia (CAM)0000
Totals (8 nations)252251259762


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
    • BASOC (1985) 13th SEA Games Official Report, Thailand
    Preceded by
    1983
    Singapore    		 Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
    1987
    Jakarta, Indonesia
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