2015 SEA Games

The 2015 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or the 28th SEA Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2015, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held by the city-state of Singapore from 5 to 16 June 2015, It was the fourth time the country hosted the games. Singapore had previously also hosted the games in 1973, 1983 and the 1993 editions.

XXVIII Southeast Asian Games
Host citySingapore
MottoCelebrate the Extraordinary
Nations11
Athletes4370
Events402 in 36 sports
Opening5 June 2015
Closing16 June 2015
Opened byTony Tan
President of Singapore
Athlete's OathLin Qingyi
Judge's OathMohammad Azhar Yusoff
Torch lighterFandi Ahmad and Irfan Fandi Ahmad
Main venueSingapore National Stadium
Website2015 Southeast Asian Games

Singapore was awarded rights to host the Southeast Asian Games in 2011. The games were held from 5 to 16 June 2015, although several events had commenced from 29 May 2015. Around 4370 athletes participated at the event, which featured 402 events in 36 sports. It was opened by Tony Tan Keng Yam, the President of Singapore at the aforementioned stadium.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand, which won the most gold medals, followed by host Singapore which won the most medals overall. Several Games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed as one of the most successful Southeast Asian games ever hosted with its effective management of cost spent to host the games and well-organised arrangement of public transport by Singapore, as well as the huge effort to promote the games which helped raise the standards of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

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