Athletics at the 1959 SEAP Games

Athletics at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Dates	12−17 December 1959
1961  →

The athletics competition at the 1959 SEAP Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand. ^{[1] [2]}

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Suthi Manyakass   Thailand	10.4 (CR)	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali   Malaya	10.7	Ernest Frida   Singapore	10.7
200 metres	Suthi Manyakass   Thailand	21.5 (CR)	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali   Malaya	21.8	Ernest Frida   Singapore	22.1
400 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram   Thailand	50.3 (CR)	V. Velayutham   Malaya	51.2	Aung Moung   Myanmar	51.4
800 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram   Thailand	2:00.5	Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman   Thailand	2:01.9	Sai Heng   Myanmar	2:02.1
1500 metres	Sumpao Pluadprong   Thailand	4:09.3	Ah Phu   Myanmar	4:10.7	Sai Heng   Myanmar	4:14.0
5000 metres	Ah Phu   Myanmar	15:50.5	Somnuek Srisombat   Thailand	16:00.6	Thin Sumbwegam   Myanmar	16:17.5
10,000 metres	Somnuek Srisombati   Thailand	35:07.8	Thin Sumbwegam   Myanmar	35:28.4	Nguyen Van Ly   Thailand	36:12.8
110 m hurdles	Wong Fey Wan   Singapore	15.4
400 m hurdles	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	54.9
4×100 m relay	Thailand  (THA) Tipapan Leenasen Prajim Wongsuwan Paiboon Vacharapan Suthi Manyakass	42.4	Singapore  (SIN) Ernest Frida Cedric Monteiro Chai Ling Fook Low Sin Cheok	42.5	Myanmar  (MYA) Soe Aung Tun Naung Kyaw Myint II Tun Mra	43.6
4×400 m relay	Thailand  (THA) Kamol Swasdikosol Krungsri Padumwan Manut Bumrungphuk Somsakdi Tongaram	3:24.8	Malaya  (MAS) Andrew Lazaroo V. Velayutham Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman Manikavasagam Jegathesan	3:25.2	Singapore  (SIN) Gunasena Migale Ernest Frida Sim Lim Ho Low Sin Cheok	3:26.4
50 km walk	K. Thiruma   Thailand	5:02:41
High jump	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	1.88 m
Pole vault	Pal Singh   Singapore	3.82 m
Long jump	Kamaruddin Maidin   Malaya	6.74 m
Triple jump	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	14.86 m
Shot put	Saengnern   Thailand	12.21 m
Discus throw	Naw Phaha   Burma	32.68 m
Javelin throw	Poltorn Samphao   Thailand	53.85 m

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Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmen Koelmeyer   Malaya	13.1	Fong Tin Tan   Malaya	13.2	Vannee Chuansnit   Thailand	13.5
200 metres	Ratana Supradit   Thailand	23.6	Carmen Koelmeyer   Malaya	27.7	Preya Dechdumrong   Thailand	28.4
80 m hurdles	Gracie Car   Burma	12.7	Permpis Puechngern   Thailand	13.0	Nhut Xuan Lan Nyugen   Thailand	13.3
4×100 m relay	Thailand  (THA) Chinda Klaichai Ratana Supradit Vannee Chuansnit Samruay Charonggool	52.2	Malaya  (MAS) Fong Tin Tan Carmen Koelmeyer Maureen Ann Lee Lily Tan	52.6	—	—
High jump	Myint Myint Aye   Burma	1.43 m
Long jump	Maureen Ann Lee   Malaya	5.09 m
Shot put	Kusolwan Saracha   Thailand	9.56 m
Discus throw	Poonsri Songpia   Thailand	31.66 m
Javelin throw	Khin Khin Htwe   Thailand	34.84 m

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Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand  (THA)	14	10	8	32
2	Myanmar  (MYA)	5	6	8	19
3	Malaya  (MAL)	4	10	4	18
4	Singapore  (SIN)	4	2	4	10
5	Vietnam  (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		27	28	25	80

References

1. "1959 SEAP Games Results". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. "South East Asian Games". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.