Obstacle racing at the 2019 SEA Games

Obstacle racing was among the sports contested at the 2019 SEA Games. Six obstacle course racing events were featured: two events each for 100 meters with 10 obstacles, 400 meters with 12 obstacles and 5 km with 20 obstacles.^[1] These were the first obstacle course racing events in Games recognised by the International Olympic Committee and under regulation of World OCR, the Fédération Internationale de Sport d'Obstacles.

Obstacle racing at the 2019 SEA Games
Venue	Spectrum Midway Avenue, Filinvest City, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila
Dates	2–6 December
Nations	4
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Schedule

P

Preliminary

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6
Men's 100m	P		F
Women's 100m	P		F
Team relay 400m	P		F
Team assist 400m	P		F
Men's 5 km					F
Women's 5 km					F

Source: 2019 Sea Games

Venue

The venue for obstacle racing in the 2019 SEA Games was in Spectrum Midway Avenue.^[2][3] in Filinvest City, in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila.^[4] Obstacle racing was originally planned to be hosted in the Subic area.^[1] The Subic Bay Freeport Zone previously hosted the Spartan Race, an obstacle race sports event.^[5] The plan was later changed to host obstacle racing at the University of the Philippines Diliman's Sunken Garden^[6] however the university raised concern regarding the noise pollution and heavy traffic it would cause in its campus during the duration of the sporting event.^[7]

Participating nations

Six nations expressed intention to participate in the event.^[8] Four nations medaled, Philippines (16), Malaysia (10), Indonesia (9) and Laos (2)^[9]

•  Indonesia (9)
•  Laos (2)
•  Malaysia (10)
•  Myanmar
•  Philippines (16)
•  Thailand

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Philippines)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)*	6	3	1	10
2	Malaysia (MAS)	0	3	1	4
3	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	3	3
4	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m	Kevin Jeffrey Pascua  Philippines	Mohd Redha Rozlan  Malaysia	Mark Julius Rodelas  Philippines
Men's 5 km	Mervin Guarte  Philippines	Mohammad Sherwin Managil  Philippines	Mohd Saddam Mohd Pittli  Malaysia
Women's 100 m	Rochelle Suarez  Philippines	Milky Mae Terajes  Philippines	Mudji Mulyani  Indonesia
Women's 5 km	Sandi Menchi Abahan  Philippines	Glorien Merisco  Philippines	Khamla Sorvimane  Laos
Team relay 400 m	Philippines Nathaniel Sanchez Jeffrey Reginio Diana Bühler Klymille Keilah Rodriguez	Malaysia Mohd Redha Rozlan Yoong Wei Theng Salfarina Mohd Drus Tan Jie Yi	Indonesia Yosua Laskaman Zalukhu Patuan Handaka Pulungan Mudji Mulyani Herlina Gitaningsih
Team assist 400 m	Philippines Kyle Redentor Antolin Kaizen Dela Serna Monolito Divina Deanne Nicole Moncada	Malaysia Mohd Redha Rozlan Yip Hui Teng Mohd Saddam Mohd Pittli Tan Jie Yi	Indonesia Adnan Buchari Mudji Mulyani Pahrul Razi Herlina Gitaningsih

References

1. Cordero, Abac (20 December 2018). "Southeast Asian Games obstacle sports pool formed". Philippine Star. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
2. "Filinvest perfect venue for SEAG obstacle racing". The Philippine STAR.
3. "2019 SEAG Competition Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. Ramos, Gerry (14 September 2019). "Obstacle racing settles for Filinvest Alabang as SEA Games venue". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
5. "Subic, BCDA preparing for 2019 SEA Games". Sun Star. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
6. "Change of venues for volleyball, gymnastics events". ABS-CBN News. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
7. "Timor Leste bets due early". Tempo. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
8. "Obstacle course back in SEA Games". Manila Standard. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
9. "Result System | Medalist". gms.2019seagames.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09. ^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• SEAGames PH 2019