At 13th South Asian Games, Maldives claimed its first ever gold.

[3] With that achievement Maldives became the last country to win a gold medal at the South Asian Games.

For 6 South Asian Games, Maldives failed to win a single medal.

At 1991 Colombo, Maldives was runners up by getting defeated to Pakistan in Football event and won silver medal.

[4] At 1995 Madras, 1999 Kathmandu and 2010 Dhaka, Maldives secured 1, 4 and 2 bronze medals respectively.