Athletics at the 1959 SEAP Games

Athletics at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Venue	National Stadium
Date	12–17 December
Nations	6
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The athletics competition at the 1959 SEAP Games took place from 13 to 17 December 1959 and was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The main venue is the National Stadium ^{[1] [2]}

Participating countries

•   Burma
•   Malaya
•   Singapore
•   Thailand (Host)
•   Vietnam

Medals table

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand  (THA)*	14	10	9	33
2	Burma  (BIR)	5	6	8	19
3	Malaya  (MAS)	4	10	4	18
4	Singapore  (SIN)	4	2	4	10
5	Vietnam  (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		27	28	26	81

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   Burma	51.4
800 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram   Thailand	2:00.5	Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman   Malaya	2:01.9	Sai Heng   Burma	2:02.1
1,500 metres	Sumpao Pluadprong   Thailand	4:09.3	Ah Phu   Burma	4:10.7	Sai Heng   Burma	4:14.0
5,000 metres	Ah Phu   Burma	15:50.5	Somnuek Srisombat   Thailand	16:00.6	Thin Sumbwegam   Burma	16:17.5
10,000 metres	Somnuek Srisombati   Thailand	35:07.8	Thin Sumbwegam   Burma	35:28.4	Nguyen Van Ly   Vietnam	36:12.8
110 m hurdles	Wong Fei Wan   Singapore	15.4	Cyril Perera   Malaya	15.8	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	16.0
400 m hurdles	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	54.9	Migale Gunasena   Singapore	57.1	Phaisal Visutkul   Thailand	57.7
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	Burma  (BIR) 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) Migale Gunasena Ernest Frida Sim Lim Ho Low Sin Cheok	3:26.4
High jump	Tan Ghee Lin   Malaya	1.88 m	Ratanchaya Kasem   Thailand	1.85 m	Suntraphai Panlop   Thailand	1.82 m
Pole vault	Pal Singh   Singapore	3.82 m	Cyril Perera   Malaya Soe Mra   Burma	3.50 m	Boonchop Chongklai   Thailand	3.37 m
Long jump	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin   Malaya	6.74 m	Sudhisri Nipon   Thailand	6.57 m	Achavasmith Praveth   Thailand	6.55 m
Triple jump	Tan Eng Yoon   Singapore	14.86 m	Galstin Frederick   Burma	13.77 m	Kyaw Nyunt   Burma	13.70 m
Shot put	Saengnern Pradit   Thailand	12.21 m	Naw Phaha   Burma	11.68 m	Klanarong Pradit   Thailand	11.58 m
Discus throw	Naw Phaha   Burma	32.68 m	Wanchao Vichienwat   Thailand	30.91 m	Sumnao Bhudhipol   Thailand	30.62 m
Javelin throw	Poltorn Samphao   Thailand	53.85 m	Anusasnananda Sanoh   Thailand	50.74 m	Mya San   Burma	48.56 m

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Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmen Koelmeyer   Malaya	13.1	Tan Fong Tin   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) Tan Fong Tin Carmen Koelmeyer Maureen Ann Lee Lily Tan	52.6	—N/a	—N/a
High jump	May May Yi   Burma	1.43 m	Tipapan Leenasen   Thailand	1.40 m	Choong Yew Kum   Malaya	1.40 m
Long jump	Maureen Ann Lee   Malaya	5.09 m	Chinda Duangdej   Thailand	4.71 m	Carmen Koelmeyer   Malaya	4.68 m
Shot put	Kusolwan Saracha   Thailand	9.56 m	Khin Khin Htay   Burma	8.90 m	Khin Khin Htwe   Burma	8.89 m
Discus throw	Poonsri Songpia   Thailand	31.66 m	Villal Phuangrom   Thailand	28.89 m	Tan Siew Chin   Malaya	28.44 m
Javelin throw	Khin Khin Htwe   Burma	34.84 m	Arunya Promsakha   Thailand	25.82 m	Hoo Huan Nyin   Malaya	24.62 m

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References

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