1981 Southeast Asian Games

11th Southeast Asian Games

Theme: ""

Host city

Manila, Philippines

Nations participating

Athletes participating

over 2000 (including officials)

Events

--- in 18 sports

Opening ceremony

6 December 1981

Closing ceremony

15 December 1981

Officially opened by

Ferdinand Marcos
President of the Philippines

Ceremony venue

Rizal Memorial Stadium

< 1979	1983 >

The 11th Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, Philippines from 6 December 1981 to 15 December 1981. This was the first time that the Philippines hosted the Games since its first participation in 1977. The event was officially opened by President Ferdinand Marcos and the cauldron was lit by Benjamin Silva-Netto. The colourful opening ceremony was held in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. A new football stadium and indoor arena was built in Pasig named the University of Life Track & Field and Arena or the ULTRA, now called the PhilSports Arena. The adjacent apartments were used as the athlete's quarters and was converted into a BLISS housing project of First Lady Imelda Marcos.

Medal count

Key

* Host nation (Philippines)

1981 Southeast Asian Games medal table
Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	85	73	56	214
2	Thailand (THA)	62	45	41	148
3	Philippines (PHI)*	55	55	77	187
4	Malaysia (MAS)	16	27	31	74
5	Burma (BIR)	15	19	27	61
6	Singapore (SIN)	12	26	33	71
7	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	0	0
Total (7 NOCs)		245	245	265	755

¹Brunei was a British colony at that time. http://www.ocasia.org/game/MWinner.aspx?CntbEpEabMSkzsMAZXs9JvIeXT1sBvVt More than 2,200 athletes and officials participated in the Manila Games.

Bong Coo emerged as its most successful Filipino campaigner. She won six medals in six events, four of which were gold medals where she set six individual game records. Bong won the gold in Ladies Doubles with Lita de la Rosa and averaged 221 in Trios en route to an Individual All Events gold medal and became the South East Asian Games Masters champion. While her brother, Delfin Garcia, took home a bronze medal in the individual masters bowling men's division for the Philippines.

Lydia de Vega was acclaimed the Queen of SEAGames Athletics when she won the 200-metre dash and the 400-metre in record times.

Sports

References

Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
History of the SEA Games
1981 SEA Games Athletics Results

Preceded by 1979 Jakarta, Indonesia	Southeast Asian Games	Succeeded by 1983 Singapore

Southeast Asian Games¹

Host cities Mascots Medal tables Medalists Sports

Games	Bangkok 1959 Yangon 1961 ~~Phnom Penh 1963~~² Kuala Lumpur 1965 Bangkok 1967 Yangon 1969 Kuala Lumpur 1971 Singapore 1973 Bangkok 1975 Kuala Lumpur 1977 Jakarta 1979 Manila 1981 Singapore 1983 Bangkok 1985 Jakarta 1987 Kuala Lumpur 1989 Manila 1991 Singapore 1993 Chiang Mai 1995 Jakarta 1997 Bandar Seri Begawan 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Vientiane 2009 Jakarta–Palembang 2011 Naypyidaw 2013 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Davao City 2019 Hanoi 2021 Phnom Penh 2023 Thailand 2025

¹ formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. ASEAN Para Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN Civil Service Games

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia

Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games

Regional	Central Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	East Asian Games Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹

¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.

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