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| Cambodia at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | CAM |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Cambodia |
| Website | www.noccambodia.org |
| in Vientiane | |
| Flag bearer | Sok Chanmean (Pétanque) |
| Medals Ranked 9th |
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| Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Cambodia competed in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games athletics tournament, winning three gold medals and 40 medals in total.
Cambodia only announced the formation of its National Team Organizing Committee for the SEA Games in mid-October 2009, [1] less than two months ahead of the start of the Games in Vientiane, Laos. The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) assigned its Vice President Bun Sok to chair this committee.
This committee was made up of representatives of various Olympic sports federations and was responsible for final screening and selection of athletes to represent Cambodia in various sports. Cambodia was to compete in 17 sports, with expectations of medals in pétanque, athletics, tennis, wrestling, boxing, taekwondo and beach volleyball. As part of the preparation for 2009 SEA Games, the athletics and taekwondo athletes traveled to South Korea to undergo intensive training courtesy of the Incheon City of Korea Support Program, while other athletes were to complete training in Vietnam.
The Phnom Penh Post reported that, according to Nhan Sokvisal, the SEA Games coordinator, Cambodia was looking forward and optimistic to better their medals haul from the last SEA Games in Thailand in 2007. In the 2007 Games, Cambodia won 19 metals - two gold, five silver and 12 bronze.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed his presence at the Opening Ceremony after Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh's visit to Cambodia in late November. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold | Sok Chanmean | Pétanque | Men's Single |
| Gold | Heng Than | Pétanque | Men's Precision Shooting |
| Gold | Chov Sotheara | Wrestling | Women's <45 kg |
 Silver | Phal Sophat | Boxing | Men's Feather Weight - 57 kg |
| Silver | Chhoy Bouthorn | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| Silver | So Naro | Taekwondo | Men's 87 kg |
| Silver | Seon Elit | Taekwondo | Men's >87 kg |
| Silver | Ouk Sreymom | Pétanque | Women's Single |
| Silver | Duong Dina Or Chan Daren | Pétanque | Mixed Double |
| Silver | Heng Tha Songvat Chakriya Ya Chandararith | Pétanque | Mixed Triple (1 Woman & 2 Men) |
| Silver | Chum Chivinn | Wrestling | Men's 96–120 kg Freestyle |
| Silver | Chum Chivinn | Wrestling | Men's 120 kg Greco-Roman |
| Silver | Try Sothavy | Wrestling | Women's 51–55 kg |
 Bronze | Hem Bunting | Athletics | Men's Marathon |
| Bronze | Ven Diaman | Boxing | Men's Pin Weight - 45 kg |
| Bronze | Svay Ratha | Boxing | Men's Light Welter Weight - 64 kg |
| Bronze | Hin Saiheng | Boxing | Men's Welter Weight - 69 kg |
| Bronze | Eh Phuthong | Boxing | Men's Light Heavy Weight - 81 kg |
| Bronze | Chao Ratana Kim Vanna So Randyne | Pétanque | Men's Triple |
| Bronze | Ke Leng Duong Dina | Pétanque | Women's Double |
| Bronze | Anhsany Dalavanh Mimi Vongsavath Odet Somsouk | Pétanque | Women's Triple |
| Bronze | Em Piseth | Pétanque | Women's Precision Shooting |
| Bronze | Khem Sopheak Paou Chhouk Rath Un Sreya | Pétanque | Triple(1 Man & 2 Women) |
| Bronze | Heng Rawut | Shuttlecock | Men's Singles |
| Bronze | Soeur Vanmak Chhin Vitou | Shuttlecock | Men's Doubles |
| Bronze |  Cambodia | Shuttlecock | Men's Team |
| Bronze | Chea Sreymeas | Shuttlecock | Women's Singles |
| Bronze | Chea Sreymeas San Sophorn | Shuttlecock | Women's Doubles |
| Bronze | Cambodia | Shuttlecock | Women's Team |
| Bronze | Chhin Vitou San Sophorn | Shuttlecock | Mixed Doubles |
| Bronze | Chieung Puthearim | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | Cheang Bunna | Taekwondo | Women's 62 kg |
| Bronze | Sorn Davin | Taekwondo | Women's 73 kg |
| Bronze | Cheat Khemara | Taekwondo | Individual Men Poomsae |
| Bronze | Tan Nysan | Tennis | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Dorn Saov | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 74–84 kg |
| Bronze | Dorn Saov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg |
| Bronze | Chey Channreaksmey | Wrestling | Women's 48–51 kg |
| Bronze | Tan Narith | Wushu | Men's sanshou 52 kg |
| Bronze | Sin Saksunnara | Wushu | Men's sanshou 56 kg |
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