1983 Southeast Asian Games
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The 12th Southeast Asian Games
were held in Singapore
from 28 May - 6 June 1983. Scheduled to be hosted by Brunei in accordance to the renewed alphabetical rotation of hosting duties, the 1983 SEA Games were offered to be hosted by Singapore as Brunei prepared for its forthcoming independence from the United Kingdom
.
1Brunei was a 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 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
from 28 May - 6 June 1983. Scheduled to be hosted by Brunei in accordance to the renewed alphabetical rotation of hosting duties, the 1983 SEA Games were offered to be hosted by Singapore as Brunei prepared for its forthcoming independence from the United Kingdom
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...
.
Medal count
| 1. |  Indonesia |
64 | 67 | 54 | 185 |
| 2. |  Philippines |
49 | 48 | 53 | 150 |
| 3. |  Thailand |
49 | 40 | 38 | 127 |
| 4. |  Singapore |
38 | 38 | 58 | 134 |
| 5. |  Myanmar |
18 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
| 6. |  Malaysia |
16 | 25 | 40 | 81 |
| 7. |  Brunei1 |
0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8. |  People's Republic of KampucheaPeople's Republic of Kampuchea The People's Republic of Kampuchea , , was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 234 | 233 | 265 | 732 | |
1Brunei was a 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.