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Pakistan is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and has participated in the South Asian Games since the inception of the game in 1984. The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), formed in 1948, and was affiliated by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.

Pakistan at the
South Asian Games
IOC codePAK
NOCPakistan Olympic Association
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
297
Silver
421
Bronze
432
Total
1,150
South Asian Games appearances (overview)

Pakistan has participated all 13 South Asian Games governed by South Asia Olympic Council.

Pakistan has performed reasonably well since 1984 Kathmandu. Pakistan has been second-ranked team 7 times, third ranked team 4 times, fourth ranked team 2 times.[1]

Best performance witnessed by Pakistan was in 2006 Colombo with 158 total Medals including 43 Gold Medals.[2]

Hosted Games

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Islamabad, Capital of Pakistan has hosted this Multi-Sport Event 2 times : 1989 Islamabad, 2004 Islamabad[3][4]

Pakistan will host 2025 South Asian Games at Lahore.[5][6]

Detailed Medals Count

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A red box around the year indicates the games were hosted by Pakistan.

Note : Updated Medal Table after Doping Results

Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nepal 1984 Kathmandu 3 5 3 2 10
Bangladesh 1985 Dhaka 2 21 26 12 59
India 1987 Calcutta 2 16 36 14 66
Pakistan 1989 Islamabad 2 42 33 22 97
Sri Lanka 1991 Colombo 3 28 32 25 85
Bangladesh 1993 Dhaka 2 23 22 20 65
India 1995 Madras 3 10 33 36 79
Nepal 1999 Kathmandu 4 10 36 30 76
Pakistan 2004 Islamabad 2 38 55 50 143
Sri Lanka 2006 Colombo 2 43 44 71 158
Bangladesh 2010 Dhaka 2 19 25 36 80
India 2016 Guwahati / Shillong 3 12 35 57 104
Nepal 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara 4 30 41 57 128
Pakistan 2025 Lahore Future event
Total 2 297 421 432 1150

See also

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  • Doping at the South Asian Games[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Pakistan Olympic Association". nocpakistan.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "OCA » Colombo 2006". ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ "OCA » Islamabad 1989". ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "OCA » Islamabad 2004". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Four POA officials appointed to 2023 South Asian Games working group". www.insidethegames.biz. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. ^ "OCA » Pakistan to use four cities to host 2021 South Asian Games". ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Three Pakistani medallists from 2019 South Asian Games flunk dope tests, face bans of up to four years". Firstpost. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Pakistan squash player Iqbal tests positive and negative". Daily Times. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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