The SEA Games -- a striking pattern

The 2001 games Held in Malaysia...

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia	111	75	85	271
2	Thailand	103	86	89	278
3	Indonesia	72	74	80	226
4	Vietnam	33	35	64	132
5	Philippines	30	66	67	163

.... the 2003 games held in Vietnam

	Vietnam	158	97	91	346
2	Thailand	90	93	98	281
3	Indonesia	55	68	98	221
4	Philippines	48	54	75	177
5	Malaysia	44	42	59	145

...the 2005 games held in Philippines

1	Philippines	113	84	94	291
2	Thailand	87	78	118	283
3	Vietnam	71	68	89	228
4	Malaysia	61	49	65	175
5	Indonesia	49	79	89	217

...and most recently in Thailand

Thailand	183	123	103	409	150[2]
2	Malaysia	68	52	96	216	64[3]
3	Vietnam	64	58	82	204	60-65[4]
4	Indonesia	56	64	83	203	65[5]
5	Singapore	43	43	41	127	35-4

The wonders of home advantage eh? The next games are in Laos so this pattern might come to an end unless snoozing, taking it easy, tubing down the Mekong and other such activities can become recognised sports. However... I did note that if the laid back Laoatians fail to get their act together the games will be moved to Singapore.