1989 SEA Games

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15th Southeast Asian Games
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Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MottoNow is the time
(Malay: Kini Saatnya)
Nations9
Events25 sports
Opening20 August 1989
Closing31 August 1989
Opened by Sultan Azlan Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Ceremony venue Stadium Merdeka

The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (Malay : Sukan Asia Tenggara 1989), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. [1] It was officially opened by 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah. Although Cambodia did not participate, Laos returned to compete for the first time under the new federation name in this edition of the games, while Vietnam fields their own delegation to the event for the first time as a unified country.

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The closing ceremony of this regional meet coincides with the 32nd anniversary of Malaysia's independence. [2] This was the fourth time that Malaysia played as hosts to these games, the country had previously hosted the event in 1965 and 1971, when the event was still known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games at those times, and in 1977, in which this edition was the first to bear the games' present name, which reflects the admission of Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines to the Southeast Asian Games during that year.

The games was opened and closed by Sultan Azlan Shah, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by host Malaysia and Thailand.

Venues

Marketing

Sponsors

Mascot

The official 1989 SEA Games mascot was an anthropomorphic turtle named Johan.

The logo for the Games features 6 elliptical rings alternately colored red and blue to form a shape that resembles a spinning top, or locally called gasing. [3]

Songs

"Reach for the sky" ("Kini Saatnya" in Malay) was the official theme song of the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. It was sung in English by Francissca Peter and in Malay by Jay Jay.

The games

Participating nations

Sports

Medal table

A total of 957 medals, comprising 303 Gold medals, 302 Silver medals and 352 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Malaysia's performance was their best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games History and were placed only second to Indonesia as overall champion. [4]

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)1027871251
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)*675875200
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)626366191
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)323847117
5Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)263764127
6Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar  (MYA)10142044
7Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)311519
8Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei  (BRU)1247
9Flag of Laos.svg  Laos  (LAO)0101
Totals (9 entries)303302352957

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Preceded by Southeast Asian Games
Kuala Lumpur

XV Southeast Asian Games (1989)
Succeeded by