Sunday, October 21, 2007

1969 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

The 5th SoutheastAsian Peninsular games were held in Rangoon, Burma from 6 December - 13 December 1969. Vietnam had reluctantly declined to host this edition because of the Vietnam War. Singapore, the youngest member of the SEAP games Federation at the time, suggested in this edition of the games to change the name of the sports festival to the South-East Asia games. Although it was not officially stated, the inclusion of the Philippines and Indonesia in the expanded federation was to greatly help alleviate the hosting problems, as well as to set higher and more competitive standards in the games. After hosting the 5th edition, Burma declined hosting succeeding games due to lack of financial capability

Medal count

(Host nation highlighted.)

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Burma Burma 57 46 46 149
2 Flag of Thailand Thailand 32 32 45 109
3 Flag of Singapore Singapore 31 39 23 93
4 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 16 24 39 79
5 Flag of South Vietnam South Vietnam 9 5 8 22
6 Flag of Laos Laos 0 0 3 3


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