THE GAMES

The 24th Southeast Asian Games (also known as SEA Games) will be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from December 6 to December 16, 2007. The Thai Olympic Committee is planning the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Officials are studying the possibility of doing the events in multiple venues like what was done in Vietnam and the Philippines.

It would be the sixth time Thailand has hosted the SEA Games. Thailand had hosted the 1959 (inaugural games), 1967, 1975, 1985 and 1995 SEA Games. The 2007 games were to be hosted in Singapore, but the city-state gave up the chance in 2004 as the future SportsHub in Kallang would be still under construction.

Sports

The 2007 SEA Games will feature more than 400 events in 45 sports. The 24th edition of the games will have the highest number of sporting events in the entire history of the SEA Games, more events than the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	182	123	101	406
2	Malaysia	68	52	96	216
3	Vietnam	64	58	82	204
4	Indonesia	56	64	82	202
5	Singapore	43	43	41	127
6	Philippines	41	91	96	228
7	Myanmar	14	26	48	88
8	Laos	5	7	32	44
9	Cambodia	2	5	11	18
10	Brunei Darussalam	1	1	4	6
11	Timor Leste	0	0	0	0
Grand Total		476	470	593	1539