1987 South Asian Games

III South Asian Games

Host city

Kolkata, India

Nations participating

Events

10 Sports

Officially opened by

R. Venkataraman

< 1985	1989 >

The 1987 South Asian Games, officially the 3rd South Asian Federation Games were a multi-sport event, held in Kolkata, India in 1987.^[1] It was the largest sporting event ever to be held in Kolkata, and West Bengal as a whole. This was also the first time when India hosted these Games. India would host the Games one more in 1995.

A total of 10 disciplinees were contested in these Games. India was the major medal winner at these events, garnering approximately 43% of all the medals. Seven nations participated in these Games.

Sports

Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Football
Kabaddi
Swimming
Table tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Medal tally

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	91	45	19	155
2	Pakistan	16	39	14	66
3	Sri Lanka	4	7	23	34
4	Bangladesh	3	20	31	54
5	Nepal	2	7	33	42
6	Bhutan	0	1	5	6
7	Maldives	0	0	0	0

South Asian Games

South Asian Summer Games	Kathmandu 1984 Dhaka 1985 Kolkata 1987 Islamabad 1989 Colombo 1991 Dhaka 1993 Chennai 1995 Kathmandu 1999 Islamabad 2004 Colombo 2006 Dhaka 2010 Guwahati and Shillong 2016

South Asian Winter Games	Dehradun-Auli 2011

South Asian Beach Games	Hambantota 2011

References

↑ 3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India) at rsssf.com

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