1989 SEA Games

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The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (

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, while Vietnam fields their own delegation to the event for the first time as a unified country.

The closing ceremony of this regional meet coincides with the 32nd anniversary of

1977
, in which this edition was the first to bear the games' present name, which reflects the admission of Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines to the Southeast Asian Games during that year.

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.

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 an anthropomorphic turtle named Johan.

The logo for the Games features 6 elliptical rings alternately colored red and blue to form a shape that resembles a spinning top, or locally called gasing.[3]

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.[4]

Key

  *   Host nation (

Philippines (PHI)2637641276 Myanmar (MYA)101420447 Vietnam (VIE)3115198 Brunei (BRU)12479 Laos
 (LAO)0101Totals (9 entries)303302352957

References

  1. ^ "OCA » Kuala Lumpur 1989". ocasia.org. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ISBN 981-00-4597-2
  3. ^ Mario Alvaro Limos (2019) (4 October 2019). "The SEA Games Logos Through the Years". Esquire Philippines: Lifestyle, Culture, Politics, Women. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "1989 Southeast Asian Games medal table". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

Preceded by
Jakarta
Southeast Asian Games
Kuala Lumpur

XV Southeast Asian Games (1989) 		Succeeded by
Manila
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