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

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.

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]

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Anju Bobby George Long jump  India 6.42 m GR
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Buddika Sujani
Premila Priyadarshani
Jani Chathurangani		 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: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 Sagayaraj (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  Surendra Kumar Singh (IND) 14:02.43  Nowshad Khan (PAK) 14:28.59
10,000 metres  Surendra 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  Sourabh 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  Preeja Sreedharan (IND) 16:52.51
10,000 metres  Preeja Sreedharan (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
Premila Priyadarshani		 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

Doping in Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

Name NOC Sport Banned Substance Stripped Off Medal Ban Duration Awarded Ref.
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari NepalNepal Athletics (3000m) Norandrosterone 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2 Years India Om Prakash [6]
Athletics (5000m) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold India Surendra Kumar Singh
Jani Chathurangani Silva Sri LankaSri Lanka Athletics (100m) Nandrolone 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 2 Years Pakistan Sadaf Siddiqui [7]
Athletics (4×100m Relay) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold India India

Updated Medal Summary after Doping test results (Medal Upgrade)

Events Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
5000 metres (Men) India Surendra Kumar Singh Pakistan Nowshad Khan India Sita Ram Jat [8]
3000 metres Steeplechase India Om Prakash India Ram Bhadur Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz
100 metres (Women) Sri Lanka Susanthika Jayasinghe Pakistan Sadaf Siddiqui India Poonam Bojanna Berera
4×100m Relay (Women) India India Pakistan Pakistan Bangladesh Bangladesh

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sri Lanka)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)18121545
2 Sri Lanka (SRI)*1312732
3 Pakistan (PAK)371121
4 Bangladesh (BAN)1214
5 Nepal (NEP)0202
6 Afghanistan (AFG)0011
7 Bhutan (BHU)0000
 Maldives (MDV)0000
Totals (8 entries)353535105

See also

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.
  6. ^ "iaaf.org - Doping Rule Violation". 2012-10-02. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. ^ "Jani found guilty likely to lose her medals". 2007-07-07. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  8. ^ "- SAF GAMES 2006 ATHLETIC RESULTS -". 2012-02-29. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-28.

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