Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

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Osaka07 D7A Susanthika Jayasinghe medal.jpg
Susanthika Jayasinghe was a triple gold medallist
Dates23 August – 27 August
Host city Colombo, Sri Lanka
Venue Sugathadasa Stadium
LevelSenior
Events35
Participation? athletes from
8 nations
Records set5 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.

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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

NameEventCountryRecordType
Anju Bobby George Long jump Flag of India.svg  India 6.42 m GR
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Buddika Sujani
Premila Priyadarshani
Jani Chathurangani
4×100 metre relay Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 44.63 GR
Preeja Sreedharan 10,000 metres Flag of India.svg  India 34:27.13 GR
Chaminda Sampath Triple jump Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 16:26 m GR
Surender Singh 10,000 metres Flag of India.svg  India 29:41.30 GR
Key:WR — World record   AR — Area record   GR — Games record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Key
  Performance annulled

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Umanga Surendra  (SRI)10:52Flag of India.svg  Anil Kumar  (IND)10:53Flag of India.svg  Basak Jagdish  (IND)10:61
200 metresFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Rohan Pradeep Kumara  (SRI)21.14Flag of India.svg  Vishal Saxena  (IND)21.51Flag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammad Imran  (PAK)21.52
400 metresFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Rohan Pradeep Kumara  (SRI)46.33Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Prasanna Amarasekera  (SRI)46.40Flag of Pakistan.svg  Rana Saheer Ahmed  (PAK)47.77
800 metresFlag of India.svg  Francis Sagayaraj  (IND)1:50:23Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  S. Abeynayaka  (SRI)1:50:30Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  W. Weliwita  (SRI)1:50:36
1500 metresFlag of India.svg  Hamza Chatholi  (IND)3:44.50Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Chaminda Wijekoon  (SRI)3:45.60Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  P.H. Chamal  (SRI)3:53.73
5000 metresFlag of Nepal.svg  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari  (NEP)14:01.19Flag of India.svg  Surendra Kumar Singh  (IND)14:02.43Flag of Pakistan.svg  Nowshad Khan  (PAK)14:28.59
10,000 metresFlag of India.svg  Surendra Singh  (IND)29:41.30 GR Flag of India.svg  Regunath Sadasivam  (IND)29:43.09Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  M. Ajanthan  (SRI)31:01.34
110 metre hurdlesFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Mafuzur Rahman  (BAN)14.19Flag of Pakistan.svg  Muhanned Sajjad  (PAK)14.26Flag of Pakistan.svg  Abdul Rashid  (PAK)14.62
400 metre hurdlesFlag of Pakistan.svg  Allah Ditta  (PAK)51.00Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Asoka Jayasundara  (SRI)51.02Flag of India.svg  Joseph Abraham  (IND)51.66
3000 metre steeplechaseFlag of Nepal.svg  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari  (NEP)8:51:76Flag of India.svg  Om Prakash  (IND)9:00:99Flag of India.svg  Ram Bhadur  (IND)9:02:15
4×100 metre relayFlag of India.svg  India  (IND)40.29Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)40.76Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan  (AFG)43.91
4×400 metre relayFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka  (SRI)3:09:25Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)3:10:47Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)3:11:35
MarathonFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Ajit Bandara  (SRI)2:25:40Flag of Nepal.svg  Arjun Kumar Basnet  (NEP)2:28:10Flag of India.svg  L. Binning  (IND)2:29:16
High jumpFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Manjula Kumara  (SRI)2:19 mFlag of India.svg  Benedict Stanley  (IND)2:19 mFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Nalin Priyantha  (SRI)2:16 m
Pole vaultFlag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammad Ayub  (PAK)4.78 mFlag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammed Zafar  (PAK)4.70 mFlag of India.svg  Vidivelu  (IND)4.50 m
Long jumpFlag of India.svg  Wayne Pepin  (IND)7.73 mFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Prasad Dharmaratne  (SRI)7.46 mFlag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammed Riaz  (PAK)7.31 m
Triple jumpFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Chaminda Sampath  (SRI)16:26 m GR Flag of Pakistan.svg  Khan Waseem  (PAK)15:85 mFlag of India.svg  Mathew Binu  (IND)15:82
Shot putFlag of India.svg  Sourabh Vij  (IND)17.43 mFlag of India.svg  Kudeep Man  (IND)16.75 mFlag of Pakistan.svg  Asraf Ali  (PAK)16.63 m
Discus throwFlag of Pakistan.svg  Basharat Ali  (PAK)55.10 mFlag of India.svg  Amrit Pal Singh  (IND)52.89 mFlag of India.svg  Harpreet Singh  (IND)52.69 m
Javelin throwFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kingsly Gunathilake  (SRI)77.99Flag of India.svg  Sunil Goswami  (IND)70.20Flag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammad Irfan  (PAK)69.69

Women

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

Doping in Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

NameNOCSportBanned SubstanceStripped Off MedalBan DurationAwardedRef.
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Athletics (3000m) Norandrosterone Gold medal icon.svg Gold2 Years Flag of India.svg Om Prakash [6]
Athletics (5000m)Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of India.svg Surendra Kumar Singh
Jani Chathurangani Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Athletics (100m) Nandrolone Silver medal icon.svg Silver2 Years Flag of Pakistan.svg Sadaf Siddiqui [7]
Athletics (4×100m Relay)Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of India.svg India

Updated Medal Summary after Doping test results (Medal Upgrade)

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sri Lanka)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)18121545
2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka  (SRI)*1312732
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)371121
4Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh  (BAN)1214
5Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal  (NEP)0202
6Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan  (AFG)0011
7Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan  (BHU)0000
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives  (MDV)0000
Totals (8 entries)353535105

See also

References

General
Specific
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  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.
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  8. "- SAF GAMES 2006 ATHLETIC RESULTS -". 2012-02-29. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-28.