Maldives at the South Asian Games

Maldives at the South Asian Games
IOC code	MDV
NOC	Maldives Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 13 Total 17
South Asian Games appearances (overview)
1984 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2004 2006 2010 2016 2019 2025

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

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.

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ref.
1984 Kathmandu	7	0	0	1	1	[5]
1985 Dhaka	7	0	0	0	0	[6]
1987 Calcutta	7	0	0	0	0	[7]
1989 Islamabad	7	0	0	0	0	[8]
1991 Colombo	6	0	1	0	1	[9]
1993 Dhaka	6	0	0	0	0	[10]
1995 Madras	7	0	0	1	1	[11]
1999 Kathmandu	7	0	0	4	4	[12]
2004 Islamabad	8	0	0	0	0	[13]
2006 Colombo	8	0	0	0	0	[14]
2010 Dhaka	8	0	0	2	2	[15]
2016 Guwahati & Shillong	7	0	2	1	3	[16] [17]
2019 Kathmandu, Pokhara & Janakpur	6	1	0	4	5	[18] [19]
2025 Lahore	Future Event
Total	8	1	3	13	17

References

1. "OCA » Games Timeline". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
2. "OCA » Maldives". ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
3. "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.

External links

• "NOC-Maldives". Maldives Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.