Athletics at the 2010 South Asian Games

Athletics at the 11th South Asian Games
Host city Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date(s) February 6 – February 9
Main stadium Bangabandhu National Stadium
Level Senior
Participation 8 nations
Events 23
Records set ?
2012 New Delhi



At the 2010 South Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh from February 6 to February 9. A total of 23 events were contested, of which 15 by male and 8 by female athletes.

India (10 golds) had the greatest medal haul of the six countries which reached the medal table, shortly followed by Sri Lanka (8 golds). Stand out performers included Chandrika Subashini, who took the 200/400 metres double, and Pakistan's Naseem Hameed, who was a rank outsider before the games but won the women's 100 metres race over more-fancied opposition.[1] Following her victory, the Senate of Pakistan passed a resolution to improve her family's poor living standards and reward her with professional training.[2]

The marathon race caused much controversy as Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari, returning from a doping violation from the 2006 South Asian Games, finished in first place. Furthermore, a miscalculation caused by a change in finishing location resulted in a course of only 35 km (over 5 km short of the true marathon distance). Following an investigation, the athletes' positions remained unchanged, although their times were barred from the record books.[1]

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Priyangika Madumanthi High jump  Sri Lanka 1.81 m =GR
Azharul Islam Discus throw  Bangladesh 44.98 m NR
Sumita Rani 100 m hurdles  Bangladesh 13.99 m NR

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Shehan Ambepitiya (SRI) 10.46  Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (IND) 10.56  Liaqat Ali (PAK) 10.63
200 metres  Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (IND) 21.16  Shehan Ambepitiya (SRI) 21.19  Liaqat Ali (PAK) 21.27
400 metres  Bibin Mathew (IND) 47.25  Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara (SRI) 47.36  Shake Mortaja (IND) 47.53
1500 metres  Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) 4:10.01  Sunil Kumar (IND) 4:10.57  P.H. Chamal (SRI) 4:10.97
5000 metres  Sunil Kumar (IND) 14:23.83  Mohammad Yunus (IND) 14:24.22  Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) 14:47.68
110 metre hurdles  Mohsin Ali (PAK) 14.56  Sandeep Parmar (IND) 14.76  P. Muthuswamy (IND) 14.88
400 metre hurdles  T. Balamurugan (IND) 52.24  Nawaz Haq (PAK) 52.52  Avin A. Thomas (IND) 52.52
4×100 metre relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)
W.J.Y.T. Fernando
Shehan Ambepitiya
D.R. Ashan Hasaranga
Shiwantha M. Weerasooriya
40.02  India (IND)
Abdul Najeeb Quereshi
Sivadasan Nair Arunjith
Sameer Mon
Ritesh Anand
40.18  Maldives (MDV)
Hassan Saaid
Hussain Haleem
Azneem Ahmed
Ali Shareef
41.39 NR
4×400 metre relay  India (IND)
Bibin Mathew
K. Mathew Binu
V. B. Bineesh
Shake K. Mortaja
3:08.62  Sri Lanka (SRI)
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Rohitha Pushpakumara
Prasanna S. Amarasekara
U.G. Wickramesinghe
3:08.94  Pakistan (PAK)3:16.70
Marathon  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) N/A  Ajith Bandara Adikari (SRI) N/A  Ram Singh Yadav (IND) N/A
High jump  Harishankar Roy (IND) 2.16  Nikhil Chittarasu (IND) 2.13  Nalin Priyantha (SRI) 2.13
Long jump  Mohammad Ibrar (IND) 7.44  Nayana Dharmaratne (SRI) 7.25  Ali Amin (BAN) 7.19
Triple jump  Zafar Iqbal (PAK) 16.05  Saurabh Singh (IND) 15.27  Nishan Kumara (SRI) 15.19
Discus throw  Basharat Ali (PAK) 52.43  Simranjeet Singh (IND) 49.18  Azharul Islam (BAN) 44.98 NR
Javelin throw  Kashinath Naik (IND) 74.27  Muhammad Imran (PAK) 73.38  Samarjeet Singh (IND) 71.65

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Naseem Hameed (PAK) 11.81  Pramila Priyadarshani (SRI) 11.93  Achala Shalika Dias (SRI) 11.93
200 metres  Chandrika Subashini (SRI) 24.49  Pramila Priyadarshini (SRI) 24.63  Jauna Murmu (IND) 24.87
400 metres  Chandrika Subashini (SRI) 54.27  Priyanka Pawar (IND) 54.98  A.C. Ashwini (IND) 55.51
100 metre hurdles  G. Gayathry (IND) 13.98  Sumita Rani (BAN) 13.99 NR  Jasmin Akhter (BAN) 14.05
4×100 metre relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)
N.C.D. Priyadharshani
Achala Shalika Dias
H.P. Sujani Buddika
D.D. Premila Priyadharshani
46.33  Bangladesh (BAN)
Sumita Rani
Jasmine Akhter
Shamsun Nahar Chumky
Ishrat Jahan Eva
46.80 NR  Pakistan (PAK)
Naseem Hameed
J Hassan
Nadia Nazir
Sadaf Siddiqui
47.16
4×400 metre relay  India (IND)
Jauna Murmu
A.C. Ashwini
Tiana Mary Thomas
P Pawar
3:38.62  Sri Lanka (SRI)
T Kumari
Menike Wickramasinghe
E.W. Upamalika Ratna Kumari
Chandrika Subashini
3:44.81  Bangladesh (BAN)3:52.29 NR
High jump  Priyangika Madumanthi (SRI) 1.81 =GR  Sahana Kumari (IND) 1.79  Dulangalee Kumari (SRI) 1.72
Long jump  Chamali Dilrukshi (SRI) 6.20  Reshmi Bose (IND) 6.09  M. A. Prajusha (IND) 5.96

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  India 10 11 8 29
2  Sri Lanka 8 8 6 22
3  Pakistan 4 2 4 10
4    Nepal 1 0 0 1
5  Bangladesh 0 2 4 6
6  Maldives 0 0 1 1
Total 23 23 23 69

References

  1. 1 2 Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-10). South Asian Games – India dominates, but Pakistan’s Naseem Hameed steals the show. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.
  2. Arsahd, Muhammad (2010-02-11). Senate recommends civil award, job for fastest Naseem Hameed. Pakistan Observer. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.

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