1961 SEAP Games

Multi-sport event in Rangoon, Burma February 2015 May 2026 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games Rangoon, Burma 2nd seap games.png 200px 13 7 11 December 1961 16 December 1961 Win MaungPresident of Burma Zaw WeikMalayans Tipped to Take Top Honours In Athletics https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19611212-1.1.19 27 December 2025 The Straits Times 12 December 1961 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium Kuala Lumpur 1965 Bangkok 1959 The 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, were 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.Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore 981-00-4597-2 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 22em Burma 1948 (host) Cambodia Laos 1952 Malaya Singapore Thailand South Vietnam 1 - Singapore was a self-governing British colony at that time. Sports 22em Aquatics Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Cycling Football Shooting Sailing Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Weightlifting Medal table http://www.ocasia.org/game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMQat/ZUZWLujPIeXT1sBvVt Medal tally 17 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20180228131402/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMQat%2FZUZWLujPIeXT1sBvVt 28 February 2018 dead dmy-all Key BIR flagIOC2team 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games 35 26 43 yes 21 18 22 16 24 39 9 5 8 4 13 11 1 6 4 0 0 8 References 2 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 Southeast Asian Peninsular GamesRangoon Bangkok Kuala Lumpur II Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (1961) Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, 1961 S Category:1961 in multi-sport events Category:Multi-sport events in Myanmar Category:Sport in Yangon Category:20th century in Yangon Category:December 1961 sports events in Asia Category:SEA Games by year Category:1961 SEAP Games