South Asian Games: the sports programme

Sports contested at each edition of the South Asian Games, as recorded in open data. A dot marks a sport on the programme; the right-hand column counts its editions.

13editions

23sports & disciplines

1984–2019years

20most sports at one edition

Sport by edition

Programme chart

Sport	1984	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1999	2004	2006	2010	2016	2019	Editions
Association football														13
Athletics														13
Competitive swimming														8
Badminton														5
Field hockey														4
Boxing														3
Judo														3
Squash														3
Archery														2
Cricket														2
Handball														2
Table tennis														2
Taekwondo														2
Volleyball														2
Weightlifting														2
Wrestling														2
Cycle sport														1
Fencing														1
Golf														1
Kho kho														1
Shooting sports														1
Tennis														1
Triathlon														1

Hosts

Editions

Year	Edition	Host	Sports	Medal events
2019	2019 South Asian Games	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium	12	15
2016	2016 South Asian Games	Sarusajai Stadium (Guwahati)	20	15
2010	2010 South Asian Games	Dhaka	8	7
2006	2006 South Asian Games	Colombo	9	5
2004	2004 South Asian Federation Games	Islamabad	4	5
1999	1999 South Asian Federation Games	Kathmandu	4	—
1995	1995 South Asian Federation Games	Chennai	4	—
1993	1993 South Asian Federation Games	Dhaka	3	—
1991	1991 South Asian Federation Games	Colombo	3	—
1989	1989 South Asian Federation Games	Islamabad	2	—
1987	1987 South Asian Federation Games	Kolkata	2	—
1985	1985 South Asian Federation Games	Dhaka	2	—
1984	1984 South Asian Federation Games	Kathmandu	2	—