1965 SEAP Games

3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations	7
Sport	14
Opening	14 December 1965
Closing	21 December 1965
Opened by	Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu; King of Malaysia
Main venue	Stadium Merdeka
	← Rangoon 1961 Bangkok 1967 →

The 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 14 to 21 December 1965 with 14 sports featured in the games. Originally to be hosted by Laos, the third edition of the games was hosted by Malaysia after the former was not able to honour its hosting commitment citing financial difficulties and would later known to have hosted the 2009 SEA Games decades later. Two years earlier, the third SEAP Games was cancelled as Cambodia pulled out of hosting the event due to internal strife. This was the first time Malaysia host the games. Malaysia is the third country to host the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, which later known as the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand and Myanmar, then Burma. The games was opened and closed by Ismail Nasiruddin, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Thailand followed by host Malaysia and Singapore.^[1]

The games

Participating nations

Burma (135)
Cambodia (40)
Laos (20)
Malaysia (host) (189)
Singapore (114)
South Vietnam (121)
Thailand (186)

Sports

Medal table

^[2]

Key

* Host nation (Malaysia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	38	33	35	106
2	Malaysia (MAS)*	33	36	29	98
3	Singapore (SIN)	26	23	27	76
4	Burma (BIR)	18	14	16	48
5	Cambodia (CAM)	15	19	17	51
6	Vietnam (VIE)	5	7	7	19
7	Laos (LAO)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		135	132	133	400