1961 SEAP Games

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. 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.

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Host city	Rangoon, Burma
Nations	7
Sport	13
Opening	11 December 1961
Closing	16 December 1961
Opened by	Win Maung President of Burma
Ceremony venue	Bogyoke Aung San Stadium

The games

Participating nations

• Burma (host)
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Malaya
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

¹ - Singapore was a self-governing British colony at that time.

Sports

•  Aquatics ()
•  Athletics ()
•  Badminton ()
•  Basketball ()
•  Boxing ()
•  Cycling ()
•  Football ()
•  Shooting ()
•  Sailing ()
•  Table tennis ()
•  Tennis ()
•  Volleyball ()
•  Weightlifting ()

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Burma)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Burma (BIR)*	35	26	43	104
2	Thailand (THA)	21	18	22	61
3	Malaya (MAL)	16	24	39	79
4	Vietnam (VIE)	9	5	8	22
5	Singapore (SIN)	4	13	11	28
6	Cambodia (CAM)	1	6	4	11
7	Laos (LAO)	0	0	8	8
Totals (7 entries)		86	92	135	313

External links

• Medal Tally 1959–1995
• Medal Tally
• History of the SEA Games
• OCA SEA Games
• SEA Games previous medal table
• SEAGF Office Archived 6 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• SEA Games members