Southeast Asian Games sports

Last updated May 15, 2023

This is a list of sports played in the biennial Southeast Asian Games. Unlike the Olympic games, there are no official limits to the number of sports which may be contested, and the range may be decided by the organising host pending approval by the Southeast Asian Games Federation. Albeit for some core sports which must be featured, the host is also free to introduce other sports. Over time, this has meant as much as 43 sports in the 24th edition of the games, and the programme has included relatively obscure sports such as arnis, finswimming and pétanque.

History

The Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, as the Southeast Asian Games was then known, was first held in Bangkok in 1959 with 12 sports, namely aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, football, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and weightlifting.^[1] All of these events are Olympic sports, and most are considered core sports which are compulsory in all editions of the games.

Sports

The following sports (or disciplines of a sport) are part of the current program or were contested before, and are listed alphabetically according to the name used by the IOC. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport. A "Y" is used to indicate that a sport was played but the number of events is not yet established.

Twelve of the sports (Aquatics, baseball and softball, basketball, cycling, equestrian, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, volleyball, winter sports, and wrestling) consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same colour:

Aquatics – Baseball and softball – Basketball – Cycling – Equestrian – Football – Gymnastics – Volleyball – Winter sports – Wrestling

Sport (Discipline)	Body	59	61	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23

Diving	FINA			4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	13	4	8	4
Open water swimming																											4				1
Swimming		6	13	24	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	32	32	32	32	38	32	38	40	38	40	39
Synchronised swimming																						Y					5		3	5
Water polo				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2		2

Archery	FITA									12	12	12	12	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Arnis																	•							6							20		12
Athletics	IAAF	28	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	45	42	45	45	46	47	46	45	48	45	47
Badminton	BWF	2	5	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	8

Baseball	WBSC																							1	1		1				1
Softball	WBSC																							2	2		1		2		2

3x3 Basketball	FIBA																														2	2	2
Basketball	FIBA	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2		2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Billiards and snooker	WCBS														Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12	13	12	10	10	12	10	7	10	10	10
Bodybuilding	IFBB																						8	6	5			5				10
Bowling	WB																							10	11		10		10	11	9	6
Boxing	AIBA	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9	14	17	15	14	14	11	6	13	13	17
Bridge	WBF																										9
Canoe (flatwater)	ICF																						15	7	12		15	16	17		7	11
Chess	FIDE																						8	8			9	18			5	10
Cricket	ICC																													3			8
Ouk chaktrang																																	7
Xiangqi	WXF																															4	4

BMX	UCI																										2	2		2	3
Mountain biking																								4	4	4	4	5			4	4	5
Road cycling		3	3	10	13	8																	Y	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	8	4
Track cycling																								3	11		7			13

Aquathlon	ITU																																3
Duathlon																									2						3		2
Triathlon																								2	2				2	2	3	4	2
Dancesport	WDSF																							2	10						14	12	2
E-sports	AESF																														6	10	9

Dressage	IFE																								2		2	2	2	2
Endurance																														2
Eventing																									2		2	2
Jumping																								2	2		2	2	2	2

Fencing	FIE																						10	12	12		12		12	6	12	12	12
Finswimming	CMAS																						16			16	16					13	24
Floorball	IFF																											•	2		2		2

Football	FIFA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
Futsal	FIFA																								2		2	2		2		2

Golf	IGF																							4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Artistic	FIG																						14	13	13		14		14	12	12	14	8
Rhythmic																							6	5	6		1		2	8	5	2
Aerobic																							4	4	4		2				3	5	5

Handball (indoor)	IHF																						2		2							2
Handball (beach)	IHF																						2		2						1	1
Field hockey	FIH																								2			2	2	2			2
Indoor hockey	FIH																													2	2		2
Jet ski																																	6
Judo	IJF																						16	8	16	18	16	18	12	6	16	13	13
Ju-jitsu	JJIF																														11	6	13
Karate	WKF																						19	18	18	17	16	17		16	13	15	17
Kenpō																											16	18
Kickboxing	WAKO																														8	12	17
Kun bokator																																	21
Kun khmer																																	19
Kurash	IKA																														10	10
Lawn bowls	PBA																								6					8	6
Modern pentathlon	UIPM																														6
Muay thai	IFMA																							7	11	13		14		5	9	11
Netball	INF																												1	1	1
Obstacle race	FISO																														6		4
Paragliding	FAI																										12
Pencak silat	IPSF																						22	13	17	18	15	13	13	20	9	16	22
Pétanque	CMSB																						6	4	9	11	6	11	10	7	4	8	11
Polo	FIP																								1					1	1
Roller speed skating	WS																										12
Rowing	FISA																						8	9	11		11	9	18		6	16
Rugby sevens	WR																												2	2	2
Rugby union	WR				1				1	1															2
Sailing	ISAF																							12	17		9	13	20	14	11		9
Sambo	FIAS																														7
Sepak takraw	ISTAF																						4	4	6	6	6	8	6	8	4	8	8
Hoop																							2	2	2	2		2			2		2
Chinlone																												8	4	4			11
Shooting	ISSF	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	42	22	33	34	14	12	26	14	14	22
Shuttlecock	ISF																						7			7
Skateboarding	WS																														8
Soft tennis	ISTF																										7				3		7
Sport climbing	IFSC																										10
Squash	WSF																							2	1				5	9	5
Surfing	ISA																														4
Table tennis	ITTF	1	1	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7	7	7	7	5	4	7	7	4	7	7
Taekwondo	WTF																						16	16	16	21	21	21	15	16	22	19	24
Tennis	ITF	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7	7	7	7	7		7	5	5	7	7
Teqball																																	•
Traditional boat race	IDBF															4	4						4	6	4		10	17	8		6		13
Underwater hockey	CMAS																														4

Volleyball (indoor)	FIVB	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Volleyball (beach)	FIVB																						2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2

Waterskiing	IWWF														Y					Y							11		11	11	5
Weightlifting	IWF																						13	10	13	13	14	11		5	10	14	14

Ice hockey	IIHF																													1	1
Figure skating	ISU																													2	2
Short track speed skating	ISU																													6	6

Freestyle	FILA																						Y	5	9	10	10	14				18	20
Greco-roman	FILA																						Y		5	9	10	10			14		10

Wushu	IWUF																						28	22	14	21	20	23	20	17	16	21	24
Vovinam	WVVF																										14	18				15	30
Total events																							442	443	475	372	543	461	402	404	529	523	584

Non-Olympic sports

The Southeast Asian Games features numerous non-Olympic sports in its programme, reflecting the popularity of some sports to the region, or as a means of introducing more obscure sports to the region and beyond.^[2] Some sports dropped from the Olympic programme may still be retained in the SEAG, although the games does not feature all of the Olympic sports, often in favour of the traditional ones.^[3]

Sport	Introduced	Remarks
Billiards and snooker	1987 (Indonesia)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games
Bodybuilding	1987 (Indonesia)	Also in Asian Games
Bowling	1975 (Thailand)	Also in Asian Games, Asian Youth Games, East Asian Games, Pan American Games, Special Olympics World Games, West Asian Games, World Games
Chess	2003 (Vietnam)	Also in Asian Games
Dancesport	2005 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games
E-sports	2019 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games
Finswimming	2003 (Vietnam)
Futsal	2007 (Thailand)	Also in Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Karate	1987 (Indonesia)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games, West Asian Games
Lawn bowls	1999 (Brunei)
Pétanque	2001 (Malaysia)
Polo	2007 (Thailand)	Former Olympic sport
Rugby union	1967 (Thailand)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, East Asian Games
Softball	1979 (Indonesia)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games
Squash	1991 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games, West Asian Games
Traditional boat race	1993 (Singapore)	Also in Asian Games, Asian Beach Games, East Asian Games
Waterskiing	1987 (Indonesia)
Wushu	1991 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games

Traditional sports

Sport	Common in	Introduced	Remarks
Arnis	Philippines	1991 (Philippines)	Unique to SEAG
Chinlone	Myanmar	2013 (Myanmar)	Unique to SEAG
Muay thai	Thailand	2005 (Philippines)	Unique to SEAG
Pencak silat	Indonesia	1987 (Indonesia)	Unique to SEAG
Sepak takraw	Throughout Southeast Asia	1965 (Malaysia)	Also in Asian Games
Shuttlecock	Malaysia and Vietnam	2003 (Vietnam)	Unique to SEAG
Vovinam	Vietnam	2011 (Indonesia)	Unique to SEAG

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v t e Sports at the Southeast Asian Games
Main Sports	Athletics Cycling Gymnastics Shooting Swimming
Boat Sports	Canoeing Rowing Sailing Dragoning
Combat Sports	Arnis Boxing Fencing Judo Jujitsu Karate Kickboxing Kurash Kenpō Muay Pencak Silat Sambo Taekwondo Wrestling Wushu Vovinam
Team Sports	WBSC Baseball Softball Basketball Chinlone Cricket Soccer Football Futsal Floorball Handball Hockey Field Indoor Underwater Netball Polo Rugby Sepak Takraw Volleyball Water Polo
Racquet Sports	Badminton Shuttlecock Squash Soft Tennis Table Tennis Tennis
Winter Sports	Ice Hockey Ice Skating
Other Sports	Archery Boules Bowling Lawn Bowls Pétanque Bridge Chess Cue Sports Dancesport Equestrian Esports Golf Paragliding Physique Bodybuilding Obstacle racing Weightlifting Skate Skateboarding Rollerskating Sport Climbing Thlon Triathlon Modern Pentathlon Water Diving Finswimming Synchronized Swimming Surfing Wakeboarding Waterskiing

v t e SEA Games ¹
Host cities Mascots Medal tables Medalists Sports
Games	1959 Bangkok 1961 Yangon 1963 Phnom Penh² 1965 Kuala Lumpur 1967 Bangkok 1969 Yangon 1971 Kuala Lumpur 1973 Singapore 1975 Bangkok 1977 Kuala Lumpur 1979 Jakarta 1981 Manila 1983 Singapore 1985 Bangkok 1987 Jakarta 1989 Kuala Lumpur 1991 Manila 1993 Singapore 1995 Chiang Mai 1997 Jakarta 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan 2001 Kuala Lumpur 2003 Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City 2005 Manila 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 2009 Vientiane 2011 Jakarta–Palembang 2013 Naypyidaw 2015 Singapore 2017 Kuala Lumpur 2019 Philippines 2021 Hanoi ³ 2023 Phnom Penh 2025 Bangkok–Chonburi–Songkhla 2027 TBA, Malaysia 2029 TBA, Singapore 2031 TBA, Laos 2033 TBA, Philippines
¹ Formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. ³ Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ASEAN Para Games