1989 Southeast Asian Games

The 15th Southeast Asian games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 August - 31 August 1989. It was officially opened by 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah. Although Cambodia did not participate, Laos returned to compete for the first time under the new federation name in this edition of the games. A unified Vietnam first participated in the SEA games in 1989 as well।

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia	102	78	71	251
2	Malaysia	67	58	75	200
3	Thailand	62	63	66	191
4	Singapore	32	38	47	117
5	Philippines	26	37	64	127
6	Myanmar	10	14	20	44
7	Vietnam	3	11	5	19
8	Brunei	1	2	24	27
9	Laos	0	1	0	1