Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

At the 2006 South Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 August to 27 August 2006.[1] A total of 35 events were contested, of which 20 by male and 15 by female athletes.

Athletics at the 10th South Asian Games
Susanthika Jayasinghe was a triple gold medallist
Dates23 August – 27 August
Host cityColombo, Sri Lanka
VenueSugathadasa Stadium
LevelSenior
Events35
Participation? athletes from
8 nations
Records set5 Games records


India was the most successful country, medals-wise, with a total of 43 medals, 15 of which were gold. The hosts Sri Lanka were the next best medal winner, having taken 14 gold medals.[2] A total of 5 Games records were broken during the competition, which included world medallist Anju Bobby George's performance of 6.42 metres in the long jump.[3] Susanthika Jayasinghe completed a 100 and 200 metres double, before going on to take the gold with the Sri Lankan relay team. Her male counterpart Rohan Pradeep Kumara achieved a similar feat, winning the 200 and 400 metres races, as well at the 400 m relay. Pinki Pramanik of India was another athlete to win two golds as she won the women's 400 and 800 metres finals.

Rajendra Bhandari of Nepal won a 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase double, but his sample delivered at the Games tested positive for Norandrosterone. He was disqualified from the event and banned from competing for two years.[4] Jani Chathurangani Silva, the 100 m silver medallist, was also banned for Norandrosterone.[5] It is unclear whether medals have been reassigned.

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Anju Bobby GeorgeLong jump India6.42 mGR
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Buddika Sujani
Premila Priyadarshani?
Jani Chathurangi Silva
4×100 metre relay Sri Lanka44.63GR
Preeja Sreedharan10,000 metres India34:27.13GR
Chaminda SampathTriple jump Sri Lanka16:26 mGR
Surender Singh10,000 metres India29:41.30GR
Rajendra Bhandari       5000 metres           NEP      14.01.19         Failed in Doping
Key:0000 WR — World record   AR — Area record   GR — Games record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Key
  Performance annulled

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Umanga Surendra (SRI)10:52  Anil Kumar (IND)10:53  Basak Jagdish (IND)10:61
200 metres  Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI)21.14  Vishal Saxena (IND)21.51  Muhammad Imran (PAK)21.52
400 metres  Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI)46.33  Prasanna Amarasekera (SRI)46.40  Rana Saheer Ahmed (PAK)47.77
800 metres  Francis Sagairaj (IND)1:50:23  S. Abeynayaka (SRI)1:50:30  W. Weliwita (SRI)1:50:36
1500 metres  Hamza Chatholi (IND)3:44.50  Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI)3:45.60  P.H. Chamal (SRI)3:53.73
5000 metres  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP)14:01.19  Sunil Kumar Singh (IND)14:02.43  Nowshad Khan (PAK)14:28.59
10,000 metres  Surender Singh (IND)29:41.30 GR  Regunath Sadasivam (IND)29:43.09  M. Ajanthan (SRI)31:01.34
110 metre hurdles  Mafuzur Rahman (BAN)14.19  Muhanned Sajjad (PAK)14.26  Abdul Rashid (PAK)14.62
400 metre hurdles  Allah Ditta (PAK)51.00  Asoka Jayasundara (SRI)51.02  Joseph Abraham (IND)51.66
3000 metre steeplechase  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP)8:51:76  Om Prakash (IND)9:00:99  Ram Bhadur (IND)9:02:15
4×100 metre relay  India (IND)40.29  Pakistan (PAK)40.76  Afghanistan (AFG)43.91
4×400 metre relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)3:09:25  India (IND)3:10:47  Pakistan (PAK)3:11:35
Marathon  Ajit Bandara (SRI)2:25:40  Arjun Kumar Basnet (NEP)2:28:10  L. Binning (IND)2:29:16
High jump  Manjula Kumara (SRI)2:19 m  Benedict Stanley (IND)2:19 m  Nalin Priyantha (SRI)2:16 m
Pole vault  Muhammad Ayub (PAK)4.78 m  Muhammed Zafar (PAK)4.70 m  Vidivelu (IND)4.50 m
Long jump  Wayne Pepin (IND)7.73 m  Prasad Dharmaratne (SRI)7.46 m  Muhammed Riaz (PAK)7.31 m
Triple jump  Chaminda Sampath (SRI)16:26 m GR  Khan Waseem (PAK)15:85 m  Mathew Binu (IND)15:82
Shot put  Sourab Vij (IND)17.43 m  Kudeep Man (IND)16.75 m  Asraf Ali (PAK)16.63 m
Discus throw  Basharat Ali (PAK)55.10 m  Amrit Pal Singh (IND)52.89 m  Harpreet Singh (IND)52.69 m
Javelin throw  Kingsly Gunathilake (SRI)77.99  Sunil Goswami (IND)70.20  Muhammad Irfan (PAK)69.69

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)11.33  Jani Chathurangani Silva (SRI)11.76  Sadaf Siddiqui (PAK)12:07
200 metres  Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)22.99  Buddika Sujani (SRI)24.24  Poonam Tomar (IND)24.62
400 metres  Pinki Pramanik (IND)52.54  Menaka Wickramasinghe (SRI)53.83  Lasanthi Deepika (SRI)55.76
800 metres  Pinki Pramanik (IND)2:03.81  Santhi Soundarajan (IND)2:04.77  Bushra Parveen (PAK)2:08.04 NR
1500 metres  Santhi Soundarajan (IND)4:14.26  Sinimoule Paulose (IND)4:14.71  Shanika Samanmali (SRI)4:30.61
5000 metres  O. P. Jaisha (IND)16:03.11  D. A. Inoka (SRI)16:37.41  Pareeja Shreedharan (IND)16:52.51
10,000 metres  Preej Sradeedharan (IND)34:27.13 GR  Kanchai Maya Koju (NEP)35:03.43  Preethi Rao (IND)35:24.05
100 metre hurdles  Anuradha Biswal (IND)14.28  Sumita Rani (BAN)14.36 NR  Poonam Bojanna (IND)14.61
4×100 metre relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Buddika Sujani
Jani Chathurangani
?
44.63 GR  India (IND)46.37  Pakistan (PAK)47.28
4×400 metre relay  India (IND)3:38:01  Sri Lanka (SRI)3:39:48  Pakistan (PAK)3:44:81
High jump  Dulanjalee Ranasinghe (SRI)1.71 m  Tharanga Vinodani (SRI)1.68 m  Tessymol Joseph (IND)1.68 m
Long jump  Anju Bobby George (IND)6.42 m GR  Foujia Huda (BAN)6.07 m =NR  N.C.D. Priyadarshani (SRI)5.94 m
Shot put  Saroj Sihag (IND)14.96 m  Nadeeka Muthunayake (SRI)14.45 m  Zeenat Parveen (PAK)14.07 m
Discus throw  Padma Nandani Wijesundara (SRI)47.50 m  Saroj Sihag (IND)45.67 m  Priyanka Bhanot (IND)43.29 m
Javelin throw  Nadeeka Lakmali (SRI)50.73 m  Anne Maheshi De Silva (SRI)49.85 m  Gurmeet Kaur (IND)46.45 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sri Lanka)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India15141443
2 Sri Lanka*1412733
3 Pakistan341320
4 Bangladesh1203
5   Nepal0202
6 Afghanistan0011
7 Bhutan0000
 Maldives0000
Totals (8 nations)333435102
  • Note: Table has been adjusted to discount medals by athletes who failed drugs tests

References

General
Specific
  1. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-17). Bobby George hopes to gain World Cup selection in Colombo – South Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
  2. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-27). Marathon ends South Asian Games – Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
  3. [Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-25). South Asian Games – Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
  4. Doping Rule Violation. IAAF (2007-06-04). Retrieved on 2010-03-05.
  5. Jani found guilty likely to lose her medals Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Sri Lanka News First (2006-11-02). Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
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