1999 South Asian Games

VIII South Asian Games
Host city	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nations participating	7
Events	13 Sports
Officially opened by	Birendra of Nepal

The 1999 South Asian Games (or 8th SAF Games) were held in Kathmandu, Nepal (for the second time) from September 25 to October 4, 1999. King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev declared the games open amidst a grand ceremony. 1069 athletes of the different seven SAARC countries participated in the twelve sports. In the final medal count, India took first position and taking the advantages of host country Nepal amazingly took second position followed by Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives. Out of 523 medals India had the most, with 102 gold, 58 silver and 37 bronze, Nepal then took 31 gold, 10 silver and 24 bronze, Sri Lanka 16 gold 42 silver and 62 bronze, Pakistan 10 gold, 36 silver and 30 bronze, Bangladesh 2 gold, 10 silver and 35 bronze, Bhutan 1 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze, Maldives 4 bronze. None of the participant countries went back empty hand without having medals. Even Bhutan and Maldives had the benefit of medals.^[1]

Medal tally

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	102	58	37	197
2	Nepal	32	10	24	65
3	Sri Lanka	16	42	62	120
4	Pakistan	10	36	30	76
5	Bangladesh	2	10	35	47
6	Bhutan	1	6	7	14
7	Maldives	0	0	4	4

Note: 28 Golds of Nepal came from Taekwondo and Karate.^[2] The gold medal won by Pramila Thapa in taekwondo was the first gold medal in Nepal's taekwondo history and sports council's history.

References

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia Sports NOCs Mascots Continental Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Regional Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games Defunct Afro-Asian Games2 Asian Indoor Games1 Asian Martial Arts Games1 1 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.2 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.