Maldives has participated all 13 editions of
South Asian Games governed by
South Asia Olympic Council
The South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC) formerly known as ''South Asian Sports Federation'', is the governing body of South Asian Games, South Asian Beach Games and South Asian Winter Games. The South Asia Olympic Council is a sports body that looks ...
. Maldives never hosted a single South Asian Games so far. At
13th South Asian Games,
Maldives claimed its first ever gold.
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.
At
1995 Madras,
1999 Kathmandu and
2010 Dhaka, Maldives secured 1, 4 and 2 bronze medals respectively.
From
2016 South Asian Games
The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...
, 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
Hassan Saaid ( dv, ޙަސަން ސާއިދު; born 4 March 1992) is a Maldivian athlete specialising in the sprinting events. He represented his country at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
He is t ...
in 100m Athletics event.
Detailed Medal Table
''Note : Yellow box around the year indicates the best performance of all time.''
References
External links
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{{Sports governing bodies in the Maldives
Nations at the South Asian Games
South Asian Games