2008 ASEAN University Games

Venues

The 14th ASEAN University Games had 23 venues for the games, 8 in Kuala Lumpur, 14 in Selangor and 1 in Negeri Sembilan.

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Logo

The logo of the 2008 ASEAN University Games is an image of a red brush stroke human figure which represents high spirit, glory, victory, power and strength and the stars on the logo represents the targets and the ambitions of the ASEAN University Games athletes. The font use for the logo, a mixture of century gothic and trajan, represents the ASEAN University Games being an event that has a variety of formal and informal agendas, while the font’s stair-like arrangement represents the desire to achieve success. Meanwhile, the colours used for the font (blue, red, white and yellow) which are also the colours of the Malaysian flag, represent Malaysia as the games' host and also the ASEAN region.^[5]

Mascot

The mascot of the 2008 ASEAN University Games is A1 Angkasawan, the astronaut which is described as friendly, smart, high spirit and strong. The use of an astronaut as the event’s mascot was to remind people about Malaysia’s achievement as the first ASEAN member country that sends an astronaut to space back in 2007. The mortar board of the mascot represents the academic excellent and the participation of university students as athletes of the games. The logo on the chest represents the sportsmanship spirit of the athletes participating at the 14th ASEAN University Games. The colours, blue, red, white and yellow represents Malaysia as the host of the games, with the colour blue also represents the symbol of excellence in hosting the games. Overall, the mascot represents the determination of participating athletes to achieve their respective dreams.^[6]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 11 December 2008 at 20:00 (MST) at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in which the games was opened by Prime Minister of Malaysia Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.^[7]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 21 December 2008 at 20:00 (MST) at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in which Mohamed Khaled Nordin, the Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia closed the games.

Participating nations

Sports

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

December	11 Thu	12 Fri	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Events
Ceremonies	OC										CC	N/A
Archery					●	●	4	4				8
Athletics					6	12	9	12				39
Badminton				●	●	2	●	●	5			7
Basketball	●	●	●	●	1							1
Bowling			2	2	1	2	2	4				13
Football		●		●		●		●		1		1
Futsal						●	●	●	●	1		1
Golf					●	●	●	4				4
Hockey					●	●	●		●	1		1
Karate						6	6	7				19
Lawn bowls					●	●	●	2	4	4		10
Netball						●	●	●	1			1
Pencak silat					●	2	4	●	12			18
Rugby sevens						●	●	1				1
Sepak takraw				●	1	●	●	1	1			3
Shooting						4	6	6	6	2		24
Squash							●	2	1			3
Swimming							10	8	10	10		38
Table tennis		●	●	●	3	2	2					7
Taekwondo							6	6	4			16
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	4				4
Daily medal events			2	2	12	30	49	61	44	19	0	219
Cumulative total			2	4	16	46	95	156	200	219	219
December	11 Thu	12 Fru	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Gold medal events

Medal table

A total of 693 medals comprising 222 Gold medals, 219 Silver medals and 252 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Malaysia's performance was their best overall at that time, and emerged as overall champion of the games.^[8][9][10]

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)*	90	79	47	216
2	Vietnam (VIE)	45	28	23	96
3	Thailand (THA)	32	29	59	120
4	Indonesia (INA)	28	52	48	128
5	Singapore (SIN)	18	16	39	73
6	Philippines (PHI)	8	12	21	41
7	Laos (LAO)	1	2	3	6
8	Timor-Leste (TLS)	0	1	9	10
9	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	2	2
10	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		222	219	252	693