1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
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Host city | Rangoon, Burma | ||
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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 | ||
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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
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Medal table
- Key
* Host nation (Burma)
* Host nation (Burma)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 35 | 26 | 43 | 104 |
2 | ![]() | 21 | 18 | 22 | 61 |
3 | ![]() | 16 | 24 | 39 | 79 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 13 | 11 | 28 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Totals (7 nations) | 86 | 92 | 135 | 313 |
Football Tournament
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
South Vietnam ![]() |
7 – 0 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Thailand ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Gold medal match
References
- ↑ Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
- ↑ "Medal tally".
External links
- Medal Tally 1959-1995
- Medal Tally
- History of the SEA Games
- OCA SEA Games
- SEA Games previous medal table
- SEAGF Office
- SEA Games members
Preceded by 1959 Bangkok, Thailand |
Southeast Asian Games | Succeeded by 1965 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |