1997 SEA Games

XIX Southeast Asian Games

Host city	Jakarta, Indonesia
Nations	10
Athletes	4696
Events	440 in 34 sports
Opening	11 October 1997
Closing	19 October 1997
Opened by	Soeharto President of Indonesia
Ceremony venue	Senayan Main Stadium
Website	1997 Southeast Asian Games
← Chiang Mai 1995 Brunei 1999 →

The 1997 Southeast Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1997), officially known as the 19th Southeast Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara ke-19; the 19th SEA Games), was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia. This was the third time that Indonesia hosted the games. Jakarta also hosted the SEA Games in 1979 and 1987.

Around 4,696 athletes from 10 participating nations participated at the games, which featured 440 events in 34 sports. The games was held from 11 to 19 October 1997, although several events had commenced from 5 October 1997. The games was opened by Soeharto, the President of Indonesia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, which was then known at the time as Senayan Sports Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by hosts Indonesia, followed by Thailand and Malaysia. Several Games and National Records were broken during the games.^[1] The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

West Java

Jakarta

class=notpageimage|

Host cities of the 1997 Southeast Asian Games