2012 ASEAN University Games

Venues

The 16th ASEAN University Games had 16 venues for the games.^[3]

Logo

Mr. Santiphab and Miss Mittaphab, the bees, the official mascot of the games

The 2012 ASEAN University Games logo is a "Nark" or "Naga" a worshipped animal throughout the ASEAN nations. According to Laotian myths, "Nark" or "Naga" appeared 450 years ago in the Lao saga before the establishment of Vientiane in which it took its name "Vientiane Chanthabury Sisattanabhut". It is said to be an animal full of omnipotent power and it's believed to parry spirits and evilness. The "Naga" logo bears the Plumeria alba, commonly known as Frangipani and locally known as Dok Champa, the symbolic and national flower of Laos, symbolises Laos as the host nation of the games. Overall, the logo represents the ASEAN University Games aim of creating good will of spiritual solidarity, friendship and peace within the ASEAN community.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2012 ASEAN University Games is a pair of bees named Mr. Santiphap and Miss Mittaphap. The adoption of the Bee as the games mascot is to relate the bees who work together in solidarity, strength and efficiency to the savants and architectures of the ASEAN nations. The name of the male mascot, Mr. Santiphab (Mr. Peace) represents the Peace between the ASEAN nations whereas the name of the female mascot, Miss Mittaphab (Miss Friendship) represents the Friendship between the ASEAN nations.^[4]

Motto

The official motto of the games is "We Are ASEAN Family". It was chosen to highlight the unity of the ASEAN countries through sport as well as the purpose of ASEAN University Games in creating solidarity, friendship and peace within the ASEAN Community.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 12 December 2012 at 17:30 (LST) at the New Laos National Stadium. The opening ceremony begins with the parade of athletes from participating nations into the stadium. The Laos contingent was led by Sonexay Mangkhuela, the gold medalist of Taekwondo event at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia. This was followed by the speech of the minister of Sports and Education of Laos, Phankham Viphavanh, the declaration of the games opening by Thongsing Thammovong, then Prime minister of Laos and the athlete and referee oath and the lighting of the games cauldron. The ceremony concludes with the song and dance performance by 1600 Laotian primary school students.^[5]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 20 December 2012 at 17:30 (LST) at the New Laos National Stadium in which Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, Mr Asang Laoly declared the Games closed.

Participating nations

Sports

The 2012 ASEAN University Games programme featured 240 events in 17 sports and disciplines. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.^[6]

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

December	11 Tue	12 Wed	13 Thu	14 Fri	15 Sat	16 Sun	17 Mon	18 Tue	19 Wed	20 Thu	Gold medal events
Ceremonies		OC								CC	N/A
Aquatics			1	2	1	12	8	10	10		44
Archery					●	●	4	4	2		10
Athletics					8	12	10	8			38
Badminton			●	●	2	●	●	●	5		7
Basketball			●	●	●	●	●		2		2
Football	●		●		●		●	1	1		2
Judo							4	7	5		16
Karate			8	7	2						17
Muay				●	●	6		7			13
Pencak silat							6	●	13		19
Petanque			●	3	●	3	2	●	2	1	11
Sepak takraw			●	2	●	2	●	2			6
Table tennis			●	●	2		●	1	4		7
Taekwondo			5	4	6	4					19
Tennis			●	●	2	●	●	●	5		7
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	●	4		4
Wushu						10	2	6			18
Daily medal events			14	18	23	49	36	46	53	1	240
Cumulative total			14	32	55	104	140	186	239	240
December	11 Tue	12 Wed	13 Thu	14 Fri	15 Sat	16 Sun	17 Mon	18 Tue	19 Wed	20 Thu	Gold medal events

Medal table

A total of 800 medals comprising 240 Gold medals, 240 Silver medals and 320 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Laos' performance was its best ever yet in which it placed fifth overall among participating nations.^[7][8]

Key

  *   Host nation (Laos)

  *   Host nation (Laos)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)	60	48	72	180
2	Vietnam (VIE)	56	35	28	119
3	Thailand (THA)	45	52	56	153
4	Indonesia (INA)	41	52	61	154
5	Laos (LAO)*	32	35	46	113
6	Singapore (SIN)	3	6	23	32
7	Philippines (PHI)	2	12	16	30
8	Myanmar (MYA)	1	0	2	3
9	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	8	8
10	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	5	5
11	Timor-Leste (TLS)	0	0	3	3
Totals (11 nations)		240	240	320	800