6th South Asian Games - Dhaka 1993



In 1993, Dhaka became the first country in the history of the SAF Games to play hosts for the second time. These games, originally allotted to Kathmandu, were staged from December 20 to 27, 1993. Eleven disciplines were held. History repeated itself. Like all previous occasions, India returned with a bagful of medals. Out of the 137 medals bagged by India, 60 were gold, 46 silver and 31 bronze. Bhutan and the Maldives could not win a single gold medal. In athletics Ranjit Subasinghe of Sri Lanka created a new games record by running 800 metres in 1 minute 47.56 seconds. India 's Bahadur Singh created a record by running 10,000 metres in 29 minutes 30.23 seconds. Moilly Chakoo of India ran the 3000 metres in 9 minutes 29.01 seconds. In the team championships Nepal and Sri Lanka won gold medals in football and men's tennis respectively whereas Pakistan won the kabaddi championship and men's volleyball gold. India bagged the team title in the events of table tennis (men and women) volleyball (women) and men's table tennis.

6th SAG Dhaka 1993:
Host City Dhaka
Country Bangladesh
Nations Participating 7
Disciplines 11


Participating NOCs:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Medals Telly:
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

India
60 46 31 137

Pakistan
23 22 20 65

Sri Lanka
20 22 39 81

Bangladesh
11 19 32 62

Nepal
1 6 15 22

Bhutan
0 0 0 0

Maldives
0 0 0 0

G.TOTAL
115 115 137 367



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