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South Asian Games

The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia. The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, governs it. The Games comprise of seven countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan had participated in the Games four times, but left the SAOC after participating in 2016.

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]

Editions

South Asian Games is located in South Asia
1984, 1999, 2019
1985, 1993, 2010
1987
1987
1989, 2004
1991, 2006
1996
1996
2016
2016
2016
2016
2019
2019
2025
2025
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Host cities of the South Asian Games

List of sports

Following 29 sports have been competed in South Asian Games history till latest edition:

Performance table

As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

All-time medal table

As of the conclusion of the 2019 South Asian Games. (Updated after doping results)

1Left SAOC and joined CAG.

Original Articles

  1. India at the South Asian Games
  2. Pakistan at the South Asian Games
  3. Sri Lanka at the South Asian Games
  4. Nepal at the South Asian Games
  5. Bangladesh at the South Asian Games
  6. Afghanistan at the South Asian Games
  7. Bhutan at the South Asian Games
  8. Maldives at the South Asian Games

Detailed Medal Table by Years

Note : Medals not updated in official websites after doping results

Related

South Asian Beach Games

South Asian Winter Games

See also

References

  1. ^ It will be South Asian Games Archived 2010-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.Rediff news.April 2, 2004.
  2. ^ Games page Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.
  3. ^ "OCA » Kathmandu 1984". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "OCA » Dhaka 1985". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  5. ^ "OCA » Calcutta 1987". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ "OCA » Islamabad 1989". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  7. ^ "OCA » Colombo 1991". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  8. ^ "OCA » Dhaka 1993". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  9. ^ "OCA » Madras 1995". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  10. ^ "OCA » Kathmandu 1999". Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  11. ^ "OCA » Islamabad 2004". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  12. ^ "OCA » Colombo 2006". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  13. ^ "OCA » Dhaka 2010". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  14. ^ "Home". southasiangames2016.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  15. ^ "Home". 13sagnepal.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  16. ^ "South Asian Winter Games to have two opening and closing". The Times of India. 2010-11-25. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

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