Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

Athletics at the 10th South Asian Games
Susanthika Jayasinghe was a triple gold medallist
Host city Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date(s) 23 August – 27 August
Main stadium Sugathadasa Stadium
Level Senior
Participation ? athletes from
8 nations
Events 35
Records set 5 Games records



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.

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 George Long jump  India 6.42 m GR
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Buddika Sujani
Premila Priyadarshani?
Jani Chathurangi Silva
4×100 metre relay  Sri Lanka 44.63 GR
Preeja Sreedharan 10,000 metres  India 34:27.13 GR
Chaminda Sampath Triple jump  Sri Lanka 16:26 m GR
Surender Singh 10,000 metres  India 29:41.30 GR
Key: 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

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  India 15 14 14 43
2  Sri Lanka 14 12 7 33
3  Pakistan 3 4 13 20
4  Bangladesh 1 2 0 3
5    Nepal 0 2 0 2
6  Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
7  Bhutan 0 0 0 0
7  Maldives 0 0 0 0
Total 33 34 35 102

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. Sri Lanka News First (2006-11-02). Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

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