History of Sea Games

History Origins of Sea Games and SEA Games champion Period to Period. Games of Southeast Asian Nations, or SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) is a sporting event held every two years and involves 11 countries of Southeast Asia. Rules match at the SEA Games Sports Federation under the auspices of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asian Games Federation) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

History Origins of Sea Games
The origins of the SEA Games is closely related to Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. SEAP Games was initiated by Laung Sukhumnaipradit, by then Vice President of Olympic Committee of Thailand. The aim is to strengthen cooperation, understanding and relations between countries in the ASEAN region. Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included later) is the pioneer countries. They agreed to hold this event every two years. In addition the Committee also established SEAP Games Federation. SEAP Games was held in Bangkok from 12 to 17 December 1959, followed by more than 527 athletes and organizers from Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Laos who competed in 12 sports.

At the SEA Games VIII in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered the inclusion of Indonesia and the Philippines. These two countries officially signed in 1977, and in the same year SEAP Federation changed their name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and this event became the State Games of Southeast Asian Nations. Brunei is inserted at the State Games X Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Timor Leste in the Games of Southeast Asian Nations XXII in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Although it does not include one of the countries that follow the SEA Games from the beginning, Indonesia achievements in the sports arena in South East Asia can not be underestimated. The first SEA Games held in Bangkok on December 12 to 17, 1959, but the new Indonesia participated in 1977.

When that Malaysia is hosting her home. But since joining, Indonesia excel as winning the overall championship nine times. Throughout the history of SEA Games, Indonesia are top the medals table as many as 3934. In 1997 when he became the host, Indonesia won 194 gold medals. On the 19 th SEA Games, Indonesia obtained a record gold medal ever in the history of SEA Games.