Athletics at the 2004 South Asian Games

Athletics at the 9th South Asian Games

The host stadium
Host city Islamabad, Pakistan
Date(s) 2 April – 6 April
Main stadium Jinnah Stadium
Level Senior
Participation ? athletes from
8 nations
Events 32
Records set 6 Games records
← 1999 Kathmandu


At the 2004 South Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan from 2 April to 6 April 2004. A total of 32 events were contested, of which 19 by male and 13 by female athletes.[1] A total of six Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.

India topped the medal rankings with 15 golds and 29 medals to their name – an Indian athlete reached the podium in all the women's events. Sri Lanka were second best, followed by the hosts Pakistan. Madhuri Singh scored an 800/1500 metres double gold medal in the women's events. Sri Lanka's Rohan Pradeep Kumara made an impact on the men's side by winning the 200 and 400 metres events, as well as helping the Sri Lanka 4×400 m relay team to another gold.

Records

Name Event Country Record Type
Manjula Kumara Wijesekara High jump  Sri Lanka 2.20 m GR NR
Rohan Pradeep Kumara 200 metres  Sri Lanka 20.99 GR
K. Nagraj
Sandeep Sukeria
M. Vilesh
Piyush Kumar 		4×100 metres relay  India 39.91 GR
Anaejeet Singh Triple jump  India 16.16 m GR
Sangeetha Mohan High jump  India 1.81 m GR
Seema Antil Discus throw  India 57.03 m GR
Key: WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • GR — Games record  • NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Piyush Kumar (IND) 10.44  M. Vilash (IND) 10.62  Muhammed Shahbaz (PAK) 10.67
200 metres  Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) 20.99 GR  Imran Ahamed (PAK) 21.24  Piyush Kumar (IND) 21.35
400 metres  Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) 45.89  Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara (SRI) 45.95  Saghir Ahmad (PAK) 46.75 NR
800 metres  Mohammed Sifrath (SRI) 1:51.60  Gramanda Ran (IND) 1:52.21  Irshad Fazal (PAK) 1:52.24
1500 metres  Atta Miran (PAK) 3:43.40  Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) 3:44.85  Ghamanda Ram (IND) 3:50.18
5000 metres  Naushad Khan (PAK) 14:39.47  Rajindra Baledran (IND) 14:42.63  Kathan Chandradasa (SRI) 14:42.68
110 metre hurdles  Abdul Rashid (PAK) 14.33  Muhammed Shah (PAK) 14.41  Krishan Mohan (IND) 14.42
400 metre hurdles  Allad Ditta (PAK) 51.15  A.M.P Suranga Adikari (SRI) 51.3  Mumammed Adil (PAK) 52.15
3000 metre steeplechase  Upendra Bandara (SRI) 8:57.04  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) 8:57.30 NR  Safdar Nazmir (PAK) 9:10.53
4×100 metres relay  India (IND)
K. Nagraj
Sandeep Sukeria
M. Vilesh
Piyush Kumar		39.91 GR  Sri Lanka (SRI)40.09  Pakistan (PAK)40.36
4×400 metres relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Ranga Wimalawansa
Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara
Sugath Thilakaratne		3:05.80  Pakistan (PAK)3:07.03  India (IND)3:07.13
Marathon  Anuradha Indrajith Cooray (SRI) 2:16:38  Ajit Bandara (SRI) 2:19.29  Arjun Bahadur (NEP) 2: 21.23
High jump  Manjula Kumara Wijesekara (SRI) 2.20 m GR NR  Nalin Priyadharshana (SRI) 2.11 m  Omveer Singh (IND) 2.09 m
Long jump  Mohan Singh (IND) 7.70 m  Ghulam Abbas (PAK) 7.60 m  Amril Pal (IND) 7.59 m
Triple jump  Anaejeet Singh (IND) 16.16 m GR  Zafar Iqbad (PAK) 15.79 m  K.C. Saintison (IND) 15.69 m
Shot put  Ranvijay Singh (IND) 17.41 m  Kulvender Singh (IND) 16.71 m  Ashraf Ali (PAK) 16.41 m
Discus throw  Hirdayand Singh (IND) 53.77 m  Sukhbir Singh (IND) 53.55 m  Azhar Saleem (PAK) 51.35 m
Hammer throw  Nadeen Ahamed (PAK) 62.88 m  Habib Ullah (PAK) 62.85 m  Nirbhay Singh (IND) 62.77 m
Javelin throw  K. Lijesh (IND) 75.71 m  Zahid Hussain (PAK) 74.67 m  Irfan Muhammed (PAK) 71.10 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Jani Chathurangani Silva (SRI) 11.81  K.M. Greeshma (IND) 11.96  Poonam Tomer (IND) 11.98
200 metres  Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) 23.49  Buddika Sujani (SRI) 24.31  Poonam Toner (IND) 24.76
400 metres  S. Geetha (IND) 52.25  Chitra Soman (IND) 52.43  Neuman Nehar (BAN) 55.46
800 metres  Madhuri Singh (IND) 2:07.61  Mangal Priyadharshani (SRI) 2:07.84  Gulanaz Ara (PAK) 2:09.49.
1500 metres  Madhuri Singh (IND) 4:31.16  Sumeera Zaheer (PAK) 4:31.41 NR  Preeja Sreedharan (IND) 4:32.24
100 metre hurdles  Sriyani Kulawansa (SRI) 13.37  Priya Natrajan (IND) 13.84  Soma Biswa (IND) 13.88
4×100 metres relay  Sri Lanka (SRI)
Jani Chathurangani Silva
Sriyani Kulawansa
Achala Dias
Sujani Menaka		46.13  India (IND)46.21  Bangladesh (BAN)47.92
4×400 metres relay  India (IND)3:33.49  Sri Lanka (SRI)3:44.12  Pakistan (PAK)3:46.10
High jump  Sangeetha Mohan (IND) 1.81 m GR  Sahana Kumari (IND) 1.75 m  Priyangika Maduwanthi (SRI) 1.69 m
Long jump  Jetty Joseph (IND) 6.30 m  Foujia Huda (BAN) 6.07 m  Pooja Ahlawat (IND) 5.82 m
Shot put  Latha Nicholas (IND) 15.36 m  A. Chaitali (IND) 14.48 m  Zeenath Praveen (PAK) 13.47 m
Discus throw  Seema Antil (IND) 57.03 m GR  Krish Na (IND) 49.13 m  Padma Wijesundara (SRI) 42.31 m
Javelin throw  Anne Maheshi De Silva (SRI) 51.37 m  Gureet Kaur (IND) 51.27 m  Suman Devi (IND) 50.58 m

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  India 15 12 14 29
2  Sri Lanka 12 9 3 24
3  Pakistan 5 8 12 25
4    Nepal 0 2 1 3
5  Bangladesh 0 1 2 3
6  Afghanistan 0 0 0 0
6  Bhutan 0 0 0 0
6  Maldives 0 0 0 0
Total 23 23 23 69

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-08). South Asian Games - Review. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

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