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.

The host Nepal's performance was their best ever yet in South Asian Games and were placed only second to India.

[3] The gold medal won by Pramila Thapa in taekwondo was the first gold medal in Nepal's taekwondo history and sports council's[clarification needed] history.