11hb
November hingga 22hb November, 2011.
Flag Handing over Ceremony
Taking the Oath ceremony
Hello, Pertandingan akhir Bolasepak SEA
Games ke 26 diantara Malaysia dan Indonesia malam ini di Gelora Bung Karno
Stadium, mana patut kita diberi lebih kurang 100 tiket sahaja, sementara
penyokong dan penonton Indonesia dianggarkan 100,000 orang. Walau bagaimana
pun, pastikan penonton kita dijamin keselamatan mereka, Saya yakin dan percaya
Malaysia akan menang.
Malaysian Gold medal in Archery
Malaysian Gold Medal in Cycling
SEA Games 26th Indonesia, CDM's brief report
The
26th SEA Games was held in Indonesia from 11th to 22nd
November 2011 at three main cities, Palembang, the Host City, Jakarta, and West
Java, the supporting cities. There was a
total of 43 sports with 5 disciplines in Aquatics, 3 disciplines in Cycling, 2
disciplines of Gymnastics and 2 disciplines in Volleyball. The 43 sports
comprised a total of 554 events.
All
the 11 member NOCs of the SEA Games participated in the 26th SEA
Games with a total of 5,219 athletes,
2,445 team officials, and 192 extra team official. Indonesia had the largest
contingent with 1.091 athletes, 542 team officials and 103 extra team
officials, while Brunei Darussalam has the smallest contingent with 64 athletes
and 41 team officials.
The
Malaysian Contingent comprised 372 male athletes and 235 female athletes making
a total of 607athletes, out of which 352 athletes are in Category A and 255 are
in Category B, 196 male officials and 19 female officials making a total of 215 team officials (excluding CDM and
supporting staff), out of which 139
officials are in Category A and 70 are in Category B. Tragedy struck the
Malaysian contingent on the 9th November,2011 at 6 pm Malaysian time as one of
the officials, Harun Osman, passed away after a heart attack. He was on duty at
the airport in Palembang welcoming the
Malaysian delegates when he collapsed.
It was later confirmed that he had suffered a heart attack.
The
Contingent won 59 gold medals, 50
silver medals and 81 bronze medals to finish in 4th position based
on gold medal tally, surpassing both the NSC’s target of 45 gold medals, OCM’s
target of 55 gold medals and one short of the NSAs’ target of 60 gold
medals. The performance of the
Malaysian Contingent was truly outstanding.
Out
of the 39 sports, the Malaysian Contingent participated in, 13 sports won gold
medals. The four disciplines of Aquatics, namely Diving won 7 gold medals,
Synchronized Swimming won 5 gold medals, Swimming won 5 gold medals and Open
Water Swimming won 2 gold medals. Track
Cycling won 7 gold medals, Athletics won 6 gold medals and Tenpin Bowling won 5
gold medals were also very outstanding.
Karate with 4 gold medals, Water Ski with 4 gold medals, Pencak Silat
and Wushu, each winning 3 gold medals, Archery, Fencing and Shooting each
winning 2 gold medals, with Football and Snooker each winning 1 gold medal
each, were the other outstanding sports.
8 other sports won silver and bronze medals, while 10 sports won bronze
medals only.
In
total, 31 sports out of the 39 sports won medals at the 26th SEA
Games.
The 8
sports that did not win any medals are Baseball, Bridge, Shorinji Kempo,
Softball, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Tennis, Baseball, Shorinji Kempo, Softball
(men’s & women’s team) and Water Polo (men’s & women’s teams). All the above except for the Women’s Water
Polo participated under Category B.
Sports which Malaysia did not participate were: Fin Swimming
(Palembang), Soft Tennis (Palembang), Traditional Boat Race (West Java),
Vovinam (Jakarta) and Wrestling (Palembang).
With
the Malaysia Contingent split into two almost equal size, one based in
Palembang (appendix 2) and the other in Jakarta (appendix 1), the management of
the Contingent was also split into two divisions. Myself was the Chef de Mission
based in Jakarta, while Y Bhg Dato’ Syed Mustaffa Syed Ali was the Deputy Chef de Mission, based in
Palembang. Both me and the Deputy Chef
de Mission were supported by our respective Secretariat comprising officers
from OCM, MSN, ISN and NSAs. Overall, both divisions were well managed, as the
members of the Secretariat are very experienced, who carried out their duties
and responsibilities with a high standard.
The Team Managers of all the 38 sports and disciplines also performed
their duties well, sometimes under quite challenging situations. There were no case of indiscipline or any
mischievous or in appropriate behavior.
Datuk
Naim Mohamad
Chef
de Mission
26th
Indonesian Sea Games
23rd
December,2011.
