The 2023 Southeast Asian SEA Games will host its athletics events between 6 May and 12 May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, check out the full schedule, events list, competition preview, how to watch live
Cambodia is set to host the 32nd edition of the SEA Games in Phnom Penh from 5 to 17 May.
Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 2023 athletics schedule, date, time, format, events, live stream telecast
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The competition will feature 11 nations from across Southeast Asia in a total of 581 events, with athletics being one of the most highly anticipated events.
Southeast Asian SEA Games 2023 athletics competition preview
The athletics events at the Southeast Asian Games 2023 will begin with the marathon and race walk on 6 May. Following which Morodok Techo Stadium in Phnom Penh will host all the track & field action from 8 May. The women’s and men’s 4 x 400m relay finals will be the last athletics event on Friday 12 May.
Indonesia’s Lalu Muhammad Zohri will be one of the stars worth watching following a historic 100m gold at the World U20 Championships in 2018. Zohri is the first-ever Indonesian male to win a medal in the history of the World U20 championships. He also won a silver at the Asian Championships 2019.
In the women’s 400m, Malaysia’s Shereen Vallabuoy is another star worth watching. She holds the title of the fastest-ever Malaysian with 51.8 seconds at the Mt SAC Relays Athletics Championship. She will compete in both the 400m and 4 x 400m relays in Cambodia.
Another star worth watching is Singapore’s Shanti Pereira. Shanti is the 2015 and 2021 Southeast Asian Games 200m champion. Irfan Shamsuddin from Malaysia, who is a five-time Southeast Asian Games discus champion is another athlete worth watching.
Southeast Asian Games 2023 athletics events
Given below are the athletics events set to take place at the Southeast Asian SEA Games 2023:
Track events:
- 100m (M/W)
- 200m (M/W)
- 400m (M/W)
- 800m (M/W)
- 1500m (M/W)
- 3,000m steeplechase (M/W)
- 5,000m (M/W)
- 10,000 (M/W)
- 110m hurdles (M)
- 100m hurdles (W)
- 400m hurdles (M/W)
- 4 x 100m relay (M/W)
- 4 x 400m relay (M/W)
- 4 x 400m mixed relay
Field events
- Long jump (M/W)
- Hammer throw (M/W)
- Shot put (M/W)
- High jump (M/W)
- Pole vault (M/W)
- Javelin throw (M/W)
- Triple jump (M/W)
- Pole vault (M/W)
- Discus throw (M/W)
Road events
- Marathon (M/W)
- 20km race walk (M/W)
- Combined sport events
- Decathlon (M)
- Heptathlon (W)
SEA Games 2023 full athletics schedule
Given below is the full schedule for athletics in the SEA games 2023 with all times in Indochina Time (ICT):
Saturday 6 May 2023
| Timings | Event |
| 06:00-09:30 | Marathon M & W Final |
| 16:00-17:55 | 20km Walk M & W Final |
Monday 8 May 2023
| Timings | Event |
| 09:00 | 100m M Decathlon 1 |
| 09:15 | 200m W Round 1 |
| 09:35 | 200m M Round 1 |
| 09:45 | Long Jump M Decathlon 2 |
| 10:00 | 1500m W Final |
| 10:00 | Hammer Throw W Final |
| 11:15 | Shot Put M Decathlon 3 |
| 11:20 | Hammer Throw M Final |
| 16:00 | High Jump M Decathlon 4 |
| 16:05 | Pole Vault M Final |
| 16:15 | 200m W Final |
| 16:35 | 200m M Final |
| 16:40 | Javelin Throw M Final |
| 16:50 | Triple Jump W Final |
| 17:15 | 1500m M Final |
| 17:35 | 5,000m W Final |
| 18:15 | 400m M Decathlon 5 |
| 18:35 | 4 x 400m Mixed Relay MX Final |
Tuesday 9 May
| Timings | Event |
| 09:00 | 110m Hurdles M Decathlon 6 |
| 09:15 | 400m W Round 1 |
| 09:30 | 400m M Round 1 |
| 09:45 | Discus Throw M Decathlon 7 |
| 11:00 | Pole Vault M Decathlon 8 |
| 16:00 | Javelin Throw M Decathlon 9 |
| 16:05 | Long Jump M Final |
| 16:10 | High Jump W Final |
| 16:30 | 400m W Final |
| 16:40 | Shot Put M Final |
| 16:45 | 400m M Final |
| 17:00 | 5,000m M Final |
| 17:50 | 3000m Steeplechase W Final |
| 18:30 | 1500m M Decathlon 10 |
Wednesday 10 May
| Timings | Event |
| 09:00 | 100m Hurdles W Heptathlon 1 |
| 09:20 | 100m Hurdles W Round 1 |
| 09:40 | High Jump W Heptathlon 2 |
| 09:45 | 110m Hurdles M Round 1 |
| 16:00 | Shot Put W Heptathlon 3 |
| 16:15 | 110m Hurdles M Final |
| 16:35 | 100m Hurdles W Final |
| 16:40 | Pole Vault W Final |
| 16:50 | Long Jump W Final |
| 16:50 | 800m W Final |
| 16:55 | Discus Throw W Final |
| 17:00 | 800m M Final |
| 17:45 | 200m W Heptathlon 4 |
| 18:20 | 3,000m Steeplechase M Final |
| 19:00 | 4 x 100m Relay W Final |
| 19:30 | 4 x 100m Relay M Final |
Thursday 11 May
| Timings | Event |
| 09:00 | Long Jump W Heptathlon 5 |
| 09:15 | 400m Hurdles W Round 1 |
| 09:30 | 400m Hurdles M Round 1 |
| 10:00 | Javelin Throw W Heptathlon 6 |
| 16:00 | 400m Hurdles W Final |
| 16:05 | Triple Jump M Final |
| 16:15 | Discus Throw M Final |
| 16:20 | 400m Hurdles M Final |
| 16:25 | Shot Put W Final |
| 16:45 | 800m W Heptathlon 7 |
| 17:05 | 10,000m M Final |
Friday 12 May
| Timings | Event |
| 09:00 | 100m M Round 1 |
| 09:15 | 100m W Round 1 |
| 09:30 | 4 x 400m Relay M Round 1 |
| 09:45 | 4 x 400m Relay W Round 1 |
| 16:00 | High Jump M Final |
| 16:10 | Javelin Throw W Final |
| 16:40 | 100m W Final |
| 16:50 | 100m M Final |
| 17:00 | 10,000m W Final |
| 18:05 | 4 x 400m Relay W Final |
| 18:35 | 4 x 400m Relay M Final |
Southeast Asian Games 2023 how to watch live
Athletics fans can watch all the events of the Southeast Asian Games 2023 live across the following platforms:
| Country | TV channel/streaming platform |
| Cambodia | Cambodia Sports Television (CSTV) |
| Singapore | Dedicated mewatch channels |
| Thailand | TV Pool 3HD, 5HD, 7HD, MCOT HD, NBT2HD, GMM25, PPTV HD and T Sports |
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