# Athletics at the 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. 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. 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. 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. Jani Chathurangani Silva, the 100 m silver medallist, was also banned for Norandrosterone.

## Records

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Anju Bobby George | Long jump | India | 6.42 m | GR |
| Susanthika Jayasinghe Buddika Sujani Premila Priyadarshani Jani Chathurangani | 4×100 metre relay | Sri Lanka | 44.63 | GR |
| Preeja Sreedharan | 10,000 metres | India | 34:27.13 | GR |
| Chaminda Sampath | Triple jump | Sri Lanka | 16:26 m | GR |
| Surender Singh | 10,000 metres | India | 29:41.30 | GR |
| Key:0000 | WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Umanga Surendra (SRI) | 10:52 | Anil Kumar (IND) | 10:53 | Basak Jagdish (IND) | 10:61 |
| 200 metres | Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) | 21.14 | Vishal Saxena (IND) | 21.51 | Muhammad Imran (PAK) | 21.52 |
| 400 metres | Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) | 46.33 | Prasanna Amarasekera (SRI) | 46.40 | Rana Saheer Ahmed (PAK) | 47.77 |
| 800 metres | Francis Sagayaraj (IND) | 1:50:23 | S. Abeynayaka (SRI) | 1:50:30 | W. Weliwita (SRI) | 1:50:36 |
| 1500 metres | Hamza Chatholi (IND) | 3:44.50 | Chaminda Wijekoon (SRI) | 3:45.60 | P.H. Chamal (SRI) | 3:53.73 |
| 5000 metres | Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) | 14:01.19 | Surendra Kumar Singh (IND) | 14:02.43 | Nowshad Khan (PAK) | 14:28.59 |
| 10,000 metres | Surendra Singh (IND) | 29:41.30 GR | Regunath Sadasivam (IND) | 29:43.09 | M. Ajanthan (SRI) | 31:01.34 |
| 110 metre hurdles | Mafuzur Rahman (BAN) | 14.19 | Muhanned Sajjad (PAK) | 14.26 | Abdul Rashid (PAK) | 14.62 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Allah Ditta (PAK) | 51.00 | Asoka Jayasundara (SRI) | 51.02 | Joseph Abraham (IND) | 51.66 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) | 8:51:76 | Om Prakash (IND) | 9:00:99 | Ram Bhadur (IND) | 9:02:15 |
| 4×100 metre relay | India (IND) | 40.29 | Pakistan (PAK) | 40.76 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 43.91 |
| 4×400 metre relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 3:09:25 | India (IND) | 3:10:47 | Pakistan (PAK) | 3:11:35 |
| Marathon | Ajit Bandara (SRI) | 2:25:40 | Arjun Kumar Basnet (NEP) | 2:28:10 | L. Binning (IND) | 2:29:16 |
| High jump | Manjula Kumara (SRI) | 2:19 m | Benedict Stanley (IND) | 2:19 m | Nalin Priyantha (SRI) | 2:16 m |
| Pole vault | Muhammad Ayub (PAK) | 4.78 m | Muhammed Zafar (PAK) | 4.70 m | Vidivelu (IND) | 4.50 m |
| Long jump | Wayne Pepin (IND) | 7.73 m | Prasad Dharmaratne (SRI) | 7.46 m | Muhammed Riaz (PAK) | 7.31 m |
| Triple jump | Chaminda Sampath (SRI) | 16:26 m GR | Khan Waseem (PAK) | 15:85 m | Mathew Binu (IND) | 15:82 |
| Shot put | Sourabh Vij (IND) | 17.43 m | Kudeep Man (IND) | 16.75 m | Asraf Ali (PAK) | 16.63 m |
| Discus throw | Basharat Ali (PAK) | 55.10 m | Amrit Pal Singh (IND) | 52.89 m | Harpreet Singh (IND) | 52.69 m |
| Javelin throw | Kingsly Gunathilake (SRI) | 77.99 | Sunil Goswami (IND) | 70.20 | Muhammad Irfan (PAK) | 69.69 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 11.33 | Jani Chathurangani Silva (SRI) | 11.76 | Sadaf Siddiqui (PAK) | 12:07 |
| 200 metres | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 22.99 | Buddika Sujani (SRI) | 24.24 | Poonam Tomar (IND) | 24.62 |
| 400 metres | Pinki Pramanik (IND) | 52.54 | Menaka Wickramasinghe (SRI) | 53.83 | Lasanthi Deepika (SRI) | 55.76 |
| 800 metres | Pinki Pramanik (IND) | 2:03.81 | Santhi Soundarajan (IND) | 2:04.77 | Bushra Parveen (PAK) | 2:08.04 NR |
| 1500 metres | Santhi Soundarajan (IND) | 4:14.26 | Sinimoule Paulose (IND) | 4:14.71 | Shanika Samanmali (SRI) | 4:30.61 |
| 5000 metres | O. P. Jaisha (IND) | 16:03.11 | D. A. Inoka (SRI) | 16:37.41 | Preeja Sreedharan (IND) | 16:52.51 |
| 10,000 metres | Preeja Sreedharan (IND) | 34:27.13 GR | Kanchai Maya Koju (NEP) | 35:03.43 | Preethi Rao (IND) | 35:24.05 |
| 100 metre hurdles | Anuradha Biswal (IND) | 14.28 | Sumita Rani (BAN) | 14.36 NR | Poonam Bojanna (IND) | 14.61 |
| 4×100 metre relay | Sri Lanka (SRI) Susanthika Jayasinghe Buddika Sujani Jani Chathurangani Premila Priyadarshani | 44.63 GR | India (IND) | 46.37 | Pakistan (PAK) | 47.28 |
| 4×400 metre relay | India (IND) | 3:38:01 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 3:39:48 | Pakistan (PAK) | 3:44:81 |
| High jump | Dulanjalee Ranasinghe (SRI) | 1.71 m | Tharanga Vinodani (SRI) | 1.68 m | Tessymol Joseph (IND) | 1.68 m |
| Long jump | Anju Bobby George (IND) | 6.42 m GR | Foujia Huda (BAN) | 6.07 m =NR | N.C.D. Priyadarshani (SRI) | 5.94 m |
| Shot put | Saroj Sihag (IND) | 14.96 m | Nadeeka Muthunayake (SRI) | 14.45 m | Zeenat Parveen (PAK) | 14.07 m |
| Discus throw | Padma Nandani Wijesundara (SRI) | 47.50 m | Saroj Sihag (IND) | 45.67 m | Priyanka Bhanot (IND) | 43.29 m |
| Javelin throw | Nadeeka Lakmali (SRI) | 50.73 m | Anne Maheshi De Silva (SRI) | 49.85 m | Gurmeet Kaur (IND) | 46.45 m |

## Doping in Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

| Name | NOC | Sport | Banned Substance | Stripped Off Medal | Ban Duration | Awarded |
| Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari | Nepal | Athletics (3000m) | Norandrosterone | Gold | 2 Years | Om Prakash |
| Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari | Nepal | Athletics (5000m) | Norandrosterone | Gold | 2 Years | Surendra Kumar Singh |
| Jani Chathurangani Silva | Sri Lanka | Athletics (100m) | Nandrolone | Silver | 2 Years | Sadaf Siddiqui |
| Jani Chathurangani Silva | Sri Lanka | Athletics (4×100m Relay) | Nandrolone | Gold | 2 Years | India |

### Updated Medal Summary after Doping test results (Medal Upgrade)

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5000 metres (Men) | Surendra Kumar Singh | Nowshad Khan | Sita Ram Jat |
| 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

* Host nation (Sri Lanka)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND) | 18 | 12 | 15 | 45 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (SRI)* | 13 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Bhutan (BHU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |
* Note: Table has been adjusted to discount medals by athletes who failed drugs tests