Maldives at the South Asian Games

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]

Detailed Medal Table

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 2023

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

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2. "OCA » Maldives". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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External links

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