Maldives at the South Asian Games

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Maldives has participated all 13 editions of South Asian Games governed by South Asia Olympic Council.[1][2] Maldives never hosted a single South Asian Games so far. At 13th South Asian Games, Maldives claimed its first ever gold.[3] With that achievement Maldives became the last country to win a gold medal at the South Asian Games.

Performance

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Maldives won its first medal in 1984 Kathmandu, it came in form of bronze.

For 6 South Asian Games, Maldives failed to win a single medal.

At 1991 Colombo, Maldives was runners up by getting defeated to Pakistan in Football event and won silver medal.[4]

At 1995 Madras, 1999 Kathmandu and 2010 Dhaka, Maldives secured 1, 4 and 2 bronze medals respectively.

From 2016 South Asian Games, Maldives increased medal count significantly with 2 silver medals from athletics and 1 bronze medal from swimming.

2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara/Janakpur was a historic for Maldives. It was the best finish on medal tally with a total of 5 medals including 4 bronze medals along with the first ever gold medal clinched for the country which came from Hassan Saaid in 100m Athletics event.[3]

Detailed Medal Table

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Maldives at the
South Asian Games
IOC codeMDV
NOCMaldives Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
13
Total
17
South Asian Games appearances (overview)

Note : Yellow box around the year indicates the best performance of all time.

Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total Ref.
Nepal1984 Kathmandu 7 0 0 1 1 [5]
Bangladesh1985 Dhaka 7 0 0 0 0 [6]
India1987 Calcutta 7 0 0 0 0 [7]
Pakistan1989 Islamabad 7 0 0 0 0 [8]
Sri Lanka1991 Colombo 6 0 1 0 1 [9]
Bangladesh1993 Dhaka 6 0 0 0 0 [10]
India1995 Madras 7 0 0 1 1 [11]
Nepal1999 Kathmandu 7 0 0 4 4 [12]
Pakistan2004 Islamabad 8 0 0 0 0 [13]
Sri Lanka2006 Colombo 8 0 0 0 0 [14]
Bangladesh2010 Dhaka 8 0 0 2 2 [15]
India2016 Guwahati/Shillong 7 0 2 1 3 [16][17]
Nepal2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara/Janakpur 6 1 0 4 5 [18][19]
Pakistan2025 Lahore Future Event
Total 8 1 3 13 17

References

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  1. ^ "OCA » Games Timeline". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ "OCA » Maldives". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. ^ a b "Saaid bags Maldives' first gold medal at SAG". The Edition. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ "5th South Asian Federation Games 1991 (Colombo, Sri Lanka)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. ^ "1984 Kathmandu". Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "1985 Dhaka". Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ "1987 Calcutta". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "1989 Islamabad". Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ "1991 Colombo". Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "1993 Dhaka". Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "1995 Madras". Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "1999 Kathmandu". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ "2004 Islamabad". Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ "2006 Colombo". Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ "2010 Dhaka". Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "2016 Guwahati/Shillong". Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ "2016 South Asian Games Official". Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ "The Hindu". Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  19. ^ "2019 South Asian Games Official". Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
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