At Colombo in 1991, in terms of medal tally India took the top spot as it had been doing since the inception of the SAF Games in 1984. India went on to improve from 61 gold medals won at Islamabad to 64 gold medals this time. Sri Lanka earned 44 showing a marked improvement in the performance which had been seen their players win only six gold medals at Islamabad . Indian weightlifters did India proud by winning three gold, the same number of silver and bronze medals in each category. A significant feature of the Colombo edition of the SAF Games was that all but two swimming records were shattered in the women's category. In fact swimming was dominated by Sri Lanka, in particular the cousins Jullian Bolling and Dipika Chanmugham. Between them they bagged 13 gold medals to rightly earn the titles of best sportsman and sportswoman of the games respectively. Sri Lankan women emerged winners of the volleyball event whereas women from Nepal bagged the title in table tennis. Pakistan won the gold medal in football leaving the basketball, table tennis (men), tennis (men and women) and volleyball gold for Indian players. Bhutan returned from Colombo empty-handed.
5th SAG Colombo 1991: Participating NOCs:Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Medals Telly:| COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| 64 | 59 | 41 | 164 |
| 44 | 34 | 40 | 118 |
| 28 | 32 | 25 | 85 |
| 4 | 8 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | 8 | 29 | 39 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 142 | 142 | 163 | 447 |
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