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Host city | Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar |
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Motto | Green, Clean and Friendly (Burmese: အစိမ်းရောင်သန့်ရှင်းခြင်းနှင့်ချစ်ကြည်ရေး) |
Nations | 11 |
Athletes | 4730 |
Events | 460 in 34 sports |
Opening | 11 December 2013 |
Closing | 22 December 2013 |
Opened by | Nyan Tun Vice President of Myanmar |
Closed by | Nyan Tun Vice President of Myanmar |
Athlete's Oath | Sandi Oo |
Torch lighter | Maung Wai Lin Tun |
Main venue | Wunna Theikdi Stadium |
Website | 2013 Southeast Asian Games |
The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (Burmese: ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ; MLCTS: 2023 Hku.hnac A.hre.taung Ahra. A:ka.ca: Pruingpwai:, pronounced [n̥ɪʔtʰàʊɴ tɪʔsʰɛ̀ θóʊɴ ṵn̥ɪʔ ʔəʃḛtàʊɴ ʔàʃa̰ ʔáka̰sá pjàɪɴpwɛ́]), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 to 22 December 2013, Around 4730 athletes from 11 participating nations competed at the games, which featured 460 events in 34 sports. The games were held from 11 to 22 December 2013.
It was the third time for Myanmar in hosting the Southeast Asian Games. The country hosted the Games in 1961 and 1969 respectively in Yangon, then capital of the country. Singapore withdrew its hosting rights due to expected delays in the completion of its new national stadium, it eventually hosted in 2015.[1][2] Nay Pyi Taw became the second city in Myanmar to host the Southeast Asian Games. The games were opened and closed by Nyan Tun, the Vice-president of Myanmar at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium.
The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Myanmar and Vietnam. Several Games and national records were broken during the games. Though there were several controversies, including the inclusion of the traditional Burmese game of chinlone as a competitive sport, the Games were generally deemed successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.[citation needed]