Myanmar at the 2023 SEA Games

Myanmar participated at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5 to 17 May 2023. Myanmar Olympic Committee sent 341 athletes to compete in 19 sports. Myanmar delegation included totally 500 with 341 athletes and 159 officials.^[1] The handing over of the victory flag for the Myanmar sports team by Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing was held on April 25 at Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium (B).^[2] Starting from April 26, athletes left for Cambodia according to their respective sports.

Myanmar at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games
IOC code	MYA
NOC	Myanmar Olympic Committee
in the Cambodia
Competitors	341 in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Aung Khaing Lin
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 21 Silver 25 Bronze 68 Total 114
Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Tun Myint Oo, the director general of Sports and Physical Education Department, led Myanmar Team. Min Thein Zan, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, closely encouraged the sports team starting on 4 May. The first gold medal for Myanmar was awarded from Vovinam.^[3]

Medal summary

Medal by sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	2	2
Badminton[4]	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	0	0
Billiards[4]	2	0	2	4
Boxing[4]	0	0	4	4
Cricket[4]	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	0	0
Endurance race	0	0	0	0
Esports[4]	0	0	1	1
Golf	0	0	0	0
Gymnastics	0	0	0	0
Hockey	0	0	0	0
Judo[4]	0	0	0	0
Jujitsu[4]	0	0	0	0
Karate[4]	0	0	0	0
Kun Bokator[4]	1	2	6	9
Kun Khmer[4]	0	2	7	9
Ouk chaktrang[4]	0	0	2	2
Obstacle race[4]	0	0	0	0
Pencak silat	0	0	0	0
Pétanque[4]	1	0	0	1
Sailing	0	0	0	0
Sepaktakraw[4]	6	4	1	11
Soft tennis[4]	0	0	0	0
Swimming	0	0	0	0
Table tennis	0	0	0	0
Taekwondo[4]	1	0	4	5
Traditional boat race[4]	1	5	2	8
Tennis	0	0	0	0
Vovinam[4]	4	3	17	24
Weightlifting[4]	1	0	2	3
Wushu[4]	1	3	3	7
Total	17	16	48	81

Medal by gender

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	8	4	28	40	49.4%
Female	7	9	18	34	42.0%
Mixed	2	3	2	7	8.6%
Total	18	20	54	92	100%

References

1. "(၃၂)ကြိမ်မြောက် အရှေ့တောင်အာရှအားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန်အတွက် အားကစားအဖွဲ့များ၊ သက်ဆိုင်ရာဌာနခွဲအလိုက် အုပ်ချုပ်မှုအဖွဲ့ဝင်များနှင့် ပေါင်းစပ်ညှိနှိုင်းအစည်းအဝေးကျင်းပ".
2. "SAC Chairman Prime Minister senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers address at the ceremony to handover the flag for victory to Myanmar sports teams bound for XXXII SEA Games".
3. "မြန်မာအားကစားအဖွဲ့အတွက် ပထမဆုံးရွှေတံဆိပ်ကို ဗိုဗီနမ်အားကစားနည်းမှ ရရှိခဲ့သည်။".
4. "Medal Tally – Total Medals". cambodia2023.com. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.