2001 Southeast Asian Games

XXI Southeast Asian Games

Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto	Let's Make It the Best
Nations participating	10
Athletes participating	4165
Events	391 in 32 sports
Opening ceremony	8 September
Closing ceremony	17 September
Officially opened by	King Salahuddin Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Athlete's Oath	Noraseela Mohd Khalid
Torch lighter	Daud Ibrahim
Ceremony venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Website	2001 Southeast Asian Games
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The 2001 Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 2001), officially known as the 21st Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the fifth time Malaysia host the games, and its first time since 1989. Malaysia previously also hosted the 1965 games, 1971 games and the 1977 games.

The games is the first Southeast Asian Games in the 21st Century and the 3rd millennium. It was held from 8 to 17 September 2001, although several events had commenced from 1 September 2001. Around 4165 athletes participated at the event, which featured 391 events in 32 sports. It was opened by Salahuddin, the King of Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

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

Development and preparation[]

The Kuala Lumpur 21st SEA Games Organizing Committee (KULSOC) was formed to oversee the staging of the event.

Kuala Lumpur

Selangor

Johor

Negeri Sembilan

Penang

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2001 Southeast Asian Games host states

Venues[]

The 2001 Southeast Asian Games used a mix of new, existing and temporary venues. Most venues were pre-existing public-sporting facilities which were reverted to public use after the games. No major retrofitting work were done in most venues as most had been used to host major multi-disciplinary events such as the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

At the centrepiece of the activities was the Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex. Incorporating the new 87,411-seat national stadium, it hosted most of the events.

A games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in hotels across Peninsular Malaysia. Besides being physically near to the sport venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to all the states and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.

The 21st Southeast Asian Games had 39 venues for the games. 19 in Kuala Lumpur, 10 in Selangor, 4 in Johor and 3 each in Negeri Sembilan and Penang respectively.^[2]

Torch relay[]

The 21st SEA Games torch relay ran from 10 March 2001 to 8 September 2001, covering a distance of 7,884 km. The run began in Labuan followed by Sabah and Sarawak. In the peninsular, it started in Langkawi and passed through 12 states before it ended in Kuala Lumpur. The last leg of the run covered approximately 15 km, from Merdeka Square to Bukit Jalil National Stadium.^[3][4][5]

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2001 Southeast Asian Games torch relay route.

10–11 March 01.Labuan 12–23 March 02.Sabah 24 March–April 4 03.Sarawak 4–6 April 04.Kedah (Langkawi) 7–11 April 05.Perlis

12–23 April 06.Kedah (Mainland) 24 April–May 6 07.Penang 7–24 May 08.Perak 25 May–June 8 09.Kelantan 9–23 June 10.Terengganu

24 June–July 9 11.Pahang 10–26 July 12.Johor 27–31 July 13.Malacca 1–7 August 14.Negeri Sembilan 8–26 August 15.Selangor 27 August–September 7 16.Kuala Lumpur (host city)

Marketing[]

Logo and mascot[]

Si Tumas, the squirrel, the official mascot

The logo of the 2001 Southeast Asian Games is an image of a flame.^[6] The official mascot of the 2001 Southeast Asian Games is a squirrel named Si Tumas, short form for Tupai Emas (Golden squirrel).^[7][8]

Songs[]

The theme song of the games is "In Glory We Celebrate (The SEA Games - 2001)", composed by Helen Yap from Magic Nova Productions with lyrics written in English by Tom Leng and lyrics written in Malay by Loloq, and was sung by Lynn Ali.^[9][10][11] A campaign song of the games was composed by Jaafar Abdul Rahman Idris with lyrics written by Dato Mokhzani Ismail and was sung by Adibah Noor.^[12]

Sponsors[]

A total of 26 sponsors, comprising 4 Official Partners, 8 Main Sponsors and 14 Official Sponsors sponsored the games.^[1]

The games[]

Opening ceremony.

Closing ceremony[]

Cultural presentation of Vietnam, host of the 2003 edition

The closing ceremony took place on 17 September 2001 in a rainy night with the theme: ASEAN, a time to celebrate (ASEAN: Masa untuk merayakan). It was attended by 100,000 audiences who managed to get into the stadium and take their seats. The ceremony begins with the performance of local celebrities including Erra Fazira and Ziana Zain.

After that, a group of paratroopers descended on the field of the stadium with the flags of the 10 participating nations of the games accompanied with the song "Jalur Gemilang" performed by a choir group. The athletes of the participating nations then paraded into the stadium by order of sports competed at the games and received warm welcome by the audience in the stadium. The order began with the aquatics, followed by archery, athletics and other sports.

The ceremony then continues with the performance of "Citrawarna Malaysia', performed by 300 dancers and 50 drum players that rocks the stadium with the rhythmic beat that reflects the diversity of the song rhythm and the traditional dances of the multi-racial society in Malaysia. Later, Mohd Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil, the Malaysian Equestrian rider was declared the Best Sportsman of the games, while the Thai Athletics sprinter Supavadee Khawpeag was declared the Best Sportswoman of the games.

After Prime minister Mahathir Mohammad declared the games closed, the Southeast Asian Games Federation flag was lowered and the flame of the cauldron was extinguished. The president of the Southeast Asian Games Federation and the president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, Tan Sri Tunku Muda Serting Imran then handed over the games flag and the baton to the president of the Vietnam Olympic Committee and the Minister of Sports, Nguyen Danh Thai, a symbol of the SEA Games responsibilities being officially handed over to Vietnam, host of the 2003 Southeast Asian Games. The national anthem of Vietnam was played as the National Flag of Vietnam was raised. After that, an 11-minute Vietnam segment performance titled "Welcome to Vietnam" was performed by Vietnamese female dancers carrying a giant red flag with them. The performance was divided into three parts. The ceremony concludes with a Malaysian farewell segment performance in which the firework simultaneously released into the sky with 21 mountaineers fall from the roof using the ropes attached to them and distribute gifts to some lucky audiences while the balloons and colourful papers were spread into the air. A special concert was then held by popular artistes like Siti Nurhaliza, Erra Fazira, Sheila Majid and Amy of Search.^{[13][15][16][17][18]}

Participating nations[]

Sports[]

Calendar[]

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

September	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat	9 Sun	10 Mon	11 Tue	12 Wed	13 Thu	14 Fri	15 Sat	16 Sun	17 Mon	Events
Ceremonies								OC									CC	N/A
Archery											●	●		2	2			4
Athletics												10	12	12	12			46
Badminton									●	●	2	●	●	●	5			7
Basketball									●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
									2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1		10
										2	2	2	2	●	4			12
Boxing									●	●	●		●	●		11		11
									2	4	6	2	●	2	2	2		20
Diving														4	4			8
								1	●	1	1	1		1	●	●	2	7
Fencing										2	2	1						5
										●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Football	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Golf										●	●	●	2		●	2		4
Gymnastics								2	2	●		10		●	●	6		20
Judo													5	5	4			14
Karate									6	7	6							19
												●	●	●	2	4		6
Netball										●	●	●		1				1
											●	3	8	10				21
												2	●	2	2			6
Rowing										●	4	●	4					8
									1	4	●	4		●	4			13
									●	●	●	1	●	●	2			3
								10	4	4	4	4	4	6				36
Squash										●	●	2	●	●	2			4
Swimming									6	7	6	6	7					32
Synchronised swimming																1	1	2
Table tennis									●	●	2		●	2	1	2		7
Taekwondo									7	5	4							16
Tennis									●	●	●	2		●	2	3		7
									●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Water polo											●	●	●	●	1			1
Weightlifting											3	3	3	4				13
Wushu									●	●	20							20
Daily medal events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	30	37	63	55	48	53	52	37	3	391
Cumulative total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	43	80	143	198	246	299	351	388	391
September	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat	9 Sun	10 Mon	11 Tue	12 Wed	13 Thu	14 Fri	15 Sat	16 Sun	17 Mon	Total events

Medal table[]

A total of 1280 medals comprising 392 gold medals, 390 silver medals and 498 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The Host Malaysia's performance was their best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games History and emerged as overall champion of the games.^{[19][20][21][22]}

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)*	111	75	85	271
2	(THA)	103	86	89	278
3	(INA)	72	74	80	226
4	(VIE)	33	35	64	132
5	Philippines (PHI)	30	66	67	163
6	(SIN)	22	31	42	95
7	(MYA)	19	14	53	86
8	Laos (LAO)	1	3	7	11
9	Cambodia (CAM)	1	1	5	7
10	(BRU)	0	5	6	11
Totals (10 nations)		392	390	498	1280

See also[]

• 2001 ASEAN Para Games

References[]

External links[]

• "2001 Southeast Asian Games Official Website". 7 December 2001. Archived from the original on 7 December 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
• Unofficial games site
• Utusan Malaysia Special Coverage Page on the games