The athletics competition at the 2011 SEA Games was held from 12 to 16 November at the Jakabaring Athletic Stadium in Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia. 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 ^[1] SEA Games records were broken and twenty national records were surpassed.^[2]

Thailand – traditionally dominant in the competition – again had the highest number of gold medals 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.^[3]

The 26th edition saw athletes continue successful streaks at the competition: Filipino Rene Herrera won his fifth consecutive men's steeplechase gold medal, his teammate Marestella Torres won her fourth long jump title (with the second longest jump in Asia so far in 2011),^[4] and Theerayut Philakong of Thailand won a fourth straight title in the men's triple jump. Thai athlete Wassana Winatho and James Wong Tuck Yim of Singapore each won their tenth SEA Games gold medals of their careers at the competition.^[2]

Indonesia's Triyaningsih 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 marathon 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 200 metres finals, while Truong Thanh Hang repeated her 800/1500 metres double for a third consecutive edition.^[2]

The final runner on Malaysia's 4×400 m relay team, Muhamad Yunus Lasaleh, tested positive for banned substances at the competition.^[5]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +2.1 m/s)[6]	Franklin Ramses Burumi  Indonesia	10.37 w	Gary Yeo  Singapore	10.46 w	Wachara Sondee  Thailand	10.47 w
200 metres	Franklin Ramses Burumi  Indonesia	20.93	Suppachai Chimdee  Thailand	21.05	Sompote Suwannarangsri  Thailand	21.46
400 metres	Heru Astriyanto  Indonesia	47.53	Archand Christian Bagsit  Philippines	47.71	Yakobus Leuwol  Indonesia	47.97
800 metres	Dương Văn Thái  Vietnam	1:49.42 NR	Mervin Guarte  Philippines	1:50.69	Abdul Haris  Indonesia	1:51.28
1500 metres	Ridwan Ridwan  Indonesia	3:47.63	Mervin Guarte  Philippines	3:47.65 NR	Nguyễn Đình Cương  Vietnam	3:49.48 †
5000 metres	Agus Prayogo  Indonesia	14:10.01	Jauhari Johan  Indonesia	14:35.98	Nguyễn Văn Lai  Vietnam	14:41.30
10,000 metres	Agus Prayogo  Indonesia	30:10.43	Jauhari Johan  Indonesia	30:43.62	Nguyễn Văn Lai  Vietnam	31:22.20
110 m hurdles	Jamras Rittidet  Thailand	13.77 GR, NR	Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian  Malaysia	13.86	Mohd Robani Hasaan  Malaysia	14.14
400 m hurdles	Đào Xuân Cường  Vietnam	51.45 NR	Narongdech Janjai  Thailand	51.60	Andrian  Indonesia	51.70
3000 m steeplechase	Rene Herrera  Philippines	8:52.23	Muhammad Al Quraisy  Indonesia	8:55.91 NR	Nguyễn Đăng Đức Bảo  Vietnam	8:57.88
4×100 m relay	Indonesia Fernando Lumain Franklin Ramses Burumi Muhammad Fadlin Farrell Oktaviandi	39.91	Singapore Calvin Kang Muhammad Amiruddin Jamal Lee Cheng Wei Gary Yeo	39.91	Malaysia Mohd Zabidi Ghazali Mohd Ikhwan Nor Mohd Azhar Ismail Mohammad Noor Imran	40.41
4×400 m relay	Philippines Edgardo Alejan Julius Nierras Junrey Ocampo Bano Archand Christian Bagsit	3:11.16	Thailand Jukkatip Pojaroen Saharat Sammayan Nitipol Thongpoon Suppachai Chimdee	3:14.90	Singapore Zaki Sapari Ng Chin Hui Kenneth Khoo Kian Song Lance Tan Wei Sheng	3:18.50
Marathon	Yahuza  Indonesia	2:27:45	Eric Panique  Philippines	2:28:26	Eduardo Buenavista  Philippines	2:29:09
20 km walk	Lo Choon Sieng  Malaysia	1:32:34	Hendro Yap  Indonesia	1:33:23	Nguyễn Thành Ngưng  Vietnam	1:35:48
High jump	Lee Hup Wei  Malaysia	2.15 m	Pramote Pumurai  Thailand	2.12 m	Nguyễn Duy Bằng  Vietnam	2.08 m
Pole vault	Kreeta Sintawacheewa  Thailand	5.10 m	Sompong Saombankuay  Thailand	5.00 m	Edwin Chong Ming Xung  Singapore	4.70 m
Long jump	Supanara Sukhasvasti  Thailand	7.86 m	Henry Dagmil  Philippines	7.78 m	Benigno Marayag  Philippines	7.61 m
Triple jump	Theerayut Philakong  Thailand	16.43 m	Nguyễn Văn Hùng  Vietnam	16.39 m	Varunyoo Kongnil  Thailand	16.14 m
Shot put	Chatchawal Polyiam  Thailand	17.74 m	Adi Aliffudin Hussin  Malaysia	17.54 m NR	Promrob Juntima  Thailand	17.08 m
Discus throw	James Wong Tuck Yim  Singapore	51.32 m	Hermanto  Indonesia	50.56 m	Kwanchai Nunsomboo  Thailand	50.28 m
Hammer throw	Tantipong Phetchaiya  Thailand	61.46 m	Arniel Ferrera  Philippines	60.19 m	Jackie Wong Siew Cheer  Malaysia	57.04 m
Javelin throw	Nguyễn Trường Giang  Vietnam	69.07 m	Nontach Palanupat  Thailand	68.87 m	Danilo Fresnido  Philippines	66.27 m
Decathlon	Vũ Văn Huyện  Vietnam	7223 pts	Nguyễn Văn Huệ  Vietnam	6830 pts	Zakaria Malik  Indonesia	6602 pts

• ^† : Malaysia's Mohd Jironi Riduan finished third in the 1500 m but was disqualified for pulling on another athlete's shirt.^[7]
• ^†† : Malaysia's final leg runner in the 400 m relay failed a drug test at the competition and was later banned.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +1.7 m/s)	Serafi Anelies Unani  Indonesia	11.69	Nongnuch Sanrat  Thailand	11.69	Vũ Thị Hương  Vietnam	11.73
200 metres	Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen  Thailand	23.65	Lê Ngọc Phượng  Vietnam	24.01	Vũ Thị Hương  Vietnam	24.06
400 metres	Treewadee Yongphan  Thailand	54.13	Nguyễn Thị Thúy  Vietnam	54.27	Kay Khaing Lwin  Myanmar	55.28
800 metres	Trương Thanh Hằng  Vietnam	2:02.65	Đỗ Thị Thảo  Vietnam	2:05.62	Olivia Sadi  Indonesia	2:08.41
1500 metres	Trương Thanh Hằng  Vietnam	4:15.75	Đỗ Thị Thảo  Vietnam	4:18.94	Olivia Sadi  Indonesia	4:21.19
5000 metres	Triyaningsih  Indonesia	16:06.37	Phyu War Thet  Myanmar	16:12.23	Rini Budiarti  Indonesia	16:31.85
10,000 metres	Triyaningsih  Indonesia	34:52.74	Phạm Thị Bình  Vietnam	36:04.83	Phạm Thị Hiền  Vietnam	36:16.84
100 m hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Wallapa Punsoongneun  Thailand	13.51	Dedeh Erawati  Indonesia	13.53	Wassana Winatho  Thailand	13.77
400 m hurdles	Noraseela Khalid  Malaysia	57.41	Wassana Winatho  Thailand	58.97	Viera Melissa Hetharie  Indonesia	59.64 NR
3000 m steeplechase	Rini Budiarti  Indonesia	10:00.58 GR, NR	Nguyễn Thị Phương  Vietnam	10:04.42	Yulianingsih  Indonesia	10:48.97
4×100 m relay	Thailand Nongnuch Sanrat Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen Phatsorn Jaksuninkorn Neeranuch Klomdee	44.40	Indonesia Nurul Imaniar Tri Setyo Utami Serafi Anelies Unani Dedeh Erawati	45.00 NR	Vietnam Lê Thị Mộng Tuyền Lê Ngọc Phượng Trương Thanh Hằng Vũ Thị Hương	45.12
4×400 m relay	Thailand Saowalee Kaewchuay Pornpan Hoemhuk Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen Treewadee Yongphan	3:41.35	Indonesia Sulastri Viera Mellisa Hetharie Musyafidah Nining Souhaly	3:44.65	Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Thúy Nguyễn Thị Oanh Vũ Thùy Trang Nguyễn Thị Huyền	3:45.03
Marathon	Triyaningsih  Indonesia	2:45:35	Ni Lar San  Myanmar	2:46:37	Phạm Thị Bình  Vietnam	2:48:43
20 km walk	Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc  Vietnam	1:43:22	Kay Khaing Myo Tun  Myanmar	1:45:19	Darwati  Indonesia	1:46:04
High jump	Dương Thị Việt Anh  Vietnam	1.90 m	Wanida Boonwan  Thailand	1.87 m	Phạm Thị Diễm  Vietnam	1.87 m
Pole vault	Roslinda Samsu  Malaysia	4.20 m GR	Lê Thị Phương  Vietnam	4.20 m GR NR	Ni Putu Desi Margawati  Indonesia	3.90 m
Long jump	Marestella Torres  Philippines	6.71 m GR	Maria Natalia Londa  Indonesia	6.47 m NR	Katherine Santos  Philippines	6.25 m
Triple jump	Trần Huệ Hoa  Vietnam	13.76 m NR	Maria Natalia Londa  Indonesia	13.73 m NR	Thitima Muangjan  Thailand	13.64 m
Shot put	Zhang Guirong  Singapore	16.96 m	Wan Lay Chi  Singapore	14.59 m	Juttaporn Krasaeyan  Thailand	14.37 m
Discus throw	Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand	52.25 m GR	Dwi Ratnawati  Indonesia	49.98 m	Zhang Guirong  Singapore	48.22 m
Hammer throw	Tang Song Hwa  Malaysia	55.15 m	Rose Herlinda Inggriana  Indonesia	51.95 m	Loralie Sermona  Philippines	49.69 m
Javelin throw	Natta Nachan  Thailand	48.80 m	Rosie Villarito  Philippines	47.35 m	Saowalak Pettong  Thailand	46.73 m
Heptathlon	Wassana Winatho  Thailand	5488 pts	Narcisa Atienza  Philippines	5285 pts	Dương Thị Việt Anh  Vietnam	5196 pts

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	14	9	9	32
2	Indonesia*	13	12	11	36
3	Vietnam	9	9	14	32
4	Malaysia	5	2	3	10
5	Philippines	3	9	5	17
6	Singapore	2	3	3	8
7	Myanmar	0	3	1	4
Totals (7 entries)		46	47	46	139

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.

• Official website