Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games explained

Athletics at the 10th South Asian Games
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Colour:	FAFF4E
Host City:	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dates:	23 August – 27 August
Stadium:	Sugathadasa Stadium
Nations Participating:	8
Athletes Participating:	?
Events:	35
Records Set:	5 Games records
Level:	Senior
Previous:	2004 Islamabad
Next:	2010 Dhaka
Games:	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
			6.42 m	GR
			44.63	GR
			34:27.13	GR
			16:26 m	GR
			29:41.30	GR

Key:	WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record

Medal summary

Key:

Men

100 metres	10:52	10:53	10:61
200 metres	21.14	21.51	21.52
400 metres	46.33	46.40	47.77
800 metres	1:50:23	1:50:30	1:50:36
1500 metres	3:44.50	3:45.60	3:53.73
5000 metres	14:01.19	14:02.43	14:28.59
10,000 metres	29:41.30 GR	29:43.09	31:01.34
110 metre hurdles	14.19	14.26	14.62
400 metre hurdles	51.00	51.02	51.66
3000 metre steeplechase	8:51:76	9:00:99	9:02:15
4×100 metre relay	40.29	40.76	43.91
4×400 metre relay	3:09:25	3:10:47	3:11:35
Marathon	2:25:40	2:28:10	2:29:16
High jump	2:19 m	2:19 m	2:16 m
Pole vault	4.78 m	4.70 m	4.50 m
Long jump	7.73 m	7.46 m	7.31 m
Triple jump	16:26 m GR	15:85 m	15:82
Shot put	17.43 m	16.75 m	16.63 m
Discus throw	55.10 m	52.89 m	52.69 m
Javelin throw	77.99	70.20	69.69

Women

100 metres		11.33	11.76	12:07
200 metres		22.99	24.24	24.62
400 metres		52.54	53.83	55.76
800 metres		2:03.81	2:04.77	2:08.04 NR
1500 metres		4:14.26	4:14.71	4:30.61
5000 metres		16:03.11	16:37.41	16:52.51
10,000 metres		34:27.13 GR	35:03.43	35:24.05
100 metre hurdles		14.28	14.36 NR	14.61
4×100 metre relay	Susanthika Jayasinghe Buddika Sujani Jani Chathurangani Premila Priyadarshani	44.63 GR	46.37	47.28
4×400 metre relay		3:38:01	3:39:48	3:44:81
High jump		1.71 m	1.68 m	1.68 m
Long jump		6.42 m GR	6.07 m =NR	5.94 m
Shot put		14.96 m	14.45 m	14.07 m
Discus throw		47.50 m	45.67 m	43.29 m
Javelin throw		50.73 m	49.85 m	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	Nepal	Athletics (3000m)	Norandrosterone	Gold	2 Years	Om Prakash	^[6]
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	Nepal	Athletics (5000m)	Norandrosterone	Gold	2 Years	Surendra Kumar Singh	^[6]
Jani Chathurangani Silva	Sri Lanka	Athletics (100m)	Nandrolone	Silver	2 Years	Sadaf Siddiqui	^[7]
Jani Chathurangani Silva	Sri Lanka	Athletics (4×100m Relay)	Nandrolone	Gold	2 Years	India	^[7]

Updated Medal Summary after Doping test results (Medal Upgrade)

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

Medal table

Note: Table has been adjusted to discount medals by athletes who failed drugs tests

References

General

Athletics results. SAF Games 2006. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-24). Jayasinghe back with 22.99 to win South Asian Games 200m - Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-25). South Asian Games – Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-26). South Asian Games – Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-27). Marathon ends South Asian Games – Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

Specific

External links

Official Games website

Notes and References

Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-17). Bobby George hopes to gain World Cup selection in Colombo – South Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-27). Marathon ends South Asian Games – Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2006-08-25). South Asian Games – Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=38928.html Doping Rule Violation
http://www.srilankanewsfirst.com/Sports/Athletics/319.html Jani found guilty likely to lose her medals
Web site: 2012-10-02 . iaaf.org - Doping Rule Violation . 2022-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121002141607/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=38928.html . 2 October 2012 . dead.
Web site: 2007-07-07 . Jani found guilty likely to lose her medals . 2022-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070707154617/http://www.srilankanewsfirst.com/Sports/Athletics/319.html . 7 July 2007 . dead.
Web site: 2012-02-29 . - SAF GAMES 2006 ATHLETIC RESULTS - . 2022-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229131137/http://www.kaputa.com/sports/saf_2006/results/athletic.htm . 29 February 2012 . dead.