Athletics at the 1965 SEAP Games

The athletics competition at the 1965 SEAP Games were held at the Stadium Merdeka, Malaysia. Athletics events was held between 15 December to 20 December. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Mani Jegathesan	10.5	Tambusamy Krishnan	10.8	Thaviksadi Booranaklas	10.9
200 m	Mani Jegathesan	21.3 CR	Rajalingam Gunaratnam	21.7	Natahar Bava	22.3
400 m	Victor Asirvatham	48.0 CR	A. S. Nathan	48.1	Somsak Thongsuk	48.8
800 m	Ramasamy Subramaniam	1:51.5 CR	Nipon Pensuvapap	1:51.6	Tira Klai-Angtong	1:54.6
1.500 m	Ramasamy Subramaniam	3:55.8 CR	Tira Klai-Angtong	3:59.6	Mustan Singh	4:00.0
5.000 m	Dilbagh Singh Kler	15:34.0 CR	Parameswaran Pillai	15:37.4	Nhea Khay	15:38.2
10.000 m	Thin Sumbwegam	33:20.4	Myitung Naw	33:24.6	Dilbagh Singh Kler	33:45.0
Marathon	Thin Sumbwegam	3 hrs:06:20	J. Marimuthu	3 hrs:22:07	Parameswaran Pillai	3 hrs:26:22
3.000 m steeplechase	Dilbagh Singh Kler	9:37.8	Major Singh	9:43.0	Rauangnorong	10:04.0
110 m hurdles	Osman Merican	14.5 CR	Wong Fey Wan	14.7	Pech Iv	15.2
400 m hurdles	Migale Gunasena	53.8 CR	V. Velayuthan	53.9	Somchaya Mahasinanont	54.2
4 × 100 m relay	Malaysia Rajalingam Gunaratnam Tambusamy Krishnan Ariffin Mani Jegathesan	41.4 CR	Singapore	41.5	Thailand	42.5
1.600 m relay	Malaysia Mani Jegathesan A. S. Nathan Karu Selvaratnam Victor Asirvatham	3:13.2 CR	Thailand	3:17.0	Singapore	3:22.9
Pole Vault	Soe Mra	3.89 m CR	F. Marciano	3.67	Pal Singh	3.67
High Jump	Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul	1.94 m CR	Tan Ghee Lin	1.90	Too Teng Hong	1.84
Long Jump	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	7.26 m CR	C. Thipyalert	7.10	Duong Sokhon	6.87
Triple Jump	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	15.19 m CR	Ahmad Mahmud	14.85	Kyaw Nyunt	14.40
Shot put	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	14.09 m CR	Thein Win	13.42	S. Tongkao	13.20
Discus Throw	Danapal Naidu	43.18 m	M. Dattaya	41.26	Nhem Yeav	38.74
Hammer Throw	Eknath Mane	47.02 m	Ghonda Singh	38.78	Swaran Singh	37.76
Javelin Throw	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	71.56 m CR	Tieh Teng Leng	57.80	Booncho Tongyam	55.02
Decathlon	Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul	5.916 pts	Tin Pin Thoeun	5.807	Ahmad Mahmud	5.771

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Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Moe San	12.3	Freda Gonzales	12.4	Cherryl Doral	12.4
200 m	Mary Rajamani	25.5 CR	Samruay Charonggool	25.8	Budsabong Yimploy	12.59
400 m	Mary Rajamani	56.5 CR	Samruay Charonggool	58.2	Y. Numnoy	60.2
800 m	Mary Rajamani	2:15.1	Samruay Charonggool	2:19.4	Chong Mei Ling	2:23.4
80 m hurdles	Kueh Swee Hong	11.9 CR	Rajemah Seikh Ahmad	11.9	Gracie Carr	12.2
400 m relay	Malaysia	49.3 CR	Singapore	50.2	Cambodia	50.2
High jump	Cheong Wai Hing	1.52 m CR	Myint Myint Aye	1.48	Mudlifah Yusoff	1.42
Long jump	Gracie Carr	5.64 m CR	Kim Mom	5.58	Nyo Nyo	5.22
Shot put	Khin Tarr	10.61 m CR	Ouch Lay	10.58	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	10.46
Discus throw	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	37.20 m CR	Ouch Lay	36.76	Mok Siphan	36.22
Javelin throw	Nol Kan	38.16 m CR	Khin Khin Htwe	36.86	Wong Mong Yun	33.60
Pentathlon	Kim Mom	3.557 pts	Marie Nair	3.517	Cheong Wai Hing	3.499

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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia  (MAS)	19	14	9	42
2	Burma  (BIR)	6	4	3	13
3	Singapore  (SIN)	4	5	5	14
4	Thailand  (THA)	3	7	11	21
5	Cambodia  (CAM)	2	4	6	12
Totals (5 entries)		34	34	34	102

References

1. Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN   981-00-4597-2
2. "1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games". athleticspodium.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.

• Yesterday's results - The Straits Times, 16 December 1965
• Yesterday's results - The Straits Times, 17 December 1965
• Yesterday's results - The Straits Times, 18 December 1965
• Yesterday's results - The Straits Times, 19 December 1965
• Southeast Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-08.