Athletics at the 1959 SEAP Games

Athletics at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Dates	12−17 December 1959
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The athletics competition at the 1959 SEAP Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Suthi Manyakass  Thailand	10.4
200 metres	Ratana Supradita  Thailand	27.6
400 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram  Thailand	50.3
800 metres	Somsakdi Tongaram  Thailand	2:00.5
1500 metres	Pluadprong  Thailand	4:09.3
5000 metres	Ah Phu  Burma	15:50.5
10,000 metres	Somnuek Srisombati  Thailand	35:07.8
110 m hurdles	Wong Fey Wan  Singapore	15.4
400 m hurdles	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	54.9
4×100 m relay	Thailand (THA)	42.4
4×400 m relay	Thailand (THA)	3:24.8
50 km walk	K. Thiruma  Thailand	5:02:41
High jump	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	1.88 m
Pole vault	Pal Singh  Singapore	3.82 m
Long jump	Kamaruddin Maidin  Malaya	6.74 m
Triple jump	Tan Eng Yoon  Singapore	14.86 m
Shot put	Saengnern  Thailand	12.21 m
Discus throw	Naw Phaha  Burma	32.68 m
Javelin throw	Poltorn Samphao  Thailand	53.85 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmen Koelmeyer  Malaya	13.1
200 metres	Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen  Thailand	23.65
80 m hurdles	Gracie Car  Burma	12.7
4×100 m relay	Thailand (THA)	52.2
High jump	Myint Myint Aye  Burma	1.43 m
Long jump	Maureen Ann Lee  Malaya	5.09 m
Shot put	Kusolwan Saracha  Thailand	9.56 m
Discus throw	Poonsri Songpia  Thailand	31.66 m
Javelin throw	Khin Khin Htwe  Thailand	34.84 m

1959's Total Medals

Country G S B T

THA 14 10 8 32

MYA 5 6 8 19

MAS 4 10 4 18

SIN 4 2 4 10

VIE 0 0 1 1

References

• http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/seag.htm