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
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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]

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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

• History of the SEA Games
• Medal Tally 1959–1995
• Medal Tally
• OCA SEA Games
• SEA Games previous medal table
• SEAGF Office Archived 6 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• SEA Games members

v t e SEA Games1
Host cities Mascots Medalists Sports
Games	1959 Bangkok 1961 Yangon 1963 Phnom Penh2 1965 Kuala Lumpur 1967 Bangkok 1969 Yangon 1971 Kuala Lumpur 1973 Singapore 1975 Bangkok 1977 Kuala Lumpur 1979 Jakarta 1981 Manila 1983 Singapore 1985 Bangkok 1987 Jakarta 1989 Kuala Lumpur 1991 Manila 1993 Singapore 1995 Chiang Mai 1997 Jakarta 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan 2001 Kuala Lumpur 2003 Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City 2005 Manila 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 2009 Vientiane 2011 Jakarta–Palembang 2013 Naypyidaw 2015 Singapore 2017 Kuala Lumpur 2019 Philippines 2021 Vietnam3 2023 Cambodia 2025 Thailand 2027 Malaysia 2029 Singapore 2031 TBA, Laos 2033 TBA, Philippines
1 Formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. 2 Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War. 3 Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ASEAN Para Games