Southeast Asian Games

The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia. It is regulated by the Southeast Asian Games Federation under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia, and is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia, alongside the South Asian, West Asian, East Asian and Central Asian Games. It grew out of the South East Asian Peninsular Games, or SEAP Games, conceived after delegates attending the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo agreed to set up a regional sports organization, an idea put forward by Luang Sukhum Nayapradit of the Thailand Olympic Committee. The first SEAP Games were held in Bangkok in December 1959, with athletes and officials from six countries competing in twelve sports.