2003 Southeast Asian Games
Motto | Solidarity, Cooperation for Peace and Development | ||
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Nations participating | 11 | ||
Athletes participating | 5000+ | ||
Events | 42 sports | ||
Opening ceremony | 5 December 2003 | ||
Closing ceremony | 13 December 2003 | ||
Officially opened by |
Phan Văn Khải Prime Minister of Vietnam | ||
Athlete's Oath | Nguyễn Mạnh Tường | ||
Judge's Oath | Hoàng Xuân Vinh | ||
Torch lighter |
Nguyễn Thúy Hiền (Wushu) | ||
Ceremony venue | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi | ||
Website | 2003 Southeast Asian Games | ||
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The 2003 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2003) was a multi-sport event held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5–13 December 2003 with 42 sports and disciplines featured in the games. The games were opened by Vietnamese prime minister Phan Văn Khải in the newly constructed Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi. The games torch was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu. It was the first time in history Vietnam hosted the Southeast Asian Games, the first time Southeast Asian games venues were assigned into two cities namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the first time Timor-Leste participated in the Southeast Asian Games under the name United Nations East Timor.
Vietnam is the seventh nation to host the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei.
The final medal tally was led by host Vietnam, followed by Thailand and Indonesia. Several Asian, games and national records were broken during the games. With little or no controversies at all, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standards of competition amongst the Southeast Asian Nations.
Organisation
Venues
The 22nd Southeast Asian Games had 44 venues for the games. 28 in Hanoi and 16 in Ho Chi Minh City.
City | Competition Venue | Sports |
Hanoi | National Sports Complex | |
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My Dinh National Stadium |
Athletics, Football | |
My Dinh Aquatics Centre | Swimming, Diving, Finswimming, Water polo | |
Other | ||
West Lake | Canoeing, Rowing, Dragon boat | |
Hanoi National Sports Training Centre No. 1 | Archery, Shooting | |
Trịnh Hoài Đức Gymnasium | Wushu | |
Cầu Giấy District Gymnasium | Fencing | |
Quần Ngựa Sports Palace | Gymnastics | |
Gia Lâm Gymnasium | Karate | |
Sóc Sơn Gymnasium | Weightlifting | |
Hai Bà Trưng Gymnasium | Sepak takraw | |
Hoàn Kiếm Lake | Cycling | |
Hang Day Stadium | ||
Ha Noi - Ha Tay - Hoa Binh | ||
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City | ||
Hanoi - Bac Ninh - Hoa Binh | ||
C500 Sporting Event Hall | ||
Ha Tay Competition Hall | ||
Lach Tray Stadium | ||
Hai Phong - Ho Chi Minh City | ||
Phu Tho Competition House | ||
Nam Dinh Competition Hall | ||
Thien Truong Stadium | ||
Nam Dinh - Ninh Binh | ||
Ninh Binh Competition Hall | ||
Vinh Phuc Competition Hall | ||
Hai Duong Competition Hall | ||
Ho Chi Minh City | Tân Bình Gymnasium | Badminton |
Army Gymnasium | Basketball | |
Phan Đình Phùng Gymnasium | Boxing | |
Lãnh Bình Thăng Gymnasium | Judo | |
Phú Thọ Gymnasium | Taekwondo | |
Lan Anh Gymnasium | Tennis | |
Nguyễn Du Gymnasium | Billiards and Snooker | |
Bến Thành Theatre | Bodybuilding | |
4th District Gymnasium | Chess | |
Thống Nhất Stadium | Football | |
Ky Hoa physical training & Sporting Center - District 10 | ||
Van Don Sports Center | ||
Lan Ahn Club | ||
Nguyen Du Sports Center | ||
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City | ||
Hai Phong - Ho Chi Minh City |
Marketing
Logo and mascot
The logo of the 2003 Southeast Asian Games is a stylisation of a legendary bird named "Chim Lac". Designed by Artist Nguyen Chi Long, it depicts the bird decorated the Ngoc Lu bronze drum, a typical antiquity of the ancient Dong Son Vietnamese culture. The Emblem is composed of harmonious and strong curves, creating a feeling of movement and strength which causes a sense of motion upwards to the Olympic Spirit: "Faster, Higher and Stronger". The 5 lines of colours represents the tough and drastic competition in sports. The 10 intersecting circles, the symbol of the South East Asian Sport Federation, are to emphasise the solidarity, friendship and nobility, which are highly esteemed by Vietnam - the host country of the 22nd SEA Games.[1]
Designed by artist Nguyen Thai Hung, the mascot of the 2003 Southeast Asian Games is a golden water buffalo named Trâu Vàng. Described as a gentle, industrious, wise, faithful and harmonious animal in nature, the buffalo has become synonymous with the water and rice civilisation that is so important in Vietnam, as well as in other Southeast Asian countries. To the Vietnamese people, the Golden Buffalo symbolises a desire for abundant harvest, prosperity, happiness, power and the Vietnamese martial spirit as well as open–heartedness, joy and hospitality of the host country.[2]
Songs
The games' hymn was "For the World of Tomorrow". It was composed by Nguyen Quang Vinh.[3]
Sponsors
Official Partners Official Fuel Sponsor Official Product
Official Nutritional Drink Official Torch Sponsor Official Beer
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Official Sponsor
Official Airlines Official Product
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Official Express and Logistics Solutions Partner Official Sport Drink
Official Gas Supplier Official Insurance
Official Drink
Sponsor
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The games
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 5 December 2003 at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi at 20:00 pm (VST) where the Vietnamese prime minister Phan Van Khai declare opened the games and the games torch was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu. The opening ceremony begins with the parachutes bringing flags of 11 participating nations and the parade of athletes from 11 participating nations. The opening ceremony was divided into chapters namely, Chapter 1: "Land of Dragons and Fairies", Chapter 2: "Cooperation for Peace" and Chapter 3: "ASEAN solidarity towards the future". The ceremony concludes with the official theme of the 22nd SEA Games "For the World of Tomorrow" performed by 11 pairs of male and female singers and the display of colourful fireworks.
Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony was held on 13 December 2003 at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi at 20:00 pm (VST) where the Southeast Asian Games hosting rights was handed over to Philippines, host of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.
Participating nations
Sports
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¹ - not an official Olympic Sport
² - sport played only in the SEA Games
³ - not a traditional Olympic nor SEA Games Sport and introduced only by the host country.
Calendar
OC | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medals | CC | Closing ceremony |
November / December | 29 Sat |
30 Sun |
1 Mon |
2 Tue |
3 Wed |
4 Thu |
5 Fri |
6 Sat |
7 Sun |
8 Mon |
9 Tue |
10 Wed |
11 Thu |
12 Fri |
13 Sat |
14 Sun |
Gold medals |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||||||||||||
Archery | |||||||||||||||||
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Badminton | |||||||||||||||||
Basketball | |||||||||||||||||
Billiards & snooker | |||||||||||||||||
Boxing | |||||||||||||||||
Canoeing | |||||||||||||||||
Chess | |||||||||||||||||
Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
Fin swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Football | |||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Handball | |||||||||||||||||
Judo | |||||||||||||||||
Karate | |||||||||||||||||
Pencak silat | |||||||||||||||||
Pétanque | |||||||||||||||||
Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Shuttle cock | |||||||||||||||||
Sepaktakraw | |||||||||||||||||
Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||
Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||
Tennis | |||||||||||||||||
Traditional boat race | |||||||||||||||||
Volleyball | |||||||||||||||||
Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Wushu | |||||||||||||||||
Total gold medals | |||||||||||||||||
Cumulative total | |||||||||||||||||
November / December | 29 Sat |
30 Sun |
1 Mon |
2 Tue |
3 Wed |
4 Thu |
5 Fri |
6 Sat |
7 Sun |
8 Mon |
9 Tue |
10 Wed |
11 Thu |
12 Fri |
13 Sat |
14 Sun |
Gold medals |
Medal Table
A total of 1440 medals, comprising 444 gold medals, 441 silver medals and 555 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Vietnam performance was the best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games history and emerged as overall champion of the games.[5]
- Key
* Host nation (Vietnam)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Vietnam (VIE)* | 158 | 97 | 91 | 346 |
2 | Thailand (THA) | 90 | 93 | 98 | 281 |
3 | Indonesia (INA) | 55 | 68 | 98 | 221 |
4 | Philippines (PHI) | 48 | 54 | 75 | 177 |
5 | Malaysia (MAS) | 44 | 42 | 59 | 145 |
6 | Singapore (SIN) | 30 | 33 | 50 | 113 |
7 | Myanmar (MYA) | 16 | 43 | 50 | 109 |
8 | Laos (LAO) | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 |
9 | Cambodia (CAM) | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
10 | Brunei (BRU) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
11 | Timor-Leste (TLS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total (11 NOCs) | 444 | 441 | 555 | 1440 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Logo at the Official Website of the games". 2003 Southeast Asian Games. April 15, 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Mascot at the Official Website of the games". 2003 Southeast Asian Games. April 15, 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Hymn at the Official Website of the games". 2003 Southeast Asian Games. April 15, 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Sponsor List at the official website of the games". 13 May 2004. Archived from the original on 13 May 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ↑ "Memories of the 22nd SEA Games - 2003: Great Spur!". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
External links
- Medal Tally
- Official Website retrieved using Wayback Machine.
Preceded by 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Southeast Asian Games | Succeeded by 2005 multiple venues, Philippines |