Athletics at the 2004 South Asian Games

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|Name = Athletics at the 9th South Asian Games

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|Optional caption = The host stadium

|Host city = Islamabad, Pakistan

|Dates = 2 April – 6 April

|Stadium = Jinnah Stadium

|Nations participating = 8

|Athletes participating = ?

|Events = 32

|Records set = 6 Games records

|Level = Senior

|Previous = 1999 Kathmandu

|Next = 2006 Colombo

|Games = 2004 South Asian Games

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At the 2004 South Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan from 2 to 6 April 2004. A total of 32 events were contested, 19 by male and 13 by female athletes.Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=24826.html South Asian Games - Review]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Six Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.

India topped the medal rankings with 15 golds and 29 medals. 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

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Manjula Kumara Wijesekara	High jump	{{SRI}}	2.20 m	GR NR
Rohan Pradeep Kumara	200 metres	{{SRI}}	20.99	GR
K. Nagraj Sandeep Sukeria M. Vilesh Piyush Kumar	4×100 metres relay	{{IND}}	39.91	GR
Anaejeet Singh	Triple jump	{{IND}}	16.16 m	GR
Sangeetha Mohan	High jump	{{IND}}	1.81 m	GR
Seema Antil	Discus throw	{{IND}}	57.03 m	GR

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!WR — World record {{•}} AR — Area record {{•}} GR — Games record {{•}} NR — National record

Medal summary

=Men=

100 metres

|{{flagathlete|Piyush Kumar|IND}}

10.44

|{{flagathlete|Vilas Nelgunda|IND}}

10.62

|{{flagathlete|Muhammad Shahbaz|PAK}}

10.67

200 metres

|{{flagathlete|Rohan Pradeep Kumara|SRI}}

20.99 GR

|{{flagathlete|Muhammad Imran|PAK}}

21.24

|{{flagathlete|Piyush Kumar|IND}}

21.35

400 metres

|{{flagathlete|Rohan Pradeep Kumara|SRI}}

45.89

|{{flagathlete|Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara|SRI}}

45.95

|{{flagathlete|Saghir Ahmad|PAK}}

46.75 NR

800 metres

|{{flagathlete|Mohammed Sifrath|SRI}}

1:51.60

|{{flagathlete|Gramanda Ran|IND}}

1:52.21

|{{flagathlete|Irshad Fazal|PAK}}

1:52.24

1500 metres

|{{flagathlete|Atta Miran|PAK}}

3:43.40

|{{flagathlete|Chaminda Wijekoon|SRI}}

3:44.85

|{{flagathlete|Ghamanda Ram|IND}}

3:50.18

5000 metres

|{{flagathlete|Naushad Khan|PAK}}

14:39.47

|{{flagathlete|Rajindra Baledran|IND}}

14:42.63

|{{flagathlete|Kathan Chandradasa|SRI}}

14:42.68

110 metre hurdles

|{{flagathlete|Abdul Rashid|PAK}}

14.33

|{{flagathlete|Muhammed Shah|PAK}}

14.41

|{{flagathlete|Krishan Mohan|IND}}

14.42

400 metre hurdles

|{{flagathlete|Allad Ditta|PAK}}

51.15

|{{flagathlete|A.M.P Suranga Adikari|SRI}}

51.3

|{{flagathlete|Mumammed Adil|PAK}}

52.15

3000 metre steeplechase

|{{flagathlete|Upendra Bandara|SRI}}

8:57.04

|{{flagathlete|Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari|NEP}}

8:57.30 NR

|{{flagathlete|Safdar Nazmir|PAK}}

9:10.53

4×100 metres relay

|{{flagteam|IND}}
K. Nagraj
Sandeep Sukeria
M. Vilesh
Piyush Kumar

39.91 GR

|{{flagteam|SRI}}
DMPP Caldera
RDUS Surendra
ARMCB Ramanayake
Joy Danushka Perera

40.09

|{{flagteam|PAK}}
Nasim Shah
Mohammad Shahbaz
Afzal Baig
Mohammad Imran

40.36 NR

4×400 metres relay

|{{flagteam|SRI}}
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Ranga Wimalawansa
Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara
Sugath Thilakaratne

3:05.80

|{{flagteam|PAK}}
Saeed Ahmad
Basit Munir
Abdul Majid
Rana Saghir Ahmad

3:07.03

|{{flagteam|IND}}
PS Sreejith
K Suresh
Anil Kumar Rohil
P Shankar

3:07.13

Marathon

|{{flagathlete|Anuradha Indrajith Cooray|SRI}}

2:16:38

|{{flagathlete|Ajit Bandara|SRI}}

2:19.29

|{{flagathlete|Arjun Bahadur|NEP}}

2: 21.23

High jump

|{{flagathlete|Manjula Kumara Wijesekara|SRI}}

2.20 m GR NR

|{{flagathlete|Nalin Priyadharshana|SRI}}

2.11 m

|{{flagathlete|Omveer Singh|IND}}

2.09 m

Long jump

|{{flagathlete|Mohan Singh|IND}}

7.70 m

|{{flagathlete|Ghulam Abbas|PAK}}

7.60 m

|{{flagathlete|Amril Pal|IND}}

7.59 m

Triple jump

|{{flagathlete|Anaejeet Singh|IND}}

16.16 m GR

|{{flagathlete|Zafar Iqbad|PAK}}

15.79 m

|{{flagathlete|K.C. Saintison|IND}}

15.69 m

Shot put

|{{flagathlete|Ranvijay Singh|IND}}

17.41 m

|{{flagathlete|Kulvender Singh|IND}}

16.71 m

|{{flagathlete|Ashraf Ali|PAK}}

16.41 m

Discus throw

|{{flagathlete|Hirdayand Singh|IND}}

53.77 m

|{{flagathlete|Sukhbir Singh|IND}}

53.55 m

|{{flagathlete|Azhar Saleem|PAK}}

51.35 m

Hammer throw

|{{flagathlete|Nadeen Ahamed|PAK}}

62.88 m

|{{flagathlete|Habib Ullah|PAK}}

62.85 m

|{{flagathlete|Nirbhay Singh|IND}}

62.77 m

Javelin throw

|{{flagathlete|K. Lijesh|IND}}

75.71 m

|{{flagathlete|Zahid Hussain|PAK}}

74.67 m

|{{flagathlete|Irfan Muhammed|PAK}}

71.10 m

=Women=

100 metres

|{{flagathlete|Jani Chathurangani Silva|SRI}}

11.81

|{{flagathlete|K.M. Greeshma|IND}}

11.96

|{{flagathlete|Poonam Tomer|IND}}

11.98

200 metres

|{{flagathlete|Susanthika Jayasinghe|SRI}}

23.49

|{{flagathlete|Buddika Sujani|SRI}}

24.31

|{{flagathlete|Poonam Toner|IND}}

24.76

400 metres

|{{flagathlete|S. Geetha|IND}}

52.25

|{{flagathlete|Chitra Soman|IND}}

52.43

|{{flagathlete|Neuman Nehar|BAN}}

55.46

800 metres

|{{flagathlete|Madhuri Singh|IND}}

2:07.61

|{{flagathlete|Mangal Priyadharshani|SRI}}

2:07.84

|{{flagathlete|Gulanaz Ara|PAK}}

2:09.49.

1500 metres

|{{flagathlete|Madhuri Singh|IND}}

4:31.16

|{{flagathlete|Sumeera Zaheer|PAK}}

4:31.41 NR

|{{flagathlete|Preeja Sreedharan|IND}}

4:32.24

100 metre hurdles

|{{flagathlete|Sriyani Kulawansa|SRI}}

13.37

|{{flagathlete|Priya Natrajan|IND}}

13.84

|{{flagathlete|Soma Biswa|IND}}

13.88

4×100 metres relay

|{{flagteam|SRI}}
Jani Chathurangani Silva
Sriyani Kulawansa
Achala Dias
Sujani Buddhika

46.13

|{{flagteam|IND}}

46.21

|{{flagteam|BAN}}

47.92

4×400 metres relay

|{{flagteam|IND}}

3:33.49

|{{flagteam|SRI}}

3:44.12

|{{flagteam|PAK}}

3:46.10

High jump

|{{flagathlete|Sangeetha Mohan|IND}}

1.81 m GR

|{{flagathlete|Sahana Kumari|IND}}

1.75 m

|{{flagathlete|Priyangika Maduwanthi|SRI}}

1.69 m

Long jump

|{{flagathlete|Jetty Joseph|IND}}

6.30 m

|{{flagathlete|Foujia Huda|BAN}}

6.07 m

|{{flagathlete|Pooja Ahlawat|IND}}

5.82 m

Shot put

|{{flagathlete|Latha Nicholas|IND}}

15.36 m

|{{flagathlete|A. Chaitali|IND}}

14.48 m

|{{flagathlete|Zeenath Praveen|PAK}}

13.47 m

Discus throw

|{{flagathlete|Seema Antil|IND}}

57.03 m GR

|{{flagathlete|Krish Na|IND}}

49.13 m

|{{flagathlete|Padma Wijesundara|SRI}}

42.31 m

Javelin throw

|{{flagathlete|Anne Maheshi De Silva|SRI}}

51.37 m

|{{flagathlete|Gurmeet Kaur|IND}}

51.27 m

|{{flagathlete|Suman Devi|IND}}

50.58 m

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = PAK

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 2004 South Asian Games

| team =

| gold_IND = 15 | silver_IND = 12 | bronze_IND = 14

| gold_SRI = 12 | silver_SRI = 9 | bronze_SRI = 3

| gold_PAK = 5 | silver_PAK = 8 | bronze_PAK = 12 | host_PAK = yes

| gold_NEP = 0 | silver_NEP = 2 | bronze_NEP = 1

| gold_BAN = 0 | silver_BAN = 1 | bronze_BAN = 2

| gold_AFG = 0 | silver_AFG = 0 | bronze_AFG = 0

| gold_BHU = 0 | silver_BHU = 0 | bronze_BHU = 0

| gold_MDV = 0 | silver_MDV = 0 | bronze_MDV = 0

}}

References

;General

[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/safg.htm South Asian (Federation) Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=24756.html South Asian Games - Day One]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-03). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=24770.html Jayasinghe takes 200m - South Asian Games - Day Two]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-04). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=24780.html Cooray wins men’s Marathon - 2:16:38 - South Asian Games, Day 3]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-05). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=24805.html India upsets Sri Lanka in men's 100m final - South Asian Games - Day Four]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=24814.html Third gold for Kumar - South Asian Games - Final Day]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

;Specific

External links

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Category:2004 South Asian Games

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