Myanmar has competed in every Southeast Asian Games since 1959.Myanmar hosted the games in 1961, 1969 and 2013 in Yangon and Naypyidaw.

Myanmar at the
Southeast Asian Games
IOC codeMYA
NOCMyanmar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.myasoc.org
Medals
Gold
573
Silver
759
Bronze
1,027
Total
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)

History edit

Myanmar is one of the founding six countries of the SEAP Games.At that time, the country used the name Burma and so hosted the 2nd SEAP Games in 1961.[1] Myanmar hosted 5th SEAP Games in 1969 for the second time. After that, due to political reasons, Myanmar was no longer hosted the games. However, sport delegations were sent annually. After 44 years later, Myanmar hosted again the 27th SEA Games in 2013.

Games Year Host city Opened by Date Sports Events Nations Competitors Top-ranked team Rank Ref
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
II 1961 Rangoon Win Maung (President) 11–16 December 13 N/A 7 623   Burma (BIR) 1 [1]
V 1969 Rangoon Ne Win (Prime Minister) 6–13 December 15 N/A 6 920   Burma (BIR) 1 [2]
Southeast Asian Games
27 2013 Naypyidaw Nyan Tun (Vice President) 11–22 December 33[2] 460 11 4730   Thailand (THA) 2 [3]

Medal summary edit

 
Myanmar Team Medal Graph (1959-2017)
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank IOC Code
  1959 Bangkok 11 15 14 40 2  Burma (BIR)
  1961 Rangoon 35 26 43 104 1
  1965 Kuala Lumpur 18 14 16 48 4
  1967 Bangkok 11 26 32 69 4
  1969 Rangoon 57 46 46 149 1
  1971 Kuala Lumpur 20 28 13 61 4
  1973 Singapore 28 24 15 67 4
  1975 Bangkok 28 35 33 96 3   Burma (BIR)
  1977 Kuala Lumpur 25 42 43 110 4
  1979 Jakarta 26 26 24 76 3
  1981 Manila 15 19 27 61 5
  1983 Singapore 18 15 17 50 5
  1985 Bangkok 13 19 34 66 6
  1987 Jakarta 13 15 21 49 6
  1989 Kuala Lumpur 10 14 20 44 6   Myanmar (MYA)
  1991 Manila 12 16 29 57 6
  1993 Singapore 8 13 16 37 7
  1995 Chiang Mai 4 21 37 62 7
  1997 Jakarta 8 34 44 86 7
  1999 Bandar Seri Begawan 3 10 10 23 8
  2001 Kuala Lumpur 19 14 53 86 7
  2003 Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 16 43 50 103 7
  2005 Manila 17 34 48 99 7
  2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 14 26 47 87 7
  2009 Vientiane 12 22 37 71 8
  2011 Jakarta and Palembang 16 27 37 80 7   Myanmar (MYA)
  2013 Naypyidaw 84 63 84 231 2
  2015 Singapore 12 26 31 69 7
  2017 Kuala Lumpur 7 10 20 37 7
  2019 Philippines 4 18 51 73 7
  2021 Hanoi 9 18 35 62 7
  2023 Phnom Penh 21 25 68 114 8
  2025 Bangkok Future Events
Total 594 784 1095 2473 7

[3][4][5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Day Myanmar First Hosted the Southeast Asian Games".
  2. ^ "အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ အားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲ ဖွင့်ပြီ" (in Burmese).
  3. ^ "hafiy found guilty doping by Asia sports medical body".
  4. ^ "Schooling gets his 6th gold for 2013 SEA Games".
  5. ^ "SEA Games: Three guilty of doping at Myanmar Games". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ "FINA Announces Two Indonesian Swimmers Banned for Two Years for Doping".