1971 SEAP Games

6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations	7
Sport	15
Opening	11 December 1971
Closing	18 December 1971
Opened by	Abdul Halim of Kedah; King of Malaysia
Ceremony venue	Stadium Merdeka

The 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 18 December 1971 with 15 sports featured in the games. In this edition of the games, host country Malaysia joined Singapore in pressuring Thailand to let the SEAP Games Federation expand to include the Philippines and Indonesia, but to no avail. Thai officials felt that such expansion would be contrary to the small family affair they had intended the games to be, and would not be in keeping with the close-neighbours spirit the games was supposed to cultivate.^[1] This was the second time Malaysia hosted the games and its first time since 1965. The games was opened and closed by Abdul Halim, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Malaysia and Singapore.

The games

Participating nations

Sports

Aquatics ()
Athletics ()
Badminton ()
Basketball ()
Boxing ()
Cycling ()
Football ()
Hockey ()
Judo ()
Sepak takraw ()
Shooting ()
Table tennis ()
Tennis ()
Volleyball ()
Weightlifting ()

Aquatics

Aquatics included swimming, diving and water polo events. The three sports of aquatics were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Aquatics events was held between 12 and 15 December.

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Tan Thuan Heng	57.05	Tan Bun Thay	57.43	Aung Hlain Win	59.25
200 m freestyle	Tan Thuan Heng	2:07.10	Tan Bun Thay	2:08.54	Eat Kim Heng	2:09.90
400 m freestyle	Tan Thuan Heng	4:41.82	Eat Kim Heng	4:43.40	Liew Chun Wei	4:43.40
1500 m freestyle	Liew Chun Wei	18:43.55	Tan Bun Thay	18:58.98	Mark Chan	18:59.61

100 m backstroke	Van Sarun	1:04.96	Alex Chan	1:06.65	Chiang Jin Choon	1:06.72
200 m backstroke	Van Sarun	2:20.34	Chiang Jin Choon	2:24.77	Hem Thon	2:28.49

100 m breaststroke	Phat Sin Onn	1:10.84	Ung Meng Tay	1:12.31	Khong Kok Sun	1:14.12
200 m breaststroke	Phat Sin Onn	2:38.04	Yi Sokhon	2:43.13	Alan R. Lelah	2:44.21

100 m butterfly	Roy Chan	1:02.43	Nanda Kyaw Zwa	1:02.63	Aung Hlain Win	1:05.07
200 m butterfly	Roy Chan	2:20.33	Nanda Kyaw Zwa	2:20.67	Leong Khong Loong	2:27.03

400 m individual medley	Roy Chan	5:11.93	Chiang Jin Choon	5:21.69	Poey Sam Mang	5:24.01

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Singapore	3:51.13	Khmer Republic	3:51.90	Burma	3:59.56
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Singapore	8:46.21	Burma	9:01.82	Malaysia	9:07.21
4 × 100 m medley relay	Khmer Republic	4:17.87	Singapore	4:20.44	Malaysia	4:29.95

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Patricia Chan	1:04.74	Panarai Krisnaraja	1:06.32	Elaine Sng	1:06.38
200 m freestyle	Patricia Chan	2:21.62	Elaine Sng	2:23.55	Panarai Krisnaraja	2:24.59
400 m freestyle	Patricia Chan	5:01.39	Panarai Krisnaraja	5:02.77	Elaine Sng	5:08.95
800 m freestyle	Lim Bee Lian	10:52.20	Lim Lay Choo	11:01.57	Ng Cheng	11:17.58

100 m backstroke	Ong Mei Lin	1:14.72	Lim Bee Lian	1:16.10	May Lau	1:17.15
200 m backstroke	May Lau	2:40.53	Ong Mei Lin	2:42.95	Christina Lam Po Leng	2:52.58

100 m breaststroke	Khong Yiu Lan	1:26.69	Rosanna Lim Ai Leng	1:28.60	Lim Yit Bin	1:29.49
200 m breaststroke	Khong Yiu Lan	3:04.04	Esther Tan	3:04.84	Rosanna Lim Ai Leng	3:08.57

100 m butterfly	Tay Chin Joo	1:11.30	Karen Chong	1:17.42	Jean de Bruyne	1:22.75
200 m butterfly	Tay Chin Joo	2:41.94	Karen Chong	2:47.61	Jean de Bruyne	3:00.03

200 m individual medley	Ong Mei Lin	2:46.38	Tay Chin Joo	2:47.26	Lim Bee Lian	2:47.66

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Singapore	4:32.63	Malaysia	4:51.66	Not awarded (only 2 competitors)
4 × 100 m medley relay	Singapore	5:00.70	Malaysia	5:24.10	Not awarded (only 2 competitors)

Diving

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's springboard	Chan Chee Keong	386.76	Somjit Ongkasing	381.84	Boonchai Tse Loh	333.60
Men's high diving	Teo Cheng Kiat	291.96	Vetasak Parnchsako	281.97	You Huat	273.06

Women's springboard	Nora Tay	271.77	Gillian Chew	260.10	Tasnee Srivipattana	252.51
Women's high diving	Tasnee Srivipattana	245.82	Vorachit Tungkitsuk	160.98	Not awarded (only 2 competitors)

Water polo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Singapore	Malaysia	Thailand

Medal table

^[2]

Key

* Host nation (Malaysia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	44	27	38	109
2	Malaysia (MAS)*	41	43	55	139
3	Singapore (SIN)	32	33	31	96
4	Burma (BIR)	20	28	13	61
5	Khmer Republic (KHM)	17	18	18	53
6	South Vietnam (VNM)	3	6	9	18
7	Laos (LAO)	0	1	4	5
Totals (7 entries)		157	156	168	481

References

^ Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
^ "Medal tally". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

[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 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[1]

[2]

SEA Games¹
Host cities Mascots Medalists Sports
Games	1959 Bangkok 1961 Yangon 1963 Phnom Penh² 1965 Kuala Lumpur 1967 Bangkok 1969 Yangon 1973 Singapore 1975 Bangkok 1977 Kuala Lumpur 1979 Jakarta 1981 Manila 1983 Singapore 1985 Bangkok 1987 Jakarta 1989 Kuala Lumpur 1991 Manila 1993 Singapore 1995 Chiang Mai 1997 Jakarta 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan 2001 Kuala Lumpur 2003 Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City 2005 Manila 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 2009 Vientiane 2011 Jakarta–Palembang 2013 Naypyidaw 2015 Singapore 2017 Kuala Lumpur 2019 Multiple cities, Philippines 2021 Hanoi³ 2023 Phnom Penh 2025 Bangkok–Chonburi–Songkhla
¹ Formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. ³ Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ASEAN Para Games