# Athletics at the 2019 South Asian Games

Athletics, aka track and field was among the sports to be contested at the 2019 South Asian Games. The sport was hosted at the Dasarath Stadium.
Hassan Saaid of the Maldives, won his country's first ever South Asian Games gold medal. Sri Lanka topped the medal count, winning a total of 15 gold medals, marking the first time since the 1993 games where the country has topped the athletics medal table.

## Medal summary

* Note : Medal Table needs to be Updated after Doping Test Results

### Medal table

* Host nation (Nepal)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 14 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Nepal (NEP)* | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Maldives (MDV) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 36 | 38 | 34 | 108 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Hassan Saaid Maldives | 10.49 | Himasha Eashan Sri Lanka | 10.50 | Uzair Rehman Pakistan | 10.71 |
| 200 m | Uzair Rehman Pakistan | 21.15 | Vinoj Suranjaya Sri Lanka | 21.19 | Hassan Saaid Maldives | 21.22 |
| 400 m | Aruna Darshana Sri Lanka | 46.69 | Lakmal Priyantha Sri Lanka | 46.79 | K. S. Jeevan India | 47.42 |
| 800 m | Indunil Herath Sri Lanka | 1:50.52 | Mohammed Afsal India | 1:51.25 | Som Bahadur Kumal Nepal | 1:51.44 |
| 1500 m | Ajay Kumar Saroj India | 3:54.18 | Ajeet Kumar India | 3:57.18 | Tanka Karki Nepal | 3:59.20 |
| 5000 m | Gopi Chandra Parki Nepal | 14:54.20 | Sunil Dawar India | 14:55.21 | Hari Rimal Nepal | 14:57.05 |
| 10000 m | Suresh Kumar India | 29:33:61 | Kumar Shanmugeswaran Sri Lanka | 30:49:30 | Deepak Adhakari Nepal | 30:50:06 |
| 110 m hurdles | Surendhar Jayakumar India | 14.37 | Roshan Dhamika Sri Lanka | 14.42 | Maymon Poulose India | 14.56 |
| 400 m hurdles | Jabir Madari P. India | 51.42 | Santosh Kumar India | 51.98 | Asanka Indrajit Sri Lanka | 54.33 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Himasha Eashan Chanuka Sandeepa Vinoj Suranjaya Yupun Priyadarshana | 39.14 GR | India (IND) Harjit Singh Gurindervir Singh Pranav Kalappur Amiya Kumar Mallick | 39.97 | Bangladesh (BAN) Abdur Rouf MD Ismail Shariful MD Hasan | 40.76 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Aruna Darshana Senira Gunaratne Rajitha Rajakaruna Lakmal Priyantha | 3:08.04 | India (IND) K. S. Jeevan Santhosh Kumar Angrej Singh M. P. Jabir | 3:08.21 | Bangladesh (BAN) MD Abu Taleb MD Masud Rana MD Saiful Ismail MD Jahir | 3:15.50 |
| Marathon | Kiran Bogati Nepal | 2:21:17 | Rashpal Singh India | 2:21:57 | Shre Singh India | 2:22:07 |
| High jump | Sarvesh Anil Kushare India | 2.21m GR | Chethan Balasubramanya [fr] India Mahfuzur Rahman Bangladesh | 2.16m 2.16m NR | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| Long jump | Lokesh Sathyanathan India | 7.87m | R. Swaminathan India | 7.77m | Al Amin Bangladesh | 7.60m |
| Triple jump | Karthik Unnikrishnan India | 16.47m | Mohammed Salahuddin India | 16.16m | Safreen Ahmed Sri Lanka | 15.95m |
| Shot put | Tejinder Pal Singh Toor India | 20.03m GR | Om Prakash Karhana India | 17.31m | Samith Madhusankar Sri Lanka | 15.55m |
| Discus throw | Kirpal Singh Batth India | 57.88m | Gagandeep Singh India | 53.57m | Shams Ul Haq Pakistan | 44.31m |
| Javelin throw | Arshad Nadeem Pakistan | 86.29m GR | Shivpal Singh India | 84.16m | Sumeda Ranasinghe Sri Lanka | 74.97m |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Archana Suseendran India | 11.80 | Amasha de Silva Sri Lanka | 11.82 | Lakshika Sugandhi Sri Lanka | 11.84 |
| 200 m | Archana Suseendran India | 23.66 | Najma Parveen Pakistan | 23.69 NR | A. Chandralekha India | 24.27 |
| 400 m | Dilshi Kumarasinghe Sri Lanka | 53.40 | Priya Habbathan India | 54.31 | Sahib-e-Asra Pakistan | 54.58 |
| 800 m | Dilshi Kumarasinghe Sri Lanka | 2:06.18 | Gayanthika Abeyratne Sri Lanka | 2:08.52 | Lily Das India | 2:08.97 |
| 1500 m | Nilani Rathnayake Sri Lanka | 4:34.34 | Chanda India | 4:34.51 | P. U. Chitra India | 4:35.46 |
| 5000 m | Nilani Rathnayake Sri Lanka | 16:55.18 | Parul Chaudhary India | 16:57.49 | Priti Lamba India | 17:09.32 |
| 10000 m | Santoshi Shrestha Nepal | 35:07.94 | Kavita Yadav India | 35:07.95 | Nilani Lanka Ariyadasa Sri Lanka | 35:09.02 |
| 100 m hurdles | Lakshika Sugandi Sri Lanka | 13.68 | Aparna Roy India | 14.13 | Ireshani Ranasinghe Sri Lanka | 14.18 |
| 400 m hurdles | Najma Parveen Pakistan | 1:00.35 NR | Kaushalya Madushani Sri Lanka | 1:00.40 | Veerpal Kaur India | 1:01.38 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Lakshika Sugandi Sarangi Silva Sadeepa Henderson Amasha de Silva | 44.89 | India (IND) Himashree Roy A. Chandralekha Archana Suseendran Daneshwari Ashok | 45.36 | Pakistan (PAK) Sahib-e-Asra Najma Parveen Aneela Gulzar Esha Imran | 46.74 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Omaya Udayangani Gayanthika Abeyratne Kaushalya Madushani Dilshi Kumarasinghe | 3:41.10 | Pakistan (PAK) Sahib-e-Asra Aneela Gulzar Rabia Ashiq Najma Parveen | 3:41.74 | India (IND) Priya Habbathan Vijayakumari Manisha Kushwaji Nancy | 3:41.81 |
| Marathon | Hiruni Wijayaratne Sri Lanka | 2:41:27 | Pushpa Bhandari Nepal | 2:50:11 NR | Jyoti Gawte India | 2:52:44 |
| High jump | Jishna M. India | 1.73m | Rubina Yadav India Dulanjali Ranasinghe Sri Lanka | 1.69m | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. |
| Long jump | Sarangi Silva Sri Lanka | 6.38m | Anjani Pulwansa Sri Lanka | 6.11m | Sandra Babu India | 6.02m |
| Triple jump | Hashini Paboda Sri Lanka | 13.21m | Vidusha Lakshani Sri Lanka | 13.14m | Bhairabi Roy India | 12.77m |
| Shot put | Abha Khatua India | 15.32m | Tharika Fernando Sri Lanka | 14.35m | Kachnar Chaudhary India | 13.66m |
| Discus throw | Navjeet Dhillon India | 49.85m | Survi Biswas India | 47.31m | Ishara Madhurangi Sri Lanka | 41.29m |
| Javelin throw | Dilhani Lekamge Sri Lanka | 55.02m | Nadeeka Lakmali Sri Lanka | 54.41m | Sharmila Kumari India | 53.64m |