Pakistan is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and has participated in the South Asian Games since the inception of the game in 1984. The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), formed in 1948, and was affiliated by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.
Pakistan at the South Asian Games | |
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IOC code | PAK |
NOC | Pakistan Olympic Association |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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South Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Pakistan has participated all 13 South Asian Games governed by South Asia Olympic Council.
Pakistan has performed reasonably well since 1984 Kathmandu. Pakistan has been second-ranked team 7 times, third ranked team 4 times, fourth ranked team 2 times. [1]
Best performance witnessed by Pakistan was in 2006 Colombo with 158 total Medals including 43 Gold Medals. [2]
Islamabad, Capital of Pakistan has hosted this Multi-Sport Event 2 times : 1989 Islamabad, 2004 Islamabad [3] [4]
Pakistan will host 2024 South Asian Games at Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islamabad, Sialkot and Lahore [5] [6]
A red box around the year indicates the games were hosted by Pakistan.
Note : Updated Medal Table after Doping Results
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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![]() | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
![]() | 2 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 59 | |
![]() | 2 | 16 | 36 | 14 | 66 | |
![]() | 2 | 42 | 33 | 22 | 97 | |
![]() | 3 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 85 | |
![]() | 2 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 65 | |
![]() | 3 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 79 | |
![]() | 4 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 76 | |
![]() | 2 | 38 | 55 | 50 | 143 | |
![]() | 2 | 43 | 44 | 71 | 158 | |
![]() | 2 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 80 | |
![]() | 3 | 12 | 35 | 57 | 104 | |
![]() | 4 | 30 | 41 | 57 | 128 | |
![]() | Future event | |||||
Total | 2 | 297 | 421 | 432 | 1150 |
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