Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

competitions at the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or ...

were held at the

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and Kallang Practice Track in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

from 6 to 12 June. A total of 46

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are featured at the 28th SEA Games, divided evenly between the sexes. The

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started and finished in the stadium and had a route in the surrounding area including the

, Marina Bay and the

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. A total of eleven games records were broken at the competition.Records Set
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were set.Washif, Jad Adrian (2015-06-12)
Double gold for Cray and Londa at Southeast Asian Games
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-11. The regional records included 5.30 m in the men's pole vault by Porranot Purahong and 16.76 m in the men's triple jump by Muhammad Hakimi Ismail.Eric Cray 10.25 and Hakimi Ismail 16.76 Outclassed Opponents in Singapore SEA Games
Adrian Sprints (2015-06-09). Retrieved on 2015-07-11.

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

maintained its long streak at the top of the athletics medal table, winning seventeen events and ending the competition with 39 medals.

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

was the runner-up with eleven gold medals among its haul of 34 medals. (Thailand was most successful in the field events, while Vietnam won most of its medals on the track.)

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

won the next highest number of gold medals at seven, while the

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had the third highest medal total with 21. The host nation

won three gold medals. Seven of the eleven participating nations reached the medal table.Medal Standings
. SEAGames 2015. Retrieved on 2015-07-11. Two

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s—

Eric Cray Eric Shauwn Brazas Cray (born November 6, 1988) is a Filipino-American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting and hurdling events. He represented the Philippines at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, competing in the hurdles. ...

and

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—won the men's and women's

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and a third,

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, won the men's hammer throw.Pedralvez, Manolo (2015-06-09)
Fil-Am Stuart bags SEAG hammer throw gold in record-breaking fashion
''Rappler''. Retrieved on 2015-07-11. Cray completed a double, defending his 400 m hurdles title as well and being one of seven athletes to win two individual gold medals at the games. Two Indonesian women had doubles:

Maria Natalia Londa Maria Natalia Londa (born 29 October 1990 in Denpasar) is an Indonesian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. She represented Indonesia at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and has appeared once at the ...

won both the women's long jump and triple jump titles, while reigning 10,000 m champion

Triyaningsih Triyaningsih (born 15 May 1987) is an Indonesian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 84th with a time of 2:41:15. Competition record References External links Personal website of Triyani ...

won over that distance and also the 5000 m (the fourth time in her career she had won that double). The remaining three doubles were achieved by Vietnamese athletes: Nguyễn Thị Huyền won the 400 m flat and hurdles, while

Dương Văn Thái Dương Văn Thái (born 18 April 1992) is a Vietnamese middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres and 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance tr ...

and Đỗ Thị Thảo won all the men's and women's middle-distance titles between them. A total of seventeen athletes defended their titles from 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 ...

, with both Đỗ Thị Thảo and Maria Natalia Londa completing the same doubles they had previously. Zhang Guirong had her sixth straight win in the women's shot put, while Triyaningsih extended her unbeaten run in the 10,000 m to five.

Jamras Rittidet Lac Jamras Rittidet (born 1 February 1989) is a Thai athlete specialising in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games. He also represented his country at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships without qualifying for t ...

took his fourth consecutive SEA Games gold medal in the men's 110 m hurdles. Three women had their third straight SEA Games wins: Rini Budiarti (steeplechase), Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc (20 km walk) and

Subenrat Insaeng Subenrat Insaeng ( th, สุเบญรัตน์ อินแสง; born 10 February 1994) is a Thai athlete specialising in the discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete t ...

(discus).

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the athletics competitions:

Records

A total of eleven games records were improved at the competition.

Men

Women

Medalists

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

Thailand topped the medal table with seventeen gold medals and a total of 39 medals.

Participating nations

A total of 346 athletes (195 men, 151 women) from 11 nations competed in athletics at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

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Full results
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