Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Events --- in 15 sports Closing ceremony 13 December 1971 | Nations participating 7 Opening ceremony 6 December 1971 | |
Officially opened by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah | ||
The 6th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 6 – 13 December 1971. In this edition of the games, host country Malaysia joined Singapore in pressuring Thailand to let the SEAP Games Federation expand to include the Philippines and Indonesia, but to no avail. Thai officials felt that such expansion would be contrary to the small family affair they had intended the games to be, and would not be in keeping with the close-neighbours spirit the games was supposed to cultivate.
Medal count
* Host nation (Malaysia)
References
1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA