2003 Southeast Asian Games

22nd Southeast Asian Games

Motto	Solidarity, Cooperation for Peace and Development
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

Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh City

2003 Southeast Asian Games host cities

Venues

The 22nd Southeast Asian Games had 44 venues for the games. 28 in Hanoi and 16 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Marketing

Logo and mascot

Trau Vang, a golden buffalo is the official mascot of the games.

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

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

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
Ceremonies							OC								CC
Archery
Athletics
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)

2003 Southeast Asian Games medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

• 2003 ASEAN Para Games

References

External links

• Medal Tally
• Official Website retrieved using Wayback Machine.