NAME : RIAN BAHTIAR CLASS : X.3

The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. On 22 May 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian peninsula attending the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization. The SEAP Games was conceptualized by Laung Sukhumnaipradit, then Vice-President of the Thailand Olympic Committee. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will help promote cooperation, understanding and relations among countries in the Southeast Asian region.
Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), Malaya (now Malaysia), Laos, South Vietnam and Cambodia (with Singapore included thereafter) were the founding members. These countries agreed to hold the Games biannually. The SEAP Games Federation Committee was formed.

Participating Countries

Nation / IOC Designation	Debuted	IOC-Code	Notes
Cambodia	1959	CAM	-
Laos (IOC designation: Lao People's Democratic Republic)	1959	LAO	-
Malaysia	1959	MAS	-
Myanmar	1959	MYA	BIR 1948–1992
Singapore	1959	SIN	-
Thailand	1959	THA	-
Vietnam (IOC designation: Viet Nam)	1959	VIE	-
Brunei (IOC designation: Brunei Darussalam)	1977	BRU	-
Indonesia	1977	INA	IHO 1952 FIFA-code IDN
Philippines	1977	PHI	-
Timor-Leste	2003	TLS	IOA 2000