Maldives at the South Asian Games
Sporting event delegation
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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]
Medal table
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 |
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| Total | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |