Athletics at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

The athletics competition at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

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

References

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