5th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Host city	Rangoon, Burma
Nations	6
Sport	15
Opening	6 December 1969
Closing	13 December 1969
Opened by	Ne Win Prime Minister of Burma
Ceremony venue	Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
← Bangkok 1967 Kuala Lumpur 1971 →

The 1969 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 5th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Rangoon, Burma from 6 to 13 December 1969 with 15 sports featured in the games. Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) had reluctantly declined to host this edition because the attack of the North Vietnam (Tet Offensive) in 1968 (Vietnam War). Singapore, the youngest member of the SEAP Games Federation at the time, suggested in this edition of the games to change the name of the sports festival to the Southeast Asia Games. Although it was not officially stated, the inclusion of the Philippines and Indonesia in the expanded federation was to greatly help alleviate the hosting problems, as well as to set higher and more competitive standards in the games. After hosting the 5th edition, Burma declined hosting succeeding games due to lack of financial capability.^[1] This was Burma's second time to host the games and its first time since 1961. The games was opened and closed by Ne Win, the Prime Minister and Chairman of Union Revolutionary Council of Burma at the Bogyoke Aung San Stadium. The final medal tally was led by host Burma, followed by Thailand and Singapore.

  *   Host nation (Burma)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Burma (BIR)*	57	46	46	149
2	Thailand (THA)	32	32	45	109
3	Singapore (SIN)	31	39	23	93
4	Malaysia (MAS)	16	24	39	79
5	Vietnam (VIE)	9	5	8	22
6	Laos (LAO)	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		145	146	164	455

Source: ^[2]

• 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