The

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competition at the

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was held from 12 to 16 November at the Jakabaring Stadium in

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. Over the five-day competition a total of 46 events were contested with 23 contests for each gender, matching the Olympic athletics program minus the men's 50 km race walk. Six SEA Games records were broken and twenty

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were surpassed.Washif, Jad Adrian (2011-11-16)
SEA Games see records tumble; Thailand remains dominant

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. Retrieved on 2011-11-16. Thailand – traditionally dominant in the competition – again had the highest number of

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s in athletics, winning fourteen events and taking 32 medals overall. The host nation Indonesia was a close second with thirteen golds and won the most medals with a total of 36. Vietnam were a clear third with nine golds and 32 medals. Seven of the eleven competing nations reached the medal table. The 26th edition saw athletes continue successful streaks at the competition: Filipino Rene Herrera won his fifth consecutive men's

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gold medal, his teammate Marestella Torres won her fourth

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

title (with the second longest jump in Asia so far in 2011), and Theerayut Philakong of Thailand won a fourth straight title in the men's

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. Thai athlete Wassana Winatho and James Wong Tuck Yi of Singapore each won their tenth

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gold medals of their careers at the competition. Indonesia's

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demonstrated her regional dominance in women's long-distance running: after two 5000/10,000 m doubles in 2007 and 2009, she again won both track events and also the women's

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race. Agus Prayogo won a 5000/10,000 m men's double and Yahuza's win in the men's marathon made it a long-distance sweep for Indonesia. Two other athletes completed event doubles: Franklin Burumi of Indonesia won the 100 and

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finals, while Truong Thanh Hang repeated her 800/

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double for a third consecutive edition. The final runner on Malaysia's 4×400 m relay team, Muhamad Yunus Lasaleh, tested positive for banned substances at the competition.

Medal summary

Men

*^† : Malaysia's Mohd Jironi Riduan finished third in the 1500 m but was disqualified for pulling on another athlete's shirt.Roslinda dedicates gold medal to coach who survived heart attack in Palembang
''The Star'' (Malaysia) (2011-11-16). Retrieved on 2011-11-16. *^†† : Malaysia's final leg runner in the 400 m relay failed a drug test at the competition and was later banned.

Women

Medal table

References

;Results
Medal Audit For SEA Games XXVI 2011 Palembang Jakarta Indonesia 11-22 November 2011 - Athletics
2011 SEA Games. Retrieved on 2011-11-16. ;Medal table
Medal Tally For Athletics
2011 SEA Games. Retrieved on 2011-11-16.

External links

Official website
{{Southeast Asian Games Athletics

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