The 1973 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, officially known as the 7th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Singapore from 1 to 8 September 1973 with 16 sports featured in the games. This was the first time Singapore hosted the games.

Singapore is the fourth nation to host the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand, Burma and Malaysia. The games was opened and closed by Benjamin Sheares, the President of Singapore at the Singapore National Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Singapore and neighbouring Malaysia. Several games records were broken during the games. The games was deemed generally successful, with the standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

* Host nation (Singapore)

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