XXVI Southeast Asian Games

Host city	Jakarta andPalembang,Indonesia
Motto	United and Rising (Indonesian:Bersatu dan Bangkit)
Nations	11
Athletes	5,965
Events	545 in 44 sports
Opening	11 November 2011
Closing	22 November 2011[1]
Opened by	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Indonesia
Athlete's Oath	Dedeh Erawati
Judge's Oath	Eko Sunarto
Torch lighter	Susi Susanti
Ceremony venue	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
Website	2011 Southeast Asian Games
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The2011 Southeast Asian Games, (Indonesian:Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the26th Southeast Asian Games, or the26th SEA Games, and commonly known asJakarta-Palembang 2011, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from 11 to 22 November 2011 inJakarta andPalembang, Indonesia.^[2] It was Indonesia's fourth time to host the Southeast Asian Games, and its first since1997. Previously, Indonesia also hosted in1979 and1987. The capital city ofJakarta hosted all three of the previous Games prior to this. Palembang became the third SEA Games non-capital host city, afterChiang Mai (1995) andNakhon Ratchasima (2007), both inThailand. Around 5,965 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games which featured 545 events in 44 sports.

The Games were held from 11 to 22 November 2011, although several events had commenced from 3 November 2011. The Games were opened bySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono, thePresident of Indonesia at theGelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang.

The final medal tally was led by hostIndonesia, followed byThailand andVietnam, whileTimor-Leste won its first ever Southeast Asian Games gold medal. Several Games and national records were broken during the games. Although there were several controversies, the Games were deemed generally successful with its promotion for conservative effort on endangered fauna species namely thekomodo dragon through the mascot and with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.

Palembang

Jakarta

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Co-hosts of 2011 Southeast Asian Games

Palembang, the capital city ofSouth Sumatra was the main host of the games,^[3][4] while the nation's capitalJakarta was the co-host.^[5][6]As the main host,Palembang only held 22 of 42 sports, the rest was held by the co-host city. Palembang also hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.^[7]

Initially, the government had named four provinces as candidates to host the SEA Games 2011, namely Jakarta,West Java,Central Java, and South Sumatra. However this idea has been discarded and hosting rights was granted to only two provinces, Jakarta and South Sumatra. PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono had suggested that this could simplify hosting and organization while reducing costs.^[8]

INASOC was the organising body for the games. The President of INASOC wasRita Subowo, who is also the then-President of theIndonesia Olympic Committee, with Rahmat Gobel, an entrepreneur and the President of Panasonic Gobel Indonesia, its director-general.^[9][10] The Indonesiangovernment budget of 2010 gave a total of 350 billionrupiahs (≈US$38.7 million) for the games, while the budget of 2011 gave a total of 2.1 trillion rupiahs (≈US$230 million).^[11] According to theIndonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Andi Mallarangeng, the government of Indonesia added 1 trillion rupiahs (± US$110 million) from the government budget for the games, including 600 billion from the budget for the education sector and funds from sponsorship.^[12] The government ofSouth Sumatra declared its commitment to incorporate eco-policies with the games.^[13] All venues during the games are smoke-free.^[14]Palembang, as the first city outsideJakarta to host the SEA Games, faced some environmental problems due to development for the games.^[15]

Venues in Palembang^[16]

Venues in Jakarta^[16]

Venues in West Java (Including Greater Jakarta)

Athletes' villageLocated near Palembang, Jakabaring was the athletes' village (wisma atlet) during the games. It covered an area of more than 45,000 square metres. It is located in front of Jakabaring Stadium (Gelora Sriwijaya).

To prepare for athletes, officials and visitors during the games, several significant changes are being done in both host cities. Palembang doubled the size of itsSultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport.^[17] Nowadays, the airport is served by only seven airlines and served only three otherASEAN countries:Singapore,Malaysia andThailand. INASOC improved the number of flights, especially connecting flights from Jakarta and Singapore to Palembang and also eased charter flights from other SEA Games participating countries.^[18] TheSouth Sumatran Office of Transportation, Communication and Information provided a total of 40buses, 100midibuses, 300minibuses and 100 motorcycles for the athletes, officials and journalists.^[19] Besides, abus rapid transit system, Trans Musi, served Palembang and surrounding regencies of Ogan Ilir andBanyuasin.

On 31 December 2010, Jakarta's bus rapid transit system,TransJakarta, opened its newest two corridors, Corridor 9 and 10, to serve the games.

Concerning traffic jams in Jakarta, police blocked trucks from the inner city toll road between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm. Only shuttle buses with certain stickers for the games were allowed to enter the games' two main venues.^[20]

The official countdown to the games' opening ceremony started since 11 November 2010, marking a year before the games. The countdown clock is located nearby theAmpera Bridge, the landmark ofPalembang.^[21]

Three hundred days before the opening ceremony, a special event showing Indonesian art performances and featuring a number of Indonesian famous celebrity was held at Teater Tanah Airku,Taman Mini Indonesia Indah,Jakarta. During the event, the official logo of the games was launched publicly.^[22] On 10 November 2010 in Palembang, Indonesian Minister of Sport and Youth begin a year countdown to SEA Games opening.^[23]

A torch relay was held; the flame for SEA Games was taken from DesaMrapen,Purwodadi in the province ofCentral Java.^{[clarification needed]} The flame from Merapen was also used for2008 Asian Beach Games and1997 Southeast Asian Games torch relays. The relay started inPurwodadi and arrived inPalembang on 11 November 2011. It traveled through several Indonesian provinces before it followed the route across 15South Sumatran regencies. The torch was passed from 6 to 11 November throughBorobudur,Yogyakarta,Semarang,Komodo Island andKupang,Jayapura,Makassar,Balikpapan andSamarinda,Jakarta, and finished in Palembang, South Sumatera.^[24] The journey involved 45 torchbearers for every single leg of the relay.^[25][26]

The official logo of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games is aGaruda image, which also thenational symbol of Indonesia. The logo that depicts the philosophy of "Garuda flight above Indonesian nature".^[27][28] Physical appearance of Garuda represents strength, while its wings epitomises glory and splendor. The upper green strokes symbolise the islands, forests, and mountainous terrain of the Indonesian archipelago, while the blue strokes epitomises the vastNusantara ocean which unifies differences. Land and water orTanah Air inIndonesian means homeland. The red strokes represent courage, zeal, and burning passion to give the best for the country.^[29] This logo was introduced during SEA Games Preparation Ministerial Meeting inJakarta, 3 December 2010,^[30] and launched to the public in a celebration of 300 days before the opening ceremony, 15 January 2011 at Teater Tanah Airku,Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.^[31]

The officialmascots of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games are a pair ofKomodo dragons namedModo andModi.^[32] Modo is a male Komodo dragon wearing a blue traditional Indonesian costume and abatiksarong, while Modi is a female Komodo dragon wearing a redkebaya with a batiksash and pants. Themascots were adopted from Komodo dragons, anendemicIndonesian fauna native toKomodo,Rinca, and Padar islands inEast Nusa Tenggara. The mascots were introduced and launched 200 days before the SEA Games XXVI, on Monday 25 April 2011 in three places: inJakarta, Tanah Airku Theatre inTaman Mini Indonesia Indah andSelamat Datang Monument inCentral Jakarta.^[33] "Modo" is a short name for Komodo, while "Modo-Modi" is a modified spelling ofMuda-Mudi which means "youth" inIndonesian language, derived frompemuda (male youth) andpemudi (female youth).

Previously, the government ofPalembang had chosen theSumatran elephant as the mascot through an open contest, but there was a suggestion from PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono and theNational Sports Committee of Indonesia to userajawali instead.^[34] The rajawali is an Indonesian hawk. Then both Sumatran elephants andJavan hawk-eagles were discarded in favour of Komodo dragons. The choosing of Komodo dragons for the Games' mascots was in line with an Indonesian effort to promoteKomodo National Park as aNew7Wonders of Nature candidate.

The 2011Southeast Asian Games' first theme song, "Ayo Indonesia Bisa" (Come on, Indonesia, you can) was composed byYovie Widianto and sung by vocalistEllo featuringSherina Munaf duet vocalist pop music soloist, was the official theme anthem of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. The second theme song "Kita Bisa" (We Can) was composed byYovie Widianto and sung byDudi Nuno,Dikta Nuno,Ello,Judika,Terry,Astrid andLala Karmela (credited as Yovie and Friends). A music video of the second theme song, featuring the singers andIndonesian athletes and accompanied by the Victorian Phillaharmonic Orchestra was also released. At the closing ceremony, the song "Kita Bisa" was played just after the torch was extinguished.

The official theme song of the opening ceremony "Together We Will Shine" composed byAddie MS andJozef Cleber was performed at the opening ceremony byAgnes Monica fromIndonesia,Jaclyn Victor fromMalaysia, andKC Concepcion fromPhilippines.^[35][36]

On 10 November 2011 (a day before opening ceremony) the Sea Games torch flame ceremony was held alongMusi River in front of Kuto Besak fort. The opening ceremony officially began at 7:00 pm on 11 November 2011 in Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium. The date was chosen because its unique numbers of the date 11 November 2011 (11.11.11). The main event of opening ceremony with musical and dance performances and also parade of athletes of participating nations, were held inGelora Sriwijaya Stadium.

The 26th SEA Games opening ceremony in Palembang was the first SEA Games to utilise spider camera, largeLED screen andlarge-format projection technology provided by Australian-based Electric Canvas.^[38] The mass dance performance featured "The Glory ofSrivijaya" as the theme.^[39][40]

Indra Yudhistira directed and concepted the opening ceremony with assistance by music director,Erwin Gutawa and choreographers such asAri Tulang,Deddy Pudja,Hartati, andAlex Hassim, as well as percussionistAde Rudiana. The Games' theme song,Together We'll Shine was sung by three Southeast Asian female singers, dubbed as Southeast Asian divas,Agnes Monica ofIndonesia,Jaclyn Victor ofMalaysia andKC Concepcion of thePhilippines.^[41] Numerous other Indonesian singers was also given the spotlight during the ceremony. Unlike other opening ceremonies of previous games, Palembang presented anartistic vehicle parade and breathtaking theatrics in the lighting of theflame.^[42] The artistic vehicles represented the participating nations and featuring famous symbols andlandmarks of each nations, such asKomodo andBorobudur float representing Indonesia,Wat Phra Kaewchedi andgiant's head representing Thailand,Petronas Towers andPutra Mosque representing Malaysia, andAngkorBayon temple representing Cambodia. The national floats were leading in front of parading athletes of each respected countries. The parading athletes were accompanied by the traditionalIndonesian musics from distinct archipelagic regions.

The eternal flame fromMrapen entered the stadium as a continuation of the Palembang torch relay leg from the outside. The Southeast Asian Games torch was relayed around the stadium by 4 athletes, and was finally passed on toSusi Susanti,1992 Summer Olympics gold medalist inBadminton. Susi Susanti was later suspended by wires, carrying the torch and appeared to run horizontally along the stadium started from the ancient Srivijaya junk to the cauldron and attempted to light the flame with the torch but failed. But fortunately though, at the final moment, a spotlight revealed the final resting place of the Southeast Asian Games flame, which had appeared during the torch run. A colossal torch situated at the top of the stadium was lit by a proportionately large Constructor. The 2011Southeast Asian Games's second official theme song "Kita Bisa", composed byAddie MS, with lyrics byJozef Cleber, was performed in the opening ceremony byDudi Oris,Pradikta Wicaksono,Ello,Judika Nalon Abadi Sihotang,Terryana Fatiah,Astrid Sartiasari andLala Karmela, accompanied byVictorian Philharmonic Orchestra.

The closing ceremony was held on 22 November 2011 atGelora Sriwijaya Stadium. During the closing ceremony, Indonesia, the hosts and the overall champions of the games, passed the SEA Games Federation flag to Myanmar, the host of thenext edition of the games.Lala Karmela performed theSoutheast Asian Games song "Kita Bisa" just after the torch was extinguished.

The 2011 Southeast Asian Games featured 545 events in 44 sports and disciplines, in which two of them are demonstration sports.^[50]

During the SEA Games Federation Council Meeting in Hotel Mulia, Jakarta, in May 2010, the SEAGF Sports and Rules Committee proposed three categories of sports to be competed during the Games. The meeting also saw an increase of the number of sports to be competed, such as paragliding, competition climbing, roller skating, bridge, futsal, and soft tennis.^[51] Although the other Southeast Asian countries proposedarnis,muay thai,hockey,netball,pétanque,squash,triathlon andrugby union, they were not selected.

Tarung Derajat, an Indonesian martial art, andcricket, were held as exhibition sports at the Games.^[52]

Demonstration sports:

• Cricket
• Tarung Derajat – aSundanese martial art^[53]

¹ – not an officialOlympic Sport
² – sport played only in the SEAG
³ – not a traditionalOlympic nor SEAG Sport and introduced only by the host country.
° – a former officialOlympic Sport, not applied in previous host countries and was introduced only by the host country.
ʰ- sport not played in the previous edition and was reintroduced by the host country.

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

November	3 Thu	4 Fri	5 Sat	6 Sun	7 Mon	8 Tue	9 Wed	10 Thu	11 Fri	12 Sat	13 Sun	14 Mon	15 Tue	16 Wed	17 Thu	18 Fri	19 Sat	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	Gold medal events
Ceremonies									OC											CC
Archery											●	●	2	2	4	2					10
Athletics										11	12	10	11	2							46
Badminton										●	●	●	2	●	●	●	5				7
Baseball											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1			1
Basketball										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2				2
Bowling												●	2	2	2	2	●	2			10
Boxing												●	●	●	●	●	6	●	8		14
Bridge										●	●	2	2	●	1	1	●	2	1		9
Canoeing								●	5	3	7										15
Chess									●	●	●	●	●	3	●	●	●	2	4		2
Competition climbing										●	●	●	●	4	4	2					9
Cue sports										●	2	●	3	●	2	●	3				10
Cycling											2	1	2	1	1	2	4	2	3		18
Diving											2	2	2	2							8
Equestrian													●	●	1	2	1	1	1		6
Fencing											2	2	2	2	2	2					12
Fin swimming																	5	6	5		16
Football	●		●		●		●		●	●	●		●		●		●		1		1
Futsal															●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Golf												●	●	●	2	●	●	●	2		4
Gymnastics										1	1	2	5	5		●	1		2		17
Judo															4	4	4	4			16
Karate										7	8	2									17
Kenpō														●	●	4	4	8			16
Open water swimming															2	●	2				4
Paragliding										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	12	12
Pencak silat										●	6	●	●		12						18
Petanque										●	2	●	2	●	2						6
Roller sport										4	4	4									12
Rowing												●	●	5	6						11
Sailing											●		●	●	●	●	●	9			9
Sepak takraw									●	●	●	●	2	●	●	2	●	●	●	2	6
Shooting										3	3	3	2	3							14
Soft tennis															2	2	2	1			7
Softball										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2				10
Swimming										6	6	7	7	6	6						38
Synchronized swimming															●	●	3	2			5
Table tennis											●	1	2	2							5
Taekwondo										7	4	6	4								21
Tennis											●	●	2	●	●	●	●	2	3		7
Traditional boat race																●	4	4	2		10
Volleyball										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	2			4
Vovinam												●	7	7							14
Water polo								●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1			2
Waterskiing													●	●	●	5	6				11
Weightlifting																4	4	3	3		14
Wrestling												5	4	4	4						17
Wushu																2	4	4	10		20
Total gold medal events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	43	61	54	65	43	57	36	64	56	44	17	545
Cumulative total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	48	109	163	228	271	328	364	428	484	528	545
November	3 Thu	4 Fri	5 Sat	6 Sun	7 Mon	8 Tue	9 Wed	10 Thu	11 Fri	12 Sat	13 Sun	14 Mon	15 Tue	16 Wed	17 Thu	18 Fri	19 Sat	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	Gold medal events

A total of 1,807 medals, comprising 554 gold medals, 549 silver medals, and 704 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. Host Indonesia's performance was their best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games history and emerged as overall champions of the games.Timor-Leste claimed its first ever gold medal in the SEA Games in the sport ofShorinji Kempo, whileBrunei is the only country this year that failed to capture any gold medal.^[54][55]

Key

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia*	182	151	143	476
2	Thailand	109	101	119	329
3	Vietnam	96	92	100	288
4	Malaysia	58	50	81	189
5	Singapore	42	45	74	161
6	Philippines	37	55	77	169
7	Myanmar	16	27	37	80
8	Laos	9	12	36	57
9	Cambodia	4	11	24	39
10	Timor-Leste	1	1	6	8
11	Brunei	0	4	7	11
Totals (11 entries)		554	549	704	1,807

Medal change

Malaysian sprinter Muhamad Yunus Lasaleh was tested positive for doping. Thus, his relay team was stripped of the gold medal.

Ruling date	Sport	Event	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metres relay	Malaysia	−1			−1
			Philippines	+1	−1		0
			Thailand		+1	−1	0
			Singapore			+1	+1

At SEA Games Federation Meeting inBali, February 2011,Malaysia appealed for the reinclusion of 60 dropped events, but then the federation rejected the appeal fromOlympic Council of Malaysia.Datuk Zolkples Embong, the director-general of the council, said:

"Why should we [Malaysia] waste time and money to send the elite athletes if it is only for a small gain."^[56]

Organization

To anticipate the lack of rooms of hotels and athlete's villages in Palembang, the organizers prepared ships fromPelni andIndonesian navy as an alternative accommodation for delegates.^[57] Some sepak takraw umpires left one of the ships earlier and decided to rent a house, citing lack of bathrooms inside the ship.^[58] A local journalist said that the facilities on the ship were good, but they were unpopular due to the distance from the competition venues.^[59]

More than 300becak drivers were recruited as the main transport around Jakabaring sport complex.^[60] The drivers were promised a 200,000 rupiah daily stipend for providing free transport service during the Games but they were not paid for first 3 days of the Games, prompting the drivers to charge athletes and officials with fares as high as 75,000 rupiah.^[61] The situation was resolved after the organizers paid the late stipends to the drivers.

Two football fans died and many others fainted in a crowd crush at Gelora Bung Karno main stadium before the finalfootball match between Indonesia and Malaysia.^[62] INASOC ticketing manager, Agus Mauro, explained that many fans without tickets attempted to break into the entrance gates which caused a crowd crush.^[63]

Controversial decision

The gold medal rewarded for Indonesian Dian Kristanto in the Class A Pencak Silat finals has raised criticisms from some countries, namely: Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[64] Singaporean Pencak Silat referee Jasni Salam and announced Kristanto the winner after he had bitten Anothai Choopeng.^[64][65][66]

Vietnam Television at late night gave a comment with quotation from Anothai Choopeng "Except Indonesian here every single body finds who is worth winning. I am truly disappointed with the behaviours from the set of referees. They always do everything to make the host country win."^{[citation needed]}

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