1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Encyclopedia
The 2nd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
were held in Rangoon
, Burma
from 11 December - 16 December 1961. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival.
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¹ - Singapore was a self-governing British
colony at that time.
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia...
were held in Rangoon
Yangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...
, Burma
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
from 11 December - 16 December 1961. This was the first time all six founding members of the SEAP Games Federation competed in the biennial sports festival.
Medal count
| 1 | align=left | |35 | 26 | 43 | 104 |
| 2 | align=left | |21 | 18 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | align=left | |16 | 24 | 39 | 79 |
| 4 | align=left | |9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | ¹ | 4 | 13 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | align=left | |1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 86 | 92 | 135 | 313 | |
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¹ - Singapore was a self-governing British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
colony at that time.