Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games

Athletics at the 12th South Asian Games
Dates	9 – 12 February
Host city	Guwahati, India
Venue	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	37
Participation	8 nations
Records set	?
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Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games were held in Guwahati, India from 9 to 12 February 2016. ^[1]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Himasha Eashan   Sri Lanka	10.28 GR	Saaid Hassan   Maldives	10.41	Mohommed Ashraful   Sri Lanka	10.69
200 metres	M.V. Suranjaya De Silva   Sri Lanka	21.00	Saaid Hassan   Maldives	21.15	Liaquat Ali   Pakistan	21.53
400 metres	Arokia Rajiv   India	46.23	Kunhu Muhammed   India	46.73	Dilip Ruwan   Sri Lanka	47.30
800 metres	Indunil Herath   Sri Lanka	1:51.46	Muhammad Ikram   Pakistan	1:51.86	Ajay Kumar Saroj   India	1:52.04
1500 metres	Ajay Kumar Saroj   India	3:53.46	Sanjeewa Lakmal   Sri Lanka	3:54.16	Rahul Kumar Pal   India	3:55.07
5000 metres	Man Singh   India	14:02.04 GR	Suresh Kumar   India	14:02.70	Hari Kumar Rimal   Nepal	14:32.18
10,000 metres	Gopi T   India	29:10.53 GR	Suresh Kumar   India	29:20.49	Lionel Samarajeewa   Sri Lanka	30:22.54
110 metres hurdles	Jayakumar Surendhar   India	14.13	Prem Kumar K   India	14.18	Mohsin Ali   Pakistan	14.26
400 metres hurdles	Ayyasamy Dharun   India	50.54	Jithin Paul   India	50.57	Mehboob Ali   Pakistan	52.04
4×100 metres relay	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	39.96	Umar Khayam Hameed   Pakistan	40.56 m	India  (IND)	41.09
4×400 metres relay	India  (IND)	3:06.74	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	3:07.59	Pakistan  (PAK)	3:14.82
Marathon	Nitendra Singh Rawat   India	2:15:18	Anuradha Cooray   Sri Lanka	2:15:19	Khetha Ram   India	2:21:14
High jump	Manjula Kumara   Sri Lanka	2.17 m	Tejaswin Shankar   India	2.17 m	Ajay Kumar   India	2.08 m
Pole vault	Ishara Sandaruwan   Sri Lanka	4.90 GR	Sonu Saini   India	4.80	Rehan Anjum   Pakistan	4.60 m
Long jump	Ankit Sharma   India	7.89 m GR	K Prem Kumar   India	7.62 m	Amila Jayasiri   Sri Lanka	7.46 m
Triple jump	Renjith Maheshwary   India	16.45 m GR	J. Surendhar   India	15.89 m	Muhammad Afzal   Pakistan	15.76 m
Shot put	Om Prakash Karhana   India	18.45 m	Jasdeep Singh   India	17.56 m	Muhammad Waseem   Pakistan	16.28 m
Discus throw	Arjun   India	57.21 m	Kripal Singh   India	56.59 m	U.P. Jayawardana   Sri Lanka	53.52 m
Hammer throw	Neeraj Kumar   India	66.14 m	Shakeel Ahmed   Pakistan	63.67 m	Alansan   Sri Lanka	46.38 m
Javelin throw	Neeraj Chopra   India	82.23 m GR	Sumeda Ranasinghe   Sri Lanka	80.25 m	Arshad Nadeem   Pakistan	78.33 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rumeshika Rathnayake   Sri Lanka	11.71	Srabani Nanda   India	11.72	Dutee Chand   India	11.75
200 metres	Srabani Nanda   India	23.91	Dutee Chand   India	24.14	Rumeshika Rathnayake   Sri Lanka	24.17
400 metres	M. R. Poovamma   India	54.10	Chandrika Rasnayake   Sri Lanka	54.40	Omaya Udayangani   Sri Lanka	54.70
800 metres	Nimali Liyanarachchi   Sri Lanka	2:09.40	Gayanthika Abeyrathne   Sri Lanka	2:09.64	Mrimuth Gomathy   India	2:10.99
1500 metres	PU Chitra   India	4:25.59	Gayanthika Abeyrathne   Sri Lanka	4:25.75	Nilani Rathnayake   Sri Lanka	4:26.70
5000 metres	L. Suriya   India	15:45.75 GR	Swati Haridas Gadhave   India	16:14.57	Nilani Rathnayake   Sri Lanka	17:00.85
10,000 metres	L. Suriya   India	32:39.86 GR	Swati Haridas Gadhave   India	33:57.09	S. A. Lama Hewage   Sri Lanka	36:11.39
100 metres hurdles	Gayathri Govindaraj   India	13.83	Sajitha KV   India	14.26	Ireshani Rajasinghe   Sri Lanka	14.37
400 metres hurdles	Jauna Murmu   India	57.69	Ashwini Akkunji   India	58.92	Kawshalya Madushani   Sri Lanka	59.87
4×100 metres relay	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	45.50	India  (IND)	45.79	Bangladesh  (BAN)	47.44
4×400 metres relay	India  (IND)	3:35.44	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	3:38.89	Bangladesh  (BAN)	3:53.27
Marathon	Kavita Raut   India	2:38:38.00	Niluka Geethani Rajasekara   Sri Lanka	2:50:47.00	B. G. L. Anuradhi   Sri Lanka	2:52:15.00
High jump	Sahana Kumari   India	1.78 m	Tharanga Vinodani   Sri Lanka Swapna Barman   India	1.75 m	None awarded
Long jump	Mayookha Johny   India	6.43 m GR	Shradha Bhaskar   India	6.19 m	Sarangi Silva   Sri Lanka	5.89 m
Triple jump	Mayookha Johny   India	13.85 m GR	Vidusha Lakshani   Sri Lanka	13.18 m	Prajusha M A   India	12.95 m
Shot put	Manpreet Kaur Sr.   India	17.94 m GR	Manpreet Kaur Jr.   India	15.94 m	Tharika Fernando   Sri Lanka	14.87 m
Javelin throw	Suman Devi   India	59.45 m GR	Annu Rani   India	57.13 m	Nadeeka Lakmali   Sri Lanka	54.82 m

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India  (IND)	28	22	8	58
2	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	9	11	17	37
3	Pakistan  (PAK)	0	3	8	11
4	Maldives  (MDV)	0	2	0	2
5	Bangladesh  (BAN)	0	0	2	2
6	Nepal  (NEP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		37	38	36	111

References

1. "Competition Schedule - 12th South Asian Games, Guwahati & Shillong". www.southasiangames2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Official results (archived)