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Weightlifting at 1st South Aisn Games - Kathmandu 1984

Weightlifting(MEN) COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL India 10 9 0 19 Pakistan No Participation Sri Lanka

Swimming at 1st South Asian Games - Kathmandu 1984

Swimming (MEN) COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL India 12 6 8 26 Pakistan No Participation Sri Lanka

Football st 1st South Asian games - Kathmandu 1984

Football COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL India 0 0 0 0 Pakistan No Participation Sri Lanka 0

Boxing at 1st South Asian games - Kathmandu 1984

Boxing COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL India 5 4 2 11 Pakistan 4 0 0 4 Sri Lanka

Athelitics at 1st South Asian Games - Kathmandu 1984

Athletics (MEN) COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL India 7 5 5 17 Pakistan 0 1 2 3 Sri Lanka

1st South Asian Games - Katmandu 1984

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The first SAF Games were held from September 17 to 23, 1984. The number of disciplines were restricted to five only. Indian sportsmen topped the medal tally, winning 88 medals. Half of these medals were gold. There were 28 silver and 16 bronze medals won by India. Sri Lanka followed India by winning seven golds, 11 silver and 19 bronze medals whereas Pakistan got five gold, three silver and two bronze medals. As the games were held for the first time, all the gold medallists created new games records which were shattered in the subsequent editions. However, the two records created in swimming remain intact till date. Bula Choudhary of India won the 100-metre freestyle event clocking 1:2:81 whereas the Indian relay team won the 4x100 metre freestyle event which continue to find place in the record books. Football was the only team game which could fit into the scheme of the games. It's gold was claimed by Nepal. 1st SAG Katm

SAF Games - Introduction

South Asian Games (also known as SAF Games or SAG & formerly known as South Asian Federation Games ) are a bi-annual multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asian Sports Council (SASC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. The first South Asian Games were hosted by Kathmandu, Nepal in 1983 and have since been held every two years except for some occasions. In 2004, it was decided in the 32nd meeting of South Asian Sports Council to rename the games from South Asian Federation Games to South Asian Games as the officials believed the word Federation was diminishing the emphasis on event and acting as a barrier in attracting crowd. These Games are often hyped as the South Asian version of Olympic Games.