Maldives at the South Asian Games

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Maldives at the
South Asian Games
Flag of Maldives.svg
IOC code MDV
NOC Maldives Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
13
Total
17
South Asian Games appearances (overview)

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.

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Performance

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]

Medal table

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

GamesRankGoldSilverBronzeTotalRef.
Flag of Nepal.svg 1984 Kathmandu 70011 [5]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1985 Dhaka 70000 [6]
Flag of India.svg 1987 Calcutta 70000 [7]
Flag of Pakistan.svg 1989 Islamabad 70000 [8]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 1991 Colombo 60101 [9]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1993 Dhaka 60000 [10]
Flag of India.svg 1995 Madras 70011 [11]
Flag of Nepal.svg 1999 Kathmandu 70044 [12]
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2004 Islamabad 80000 [13]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2006 Colombo 80000 [14]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2010 Dhaka 80022 [15]
Flag of India.svg 2016 Guwahati & Shillong 70213 [16] [17]
Flag of Nepal.svg 2019 Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur 61045 [18] [19]
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2025 Lahore Future Event
Total8131317

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