The 1993 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 17th Southeast Asian Games, were a multi-sport event held in Singapore from 12 to 20 June 1993 with 29 sports featured in this edition. The games were opened by Wee Kim Wee, the President of Singapore. This was the third time Singapore hosted the games, after 1983 and 1973 competition. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by Thailand, the Philippines and host Singapore.
Development and preparation An organizing committee for the Games was formed with Yeo Ning Hong as the president.
Venues Venue Sports National Stadium Opening and Closing Ceremony, Athletics, Football Bedok Sports Hall Judo, Karate Changi Coast Road Cycling Changi Sailing Club Sailing Clementi Sports Hall Fencing Delta Sports Hall Badminton (preliminaries), Basketball Delta Hockey Pitch Hockey Geylang Indoor Stadium Boxing Gloucester Archery Range Archery Hougang Sports Hall Gymnastics Jurong Stadium Football Kallang Squash Center Squash Kallang Tennis Center Tennis Kallang Theatre Bodybuilding Marina Bay Traditional boat race Mount Vernon Range Shooting (rifle) Rifle Range Road Camp Shooting (trap and skeet) Singapore Civil Defence HQ Shooting (pistol) Singapore Badminton Hall Sepak takraw Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council Billiards and snooker Singapore Indoor Stadium Badminton Singapore Island Country Club Golf Tampines Sports Hall Weightlifting Toa Payoh Sports Hall Table tennis Toa Payoh Swimming Complex Diving, Swimming, Water polo Victor’s Superbowl Bowling Woodlands Sports Hall Volleyball Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall Pencak silat, Wushu Yishun Sports Hall Taekwondo
Marketing Logo
The logo of the 1993 Southeast Asian Games is an image of a lion, which represents Singapore with the nickname, the lion city as the host of the 1993 Southeast Asian Games. The colours of the lion, blue, yellow, red, black and green are colours of the Olympic movement and represents the Olympic and sportsmanship spirit of the participating athletes in which the important thing is not to win, but to take part. The six-ring chain, the logo of the Southeast Asian Games Federation, represents the six founding nations of the Southeast Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games itself.
Mascot
The mascot of the 1993 Southeast Asian Games is a lion named Singa. It has heart-shaped mane, snout and tail which represent the hearty welcome of athletes to the city.
Torch The torch of the 1993 Southeast Asian games resembles that of a sword mounted with a lion's head.
The Games
Participating nations
(Host)
Sports
Medal table A total of 1048 medals, comprising 319 Gold medals, 318 Silver medals and 411 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Singapore's performance was their best to date and placed fourth overall amongst participating nations.
Broadcasting CountryOfficial broadcastersTelevision broadcastAsia TelevisionATV HomeTelevisi Republik IndonesiaTVRIABS-CBN Intercontinental Broadcasting CorporationABS-CBN 2 IBC 13Singapore Broadcasting CorporationSBC 12
References
External links Singapore hosts the 17th SEA Games
Medal Tally 1959-1995 Medal Tally History of the SEA Games OCA SEA Games SEA Games previous medal table