Athletics at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games
| Athletics at the XXVII SEA Games | |
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| Host city | Naypyidaw, Myanmar |
| Date(s) | December 15–19 |
| Main stadium | Wunna Theikdi Stadium |
| Events | 46 |
| Records set | 8 Games records |
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At the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, the athletics events took place in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The track and field events took place at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium. The competition lasted between December 15–19.
Thailand retained its traditional position as the nation with the most gold medals with seventeen among its 39 medals. Vietnam was comfortably the next strongest performer with ten golds in its 33-medal haul. Indonesia was third with six gold medals and a total of seventeen. The Philippines also won six golds, and its total of 13 medals was matched by Malaysia and the hosts Myanmar. Eight of the eleven participating countries reached the medal table.
A total of eight games records were bettered at the competition. Thailand provided the bulk of these performances with Jamras Rittidet (men's 110 m hurdles), Tantipong Phetchaiya (men's hammer), Peerachet Jantra (men's javelin), Sukanya Chomchuendee (women's pole vault) and Subenrat Insaeng (women's discus throw) adding themselves to the record books. Myanmar's Saw Mar Lar Nwe significantly improved her best by winning the women's 20 km walk in 1:35:03 hours – breaking the games record and improving the Burmese record by nearly seven minutes. Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung broke the men's triple jump record with his clearance of 16.67 m (54 ft 8 1⁄4 in), while Indonesia's Maria Natalia Londa managed the same feat on the women's side with 14.17 m (46 ft 5 3⁄4 in).
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