Malaya at the 1961 SEAP Games

Malaya at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my (in English)
in Rangoon
Competitors	87 in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 16 Silver 24 Bronze 39 Total 79
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games appearances
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

Malaya competed in the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games held in Rangoon, Burma from 11 to 16 December 1961. It won 16 gold, 24 silver and 39 bronze medals.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	9	4	7	20	1
Badminton	2	2	1	5	2
Basketball	0	0	1	1	3
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Football	1	0	0	1	1
Shooting	0	0	2	2
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Tennis	1	2	0	3
Total	16	24	39	79	3

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
Gold	Karu Selvaratnam	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Gold	Kamaruddin Maidin	Athletics	Men's long jump
Gold	Danapal Naidu	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Gold	Ng Kah Liew	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold		Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold	Lily Tan	Athletics	Women's 80 metres hurdles
Gold	Maureen Ann Lee	Athletics	Women's long jump
Gold	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Badminton	Men's doubles
Gold	Tan Gaik Bee	Badminton	Women's singles
Gold	Malaya national football team	Football	Men's tournament
Gold	Katherine Loh	Tennis	Women's singles
Silver	Mani Jegathesan	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Silver	Ramasamy Subramaniam	Athletics	Men's 800 metres
Silver	Lily Tan	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Silver	Kuan Keng Lum	Athletics	Men's shot put
Silver	Teh Kew San	Badminton	Men's singles
Silver	Ng Boon Bee Ng Mei Ling	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Silver	Lim Heng Chek	Swimming	Men's 100 metres backstroke
Silver	Tan Song Kean	Tennis	Men's singles
Silver	S. A. Azman Tan Song Kean	Tennis	Men's doubles
Bronze	Rahim Ahmad	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
Bronze	Mohamed Abdul Rahman	Athletics	Men's 800 metres
Bronze	J. Marimutthu	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres
Bronze	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Lily Tan	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Bronze	Teh Wan Choo	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Bronze	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Malaysia national basketball team	Basketball	Men's tournament
Bronze	Ariffin Ali	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Chan Kooi Chye	Shooting	Men's small bore rifle prone
Bronze	Tang Peng Choy	Shooting	Men's three position 300 metres
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay