At the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

, the

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events took place in

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. The

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events took place at the

Wunna Theikdi Stadium Wunna Theikdi Stadium ( my, ဝဏ္ဏသိဒ္ဒိ အားကစားကွင်း) is a multi-use stadium in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. It can seat 30,000 spectators. The stadium hosted the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2014 ASEAN Para Gam ...

. The competition held between December 15–19.

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retained its traditional position as the nation with the most

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s with seventeen among its 39 medals.

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was comfortably the next strongest performer with ten golds in its 33-medal haul.

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was third with six gold medals and a total of seventeen. The

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also won six golds, and its total of 13 medals was matched by

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and the hosts Myanmar. Eight of the eleven participating countries reached the medal table. A total of eight games records were bettered at the competition. Thailand provided the bulk of these performances with

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(men's

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), Tantipong Phetchaiya (men's

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), Peerachet Jantra (men's

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Sukanya Chomchuendee Chayanisa Chomchuendee (formerly known as Sukanya Chomchuendee;
. SEAGames ...

(women's

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) and

Subenrat Insaeng Subenrat Insaeng ( th, สุเบญรัตน์ อินแสง; born 10 February 1994) is a Thai athlete specialising in the discus throw. She has won multiple medals on regional level. Her personal best in the event is 61.97 metres set ...

(women's

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) adding themselves to the record books. Myanmar's

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significantly improved her best by winning the women's 20 km walk in 1:35:03 hours – breaking the games record and improving the Burmese record by nearly seven minutes. Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung broke the men's

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record with his clearance of , while Indonesia's

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managed the same feat on the women's side with .Washif, Jad Adrian (2013-12-20)
Thailand triumph at South East Asian Games
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-22. Several athletes won multiple individual titles.

Jirapong Meenapra Jirapong Meenapra ( th, จิระพงศ์ มีนาพระ; RTGS: Chiraphong Minaphra, born 11 May 1993) is a Thai sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He was born in Surat Thani, Thailand. At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth O ...

did the men's short

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double, Mohd Jironi Riduan took gold in both men's

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events and Nguyen Van Lai broke Vietnamese records to claim a

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double. On the women's side, Vu Thi Huong won the sprints and her compatriot Do Thi Thao did a middle-distance double for Vietnam. Phyu War Thet and

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had a gold and silver each from the long-distance track events. Maria Natalia Londa won both horizontal jumps and multi-eventer

Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho ( th, วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as ''Amornrat Winatho'' and ''Vassanee Vinatho'', is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the h ...

won both the

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and the

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Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

References