Athletics at the SEA Games

Athletics is one of the regular sports at the biennial SEA Games (SEA Games) competition, which has been competed at the Games since the inaugural edition of the South East Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP) in 1959.

Athletics is the competition with the most medal events, with 48 of total 530 gold medal in 2019 edition.

Editions

SEAP Games

Games	Year	Host city	Host country
I	1959 ()	Bangkok	Thailand
II	1961 ()	Rangoon	Burma
III	1963 (Cancelled)	?	Cambodia
III	1965 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
IV	1967 ()	Bangkok	Thailand
V	1969 ()	Rangoon	Burma
VI	1971 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
VII	1973 ()	Singapore	Singapore
VIII	1975 ()	Bangkok	Thailand

SEA Games

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Best nation
IX	1977 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Burma
X	1979 ()	Jakarta	Indonesia
XI	1981 ()	Manila	Philippines	Burma
XII	1983 ()	Singapore	Singapore	Philippines
XIII	1985 ()	Bangkok	Thailand	Thailand
XIV	1987 ()	Jakarta	Indonesia	Indonesia
XV	1989 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
XVI	1991 ()	Manila	Philippines
XVII	1993 ()	Singapore	Singapore
XVIII	1995 ()	Chiang Mai	Thailand
XIX	1997 ()	Jakarta	Indonesia
XX	1999 ()	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei
XXI	2001 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand
XXII	2003 ()	Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	Thailand
XXIII	2005 ()	Manila, Laguna, Cebu, Bacolod	Philippines	Thailand
XXIV	2007 ()	Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Thailand
XXV	2009 ()	Vientiane	Laos	Thailand
XXVI	2011 ()	Palembang & Jakarta	Indonesia	Thailand
XXVII	2013 ()	Naypyidaw	Myanmar	Thailand
XXVIII	2015 ()	Singapore	Singapore	Thailand
XXIX	2017 ()	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Vietnam
XXX	2019 ()	Philippines	Philippines	Vietnam
XXXI	2021 ()	Hanoi	Vietnam	Vietnam
XXXII	2023 ()	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Thailand

See also

• List of SEA Games records in athletics
• List of SEA Games gold medalists in athletics

External links

• Past SEA athletics medallists 1959–2005 from GBR Athletics