The National Stadium hosted the track and field events.
Venue
National Stadium
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date
12–15 September 2001
Nations
10
← 1999
2003 →
At the 2001 SEA Games, the athletics events were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes. The track and field events were hosted at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, the marathons were held around Merdeka Square, and the racewalking events took place at Titiwangsa Lake Gardens.[1]
Seven of the ten competing nations reached the medal table. Thailand, traditionally the regional leader in athletics, was the most successful nation, winning twenty-two gold medals and forty-one in total. The Philippines and Malaysia each won eight gold medals, with the Philippines edging into second with a medal haul of 23 (one more than the hosts). Indonesia and Vietnam respectively won 22 and 17 medals overall.[2]
Three new women's events were introduced at the 21st edition of the competition: pole vault, hammer throw, and the 20 km race walk.[3] Apart from the new events, eight previous games records were beaten at the competition, as well as 29 national records.[2] Many champions from the 1999 edition of the tournament retained their titles: Arumugam Munusamy (men's 1500 metres) and Supriati Sutono (women's 5000 metres) won their third straight SEA Games titles, Juthaporn Krasaeyan had her third consecutive women's shot put and discus throw double, Loo Kum Zee won his fourth men's high jump gold, James Wong Tuck Yim took a fifth title in the men's discus and Nur Herman Majid extended his unbeaten run in the 110 metres hurdles to six titles.[3]
Thailand had a sweep of the relays and several Thai athletes won multiple gold medals. Reanchai Sriharwong and Supavadee Khawpeag did the 100/200 metres sprint double on the men's and women's sides respectively, with Khawpeag breaking the Thai records in the process.[2] Wassana Winatho won the women's 400 metres flat and hurdles, while Nattaporn Nomkanha was the men's gold medallist in the long jump and triple jump. Outside of Thailand, three other athletes topped the individual podium twice. The Philippines' Eduardo Buenavista won the 5000 m and 3000 metres steeplechase (knocking fifteen seconds off the games record in the latter). Pham Dinh Khanh Doan did a women's middle-distance double for Vietnam, while Indonesia's Supriyati Sutono improved the standards for the 5000 m and 10,000 metres, setting meet records in both.[3]
^THE VARIOUS SPORTS AND THE PROPOSED VENUE FOR THE XXI SEA GAMES 2001. KualaLumpur2001 (archived). Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
^ abcResults from ASIA 2001-27 - MALAYSIA - XXI. SEA GAMES at Kuala Lumpur / 12. – 16.09.2001 Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. Vietnam Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
^ abcSouth East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-04-06.
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