The Philippines also won six golds, and its total of 13 medals was matched by Malaysia and the hosts Myanmar.
Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung broke the men's triple jump record with his clearance of 16.67 m (54 ft 8+1⁄4 in), while Indonesia's Maria Natalia Londa managed the same feat on the women's side with 14.17 m (46 ft 5+3⁄4 in).
Jirapong Meenapra did the men's short sprint double, Mohd Jironi Riduan took gold in both men's middle-distance running events and Nguyen Van Lai broke Vietnamese records to claim a 5000 metres/10,000 metres double.
Phyu War Thet and Triyaningsih had a gold and silver each from the long-distance track events.
Maria Natalia Londa won both horizontal jumps and multi-eventer Wassana Winatho won both the heptathlon and the 400 metres hurdles, which brought her career SEA Games medal count to 13.