1991 Southeast Asian Games

16th Southeast Asian Games

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Nations participating	9
Events	--- in 28 sports
Opening ceremony	24 November 1991
Closing ceremony	3 December 1991
Officially opened by	Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines
Ceremony venue	Rizal Memorial Stadium
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The 16th Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November - 3 December 1991. This was the second time that the country hosted the biennial regional sporting event. It was officially opened by President Corazon Aquino at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila through a colourful opening ceremony. It was the only SEA Games where the overall championship was heavily contested. The deciding medal came from the last sporting event - women's marathon where Indonesia got the gold medal.

Mascot

130pxKiko Labuyo, a colourful mountain-dwelling fighting cock, was the official mascot of the XVI SEA Games.

Medal count

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia	92	86	69	247
2	Philippines	91	62	84	237
3	Thailand	72	80	91	243
4	Malaysia	36	38	65	139
5	Singapore	18	32	45	95
6	Myanmar	12	16	28	56
7	Vietnam	7	12	10	29
8	Brunei	0	0	8	8
9	Laos	0	0	0	0
Total		328	334	400	1062

Reduction of gold medals

The Philippines should have tallied a total of 91 gold medals but one of the gold medals from boxing was proclaimed unofficial. The said gold medal should have been fought by a Filipino boxer against a Thai boxer but the latter was found positive in the doping tests. The gold medal was, at first, given to the Philippines but after a few days, the SEAG Organizing Committee declared that there will be no gold and silver medalists for the said event in boxing because there was no battle fought. They had forgiven the Thai boxer.

Sports

• Aquatics
• Archery
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball See: Basketball at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games.
• Billiards and Snooker
• Bodybuilding
• Bowling
• Boxing
• Cycling
• Fencing
• Football. See: Football at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games.
• Golf
• Gymnastic
• Judo
• Karatedo
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Sepak Takraw
• Shooting
• Softball
• Squash
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wushu

Broadcast

SEA Games 1991 Also Broadcast by Indonesian National TV Station, TVRI, RCTI & SCTV Since 24 November – 3 December 1991

References

• SEA Games Athletics Partial Results
• Percy Seneviratne (1993) Golden Moments: the S.E.A Games 1959-1991 Dominie Press, Singapore ISBN 981-00-4597-2
• History of the SEA Games
• Philippine Daily Inquirer December 1992 University of the Philippines Main Library: Microfilm Section

Preceded by 1989 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Games

Succeeded by 1993 Singapore