Athletics at the 1959 SEAP Games

Athletics at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Venue	National Stadium
Date	12–17 December
Nations	6

The athletics competition at the 1959 SEAP Games took place from 13 to 17 December 1959 and was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The main venue is the National Stadium^[1][2]

•  Burma
•  Malaya
•  Singapore
•  Thailand (Host)
•  Vietnam

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)*	14	10	9	33
2	Burma (BIR)	5	6	8	19
3	Malaya (MAS)	4	10	4	18
4	Singapore (SIN)	4	2	4	10
5	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		27	28	26	81

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Suthi Manyakass  Thailand	10.4 (CR)	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali  Malaya	10.7	Ernest Frida  Singapore	10.7
200 metres	Suthi Manyakass  Thailand	21.5 (CR)	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali  Malaya	21.8	Ernest Frida  Singapore	22.1
400 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram  Thailand	50.3 (CR)	V. Velayutham  Malaya	51.2	Aung Moung  Burma	51.4
800 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram  Thailand	2:00.5	Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman  Malaya	2:01.9	Sai Heng  Burma	2:02.1
1,500 metres	Sumpao Pluadprong  Thailand	4:09.3	Ah Phu  Burma	4:10.7	Sai Heng  Burma	4:14.0
5,000 metres	Ah Phu  Burma	15:50.5	Somnuek Srisombat  Thailand	16:00.6	Thin Sumbwegam  Burma	16:17.5
10,000 metres	Somnuek Srisombati  Thailand	35:07.8	Thin Sumbwegam  Burma	35:28.4	Nguyen Van Ly  Vietnam	36:12.8
110 m hurdles	Wong Fei Wan  Singapore	15.4	Cyril Perera  Malaya	15.8	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	16.0
400 m hurdles	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	54.9	Migale Gunasena  Singapore	57.1	Phaisal Visutkul  Thailand	57.7
4×100 m relay	Thailand (THA) Tipapan Leenasen Prajim Wongsuwan Paiboon Vacharapan Suthi Manyakass	42.4	Singapore (SIN) Ernest Frida Cedric Monteiro Chai Ling Fook Low Sin Cheok	42.5	Burma (BIR) Soe Aung Tun Naung Kyaw Myint II Tun Mra	43.6
4×400 m relay	Thailand (THA) Kamol Swasdikosol Krungsri Padumwan Manut Bumrungphuk Somsakdi Tongaram	3:24.8	Malaya (MAS) Andrew Lazaroo V. Velayutham Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman Manikavasagam Jegathesan	3:25.2	Singapore (SIN) Migale Gunasena Ernest Frida Sim Lim Ho Low Sin Cheok	3:26.4
High jump	Tan Ghee Lin  Malaya	1.88 m	Ratanchaya Kasem  Thailand	1.85 m	Suntraphai Panlop  Thailand	1.82 m
Pole vault	Pal Singh  Singapore	3.82 m	Cyril Perera  Malaya Soe Mra  Burma	3.50 m	Boonchop Chongklai  Thailand	3.37 m
Long jump	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin  Malaya	6.74 m	Sudhisri Nipon  Thailand	6.57 m	Achavasmith Praveth  Thailand	6.55 m
Triple jump	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	14.86 m	Galstin Frederick  Burma	13.77 m	Kyaw Nyunt  Burma	13.70 m
Shot put	Saengnern Pradit  Thailand	12.21 m	Naw Phaha  Burma	11.68 m	Klanarong Pradit  Thailand	11.58 m
Discus throw	Naw Phaha  Burma	32.68 m	Wanchao Vichienwat  Thailand	30.91 m	Sumnao Bhudhipol  Thailand	30.62 m
Javelin throw	Poltorn Samphao  Thailand	53.85 m	Anusasnananda Sanoh  Thailand	50.74 m	Mya San  Burma	48.56 m

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmen Koelmeyer  Malaya	13.1	Tan Fong Tin  Malaya	13.2	Vannee Chuansnit  Thailand	13.5
200 metres	Ratana Supradit  Thailand	23.6	Carmen Koelmeyer  Malaya	27.7	Preya Dechdumrong  Thailand	28.4
80 m hurdles	Gracie Car  Burma	12.7	Permpis Puechngern  Thailand	13.0	Nhut Xuan Lan Nyugen  Thailand	13.3
4×100 m relay	Thailand (THA) Chinda Klaichai Ratana Supradit Vannee Chuansnit Samruay Charonggool	52.2	Malaya (MAS) Tan Fong Tin Carmen Koelmeyer Maureen Ann Lee Lily Tan	52.6	—N/a	—N/a
High jump	May May Yi  Burma	1.43 m	Tipapan Leenasen  Thailand	1.40 m	Choong Yew Kum  Malaya	1.40 m
Long jump	Maureen Ann Lee  Malaya	5.09 m	Chinda Duangdej  Thailand	4.71 m	Carmen Koelmeyer  Malaya	4.68 m
Shot put	Kusolwan Saracha  Thailand	9.56 m	Khin Khin Htay  Burma	8.90 m	Khin Khin Htwe  Burma	8.89 m
Discus throw	Poonsri Songpia  Thailand	31.66 m	Villal Phuangrom  Thailand	28.89 m	Tan Siew Chin  Malaya	28.44 m
Javelin throw	Khin Khin Htwe  Burma	34.84 m	Arunya Promsakha  Thailand	25.82 m	Hoo Huan Nyin  Malaya	24.62 m

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