Athletics at Southeast Asian Games 2023: Preview, schedule and how to watch live
The athletics competition at the 2023 SEA Games takes place between 6 April and 12 April in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Find out the athletes to watch, full schedule and how to watch all the action live below.
Athletics
Cambodia is hosting the 32nd edition of the Southeast Asian Games with 11 nations from across the region competing for glory in Phnom Penh from 5 to 17 May.
Some 581 events will take place across the entirety of the Games, and athletics is one of the most highly anticipated.
The Southeast Asian Games athletics competition kicks off away from the stadium with the marathon and race walk on 6 April. From there, all the track & field action takes place in Morodok Techo Stadium in Phnom Penh from 8 May, culminating with the women’s and men’s 4 x 400m relay finals on Friday 12 May.
When it comes to the athletes to watch, keep a close eye on Lalu Muhammad Zohri from Indonesia, who shot into the public consciousness with a historic 100m gold at the World U20 Championships in 2018. Zohri's victory made him the first-ever Indonesian male to win a medal in the history of the championships, and he followed it up in 2019 with silver at the Asian Championships.
In the women’s 400m, Malaysia’s Shereen Vallabuoy is also one to keep a close eye on after her time of 51.8 seconds at the Mt SAC Relays Athletics Championship gave her the title of fastest-ever Malaysian over the distance. She’ll be competing in both the 400m and 4 x 400m relays in Cambodia.
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira brings a wealth of experience in the sprints, with the 2015 and 2021 Southeast Asian Games 200m champion already experiencing the pressure cooker of Olympic competition when she raced at Tokyo 2020 (in 2021).
In the field, Irfan Shamsuddin of Malaysia is a five-time Southeast Asian Games discus champion who has been unbeatable in the championships since 2013.
Southeast Asian Games 2023: Athletics events
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
All times in Indochina Time (ICT).
Saturday 6 May 2023
06:00-09:30: Marathon M & W Final
16:00-17:55 20km Walk M & W Final
Monday 8 May 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Where to watch athletics at the Southeast Asian Games 2023 live
The host broadcaster in Cambodia is Cambodia Sports Television (CSTV).
The SEA Games in Singapore will be available to watch on their dedicated mewatch channels.
In Thailand, SEA Games coverage is via the TV Pool 3HD, 5HD, 7HD, MCOT HD, NBT2HD, GMM25, PPTV HD and T Sports.
More information to follow when available.