Multi-sport event in South Asia
The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia . The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic Council , formed in 1983. Currently, it comprises of 7 member countries, namely Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka . Afghanistan participated 4 times in the Games since 2004, but left the SAOC after participating in the 2016 edition .
The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu , Nepal in 1984. From 1984 to 1987 they were held every year except 1986, as it was a year of Commonwealth Games and Asian Games . From 1987 onwards, they have been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, the South Asian Sports Council decided to rename the games from the South Asian Federation Games to the South Asian Games as officials believed the word federation was diminishing the emphasis on the event and acting as a barrier to attracting spectators.[ 1]
These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games . The XIII South Asian Games was held at Kathmandu , Pokhara and Janakpur from 1 December to 10 December 2019.
The South Asian Games is one of five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia . The others are Central Asian Games , East Asian Youth Games , Southeast Asian Games , and West Asian Games .[ 2]
List of South Asian Games [ edit ]
Host cities of the South Asian Games
Following 29 sports have been competed in South Asian Games history till latest edition:
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games .[ 3]
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All-time medal table [ edit ]
As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games . (Updated after doping results )
1 Left SAOC and joined CAG .
India at the South Asian Games
Pakistan at the South Asian Games
Sri Lanka at the South Asian Games
Nepal at the South Asian Games
Bangladesh at the South Asian Games
Afghanistan at the South Asian Games
Bhutan at the South Asian Games
Maldives at the South Asian Games
Detailed Medal Table by Years [ edit ]
Note : Medals not updated in official websites after doping results
Rank
NOC
1984
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1999
2004
2006
2010
2016
2019
1
India
44
28
16
61
32
14
91
45
19
61
43
20
64
59
41
60
46
31
106
60
19
102
58
37
103
57
32
118
69
47
90
55
30
188
92
28
175
92
45
2
Pakistan
5
3
2
21
26
12
16
36
14
42
33
22
28
32
25
23
22
20
10
33
36
10
36
30
38
55
50
43
44
71
19
25
36
12
35
57
30
41
57
3
Sri Lanka
7
11
19
2
7
9
4
7
23
6
10
21
44
34
40
20
22
39
16
25
53
16
42
62
17
32
57
37
63
78
16
35
54
25
64
98
40
84
128
4
Nepal
4
12
8
1
9
22
2
7
33
1
13
32
2
8
29
1
6
15
4
8
16
31
10
24
7
6
20
9
15
31
8
9
19
3
23
35
51
60
96
5
Bangladesh
2
8
13
9
17
38
3
20
31
1
12
24
4
8
28
11
19
32
7
17
34
2
10
35
3
13
24
3
15
34
18
23
56
4
16
55
19
32
89
6
Bhutan
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
1
5
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
6
7
1
3
2
0
3
10
0
2
3
0
1
15
0
7
13
7
Maldives
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
4
Former Member
Afghanistan
Not part of SAOC
1
3
28
6
7
16
7
9
16
7
9
19
Not part of SAOC
South Asian Beach Games [ edit ]
South Asian Winter Games [ edit ]
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Events of the OCA (Subregional)
Events of the APC (Continental)
Events of the APC (Subregional)
South Asian Summer Games South Asian Winter Games South Asian Beach Games
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Historical1
Pre-Modern Olympics(in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD) Alternatives to the Modern Olympics Defunct regional or community events