2015 Southeast Asian Games
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| Host city | Singapore | ||
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| Motto | Celebrate The Extraordinary | ||
| Nations participating | 11 | ||
| Athletes participating | 4370 | ||
| Events | 402 in 36 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | 5 June 2015 | ||
| Closing ceremony | 16 June 2015 | ||
| Officially opened by |
Tony Tan Keng Yam President of Singapore |
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| Officially closed by | Tony Tan Keng Yam President of Singapore |
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| Athlete's Oath | Lin Qingyi Netball(captain) |
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| Judge's Oath | Mohammad Azhar Yusoff Singapore's rugby referee |
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| Torch lighter | Fandi Ahmad and Irfan Fandi | ||
| Main venue | Singapore National Stadium | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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The 2015 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games (or simply 28th SEA Games), was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event hosted by the city-state of Singapore. It was the fourth time the country had hosted the games and the first time since 1993. The games was held from 5 to 16 June 2015, although several events had commenced from 29 May 2015. About 4370 athletes from 11 participated nations competed in the Games, with 402 events in 36 sports featured in the Games.
Singapore was awarded rights to host the Southeast Asian Games in 2011 after several delays from 2007, due to construction of the New National Stadium and is the fourth nation to host the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia and before Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam and Laos.
The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Singapore and Vietnam. Several Asian, SEA Games, and national records were broken during the games. Though there were several controversies, the Games were deemed generally successful with its effective management of cost spent to host the games, arrangement of public transport and games promotion and with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations by the reduction of non-Olympic sports.
Singapore's selection as the host of the 28th Southeast Asian Games of 2015 was announced in 2011 during the 26th Southeast Asian Games, held in Indonesian cities Palembang and Jakarta. Singapore had previously been nominated to host the event in 2007 and 2013, but turned down both opportunities citing costs associated with the construction of the new Singapore Sports Hub.
The Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) was formed on 28 June 2012 to oversee the staging of the event.
The 2015 Southeast Asian Games used a mix of new, existing and temporary venues. Given the city-state's compact size, most venues were pre-existing public-sporting facilities located in the suburban heartlands which were reverted to public use after the games. No major retrofitting work were done in most venues as most had been used to host major multi-disciplinary events such as the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
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