1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular 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.[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.

2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host cityRangoon, Burma
Nations participating7
Sport(s)13
Opening ceremony11 December
Closing ceremony16 December
Officially opened byWin Maung
President of Burma
Ceremony venueBogyoke Aung San Stadium

The games

Participating nations

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

Sports

Medal table

[2]

Key

  *   Host nation (Burma)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Burma (BIR)*352643104
2 Thailand (THA)21182261
3 Malaya (MAL)16243979
4 Vietnam (VIE)95822
5 Singapore (SIN)4131128
6 Cambodia (CAM)16411
7 Laos (LAO)0088
Totals (7 nations)8692135313

Football Tournament

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaya 220061+54
 Burma 210152+32
 Cambodia 200208−80
Burma 4 – 0 Cambodia
Malaya 4 – 0 Cambodia
Burma 1 – 2 Malaya

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Vietnam 211070+73
 Thailand 211052+33
 Laos 2002212−100
Thailand 0 – 0 South Vietnam
South Vietnam 7 – 0 Laos
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)
Thailand 5 – 2 Laos
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)

Semi-finals
Malaya 2 – 2 Thailand
(pso)
South Vietnam 1 – 2 Burma

Bronze medal match
Thailand 1 – 1 South Vietnam
Referee: Tin Maung Oo (Myanmar)

Gold medal match
Burma 0 – 2 Malaya

Winners
 1961 SEAP Games Men's Tournament 

Malaya
First title

References
  1. Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
  2. "Medal tally". Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
Preceded by
Bangkok		 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Rangoon
II Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (1961)		 Succeeded by
Kuala Lumpur


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