1989 Southeast Asian Games









































15th Southeast Asian Games
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Motto Now is the time
(Malay: Kini Saatnya)
Nations participating 9
Events 25 sports
Opening ceremony 20 August
Closing ceremony 31 August
Officially opened by
Sultan Azlan Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Ceremony venue Stadium Merdeka



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The 1989 Southeast Asian Games, (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 1989) officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was officially opened by 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah. Although Cambodia did not participate, Laos returned to compete for the first time under the new federation name in this edition of the games. A unified Vietnam first participated in the SEA Games in 1989 as well. The closing ceremony of this multi-sports events coincides with the 32nd anniversary of Malaysia's Independence.[1] This was the fourth time Malaysia host the games, and its first time since 1977. Malaysia previously also hosted the 1965 games and the 1971 games, when the Southeast Asian Games were known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games at those times. The games was opened and closed by Sultan Azlan Shah, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by host Malaysia and Thailand.




Contents






  • 1 Venues


  • 2 Marketing


    • 2.1 Sponsors


    • 2.2 Mascot


    • 2.3 Logo


    • 2.4 Songs




  • 3 The games


    • 3.1 Participating nations


    • 3.2 Sports


    • 3.3 Medal table




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Venues



  • Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur - Opening/Closing ceremony, Athletics, Football (final)

  • Stadium Negara - Basketball, Badminton

  • Cheras Aquatic Centre - Swimming

  • Cheras stadium - Football

  • Veledrome Rakyat - Cycling (track)

  • Subang Shooting Range - Shooting

  • BSN Stadium, Bangi - Football

  • Kent Bowl, Asiajaya, Petaling Jaya - Bowling



Marketing



Sponsors












Mascot


The official 1989 SEA Games mascot was a turtle named Johan.





The official logo was derived from a top or locally called gasing.



Songs


"Reach for the sky" ("Kini Saatnya" in Malay) was the official theme song of the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. It was sung in English by Francissca Peter and in Malay by Jay Jay.



The games



Participating nations












Sports












Medal table


A total of 957 medals, comprising 303 Gold medals, 302 Silver medals and 352 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Malaysia's performance was their best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games History and were placed only second to Indonesia as overall champion.[2]


Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)


  *   Host nation (Malaysia)





























































































Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
 Indonesia (INA)
102 78 71 251
2
 Malaysia (MAS)*
67 58 75 200
3
 Thailand (THA)
62 63 66 191
4
 Singapore (SIN)
32 38 47 117
5
 Philippines (PHI)
26 37 64 127
6
 Myanmar (MYA)
10 14 20 44
7
 Vietnam (VIE)
3 11 5 19
8
 Brunei (BRU)
1 2 4 7
9
 Laos (LAO)
0 1 0 1
Totals (9 nations) 303 302 352 957




References





  1. ^ Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 981-00-4597-2



  2. ^ "1989 Southeast Asian Games medal table". Olympic Council of Asia.




External links


  • History of the SEA Games







Preceded by
1987
Jakarta, Indonesia


Southeast Asian Games
Succeeded by
1991
Manila, Philippines








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