Athletics at the 2010 South Asian Games

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.

Athletics at the 11th South Asian Games
DatesFebruary 6 – February 9
Host cityDhaka, Bangladesh
VenueBangabandhu National Stadium
LevelSenior
Events23
Participation8 nations
Records set?

2010 South Asian Games

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 MadumanthiHigh jump Sri Lanka1.81 m=GR
Azharul IslamDiscus throw Bangladesh44.98 mNR
Sumita Rani100 m hurdles Bangladesh13.99 mNR

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)
Ali Amir Murad
Tahir Shafiq
Asad Iqbal
Ali Muhammad		3:16.70[3]
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
Javeria 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

  *   Host nation (Bangladesh)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)1011829
2 Sri Lanka (SRI)88622
3 Pakistan (PAK)42410
4   Nepal (NEP)1001
5 Bangladesh (BAN)*0246
6 Maldives (MDV)0011
Totals (6 nations)23232369
gollark: I did not.
gollark: ... are you hiding it from everyone but me?
gollark: I don't. It isn't. Have you CHECKED?
gollark: It wasn't there.
gollark: Well, who knows what dark secrets it holds?

References
  1. 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.
  3. "Pakistan at the XI South Asian Games". sports.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.