1987 Southeast Asian Games

14th Southeast Asian Games
Host city Jakarta
Country Indonesia
Nations participating 8
Sports 29
Opening ceremony 9 September
Closing ceremony 20 September
Officially opened by Soeharto
President of Indonesia
Ceremony venue Gelora Senayan Stadium
<  1985 1989  >

The 1987 Southeast Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1987), officially known as the 14th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 9 to 20 September 1987 with 29 sports featured in the games. This was Indonesia's second time to host the games and its first time since 1979. The games was opened and closed by President of Indonesia Suharto at the Gelora Senayan Stadium.[1] The final medal tally was led by host Indonesia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines.

The games

Participating nations

Sports

Medal table

A total of 1142 medals, comprising 373 Gold medals, 371 Silver medals and 398 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Indonesia's performance was their best ever yet and emerged as overall champion of the games.[2]

Key

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia (INA)*18313684403
2 Thailand (THA)635767187
3 Philippines (PHI)597869206
4 Malaysia (MAS)354167143
5 Singapore (SIN)193864121
6 Burma (BIR)13152149
7 Brunei (BRU)151723
8 Cambodia (CAM)01910
Totals (8 nations)3733713981142


References

  1. ↑ Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
  2. ↑ OCA Medal Tally
Preceded by
1985
Bangkok, Thailand		 Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
1989
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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