The 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia from 6 to 13 December 1971 with 15 sports featured in the games. In this edition of the games, host country Malaysia joined Singapore in pressuring Thailand to let the SEAP Games Federation expand to include the
Philippines and
Indonesia, but to no avail. Thai officials felt that such expansion would be contrary to the small family affair they had intended the games to be, and would not be in keeping with the close-neighbours spirit the games was supposed to cultivate. This was the second time Malaysia hosted the games and its first time since
1965
Events January–February
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. The games was opened and closed by Abdul Halim, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Malaysia and Singapore.
The games
Participating nations
Sports
Aquatics
Aquatics
Aquatics may refer to:
*Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming
*Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...
included
swimming,
diving and
water polo events. The three sports of aquatics were held in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Aquatics events was held between 12 and 15 December.
Swimming
Diving
Water polo
Medal table
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References
External links
History of the SEA GamesOCA SEA GamesSEA Games previous medal tableSEAGF Office
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, 1971
SEA Games by year
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