Southeast Asian Games
According to wiki sources, Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia.
The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the South East Asian Peninsula Games or SEAP
Games. On 22 May 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian
Peninsula attending the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a
meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization. Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya (now Malaysia), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included thereafter) were the founding members.
These countries agreed to hold the Games biennially.
The first SEAP Games
were held in Bangkok from 12–17 December 1959 comprising more than 527
athletes and officials from Thailand, Burma, Malaya (now Malaysia), Singapore,
South Vietnam and Laos participating in 12 sports.
At the 8th SEAP Games
in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered the inclusion of Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. These countries were formally admitted in 1977,
the same year when SEAP Federation changed their name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and
the games were known as the Southeast Asian Games.
Since
the Southeast Asian Games began
in 1959, it has been held in 15 different cities across all Southeast Asian countries
except Cambodia and Timor Leste.
Southeast
Asian Games
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The
Southeast Asian Games Federation logo and flag.
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First
event
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1959 SEAP Games in Bangkok, Thailand
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Occur
every
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2
years
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Last
event
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2015 SEA Games in Kallang, Singapore
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Purpose
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Multi-sport
event for nations on the Southeast Asian continent
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The Southeast
Asian Games once again return to Singapore in 2015, after a 22-year long
hiatus. Awarded the bid by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) in
November 2011, the 28th SEA Games held from June 5 – 16, 2015.
Previously
hosting the Games in 1973, 1983 and 1993, Singapore’s fourth time hosting the
games is especially significant to the republic as it celebrates its 50th year
of independence in 2015. This presents Singapore with the perfect opportunity
to reinforce regional peace and friendship with its regional neighbors. 36
sports and 402 events will feature in the 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015. The
sports are aquatics (swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, waterpolo),
archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards & snooker, bowling,
boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, floorball, football, golf,
gymnastics, hockey, judo, netball, petanque, rowing, rugby 7s, sailing, sepak
takraw, shooting, silat, softball, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis,
dragon boat, triathlon, volleyball, wakeboard & waterski, and wushu.
Logo of
the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Motto: "Celebrate The Extraordinary"
Motto: "Celebrate The Extraordinary"
Singapore as the host city of SEA
Games 2015
The National Stadium in Singapore, venue of the
athletics and football events, and the opening and closing ceremonies for the
28th SEA Games
Medal Standings of the SEA Games
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