Athletics at the 2019 South Asian Games explained

Athletics, aka track and field was among the sports to be contested at the 2019 South Asian Games.^[1] The sport was hosted at the Dasarath Stadium.

Hassan Saaid of the Maldives, won his country's first ever South Asian Games gold medal.^[2] 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.^[3]

Medal summary

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

Men's events

100 m		10.49		10.50		10.71
200 m		21.15		21.19		21.22
400 m		46.69		46.79		47.42
800 m		1:50.52		1:51.25		1:51.44
1500 m		3:54.18		3:57.18		3:59.20
5000 m		14:54.20		14:55.21		14:57.05
10000 m		29:33:61		30:49:30		30:50:06
110 m hurdles		14.37		14.42		14.56
400 m hurdles		51.42		51.98		54.33
4 × 100 m relay	Himasha Eashan Chanuka Sandeepa Vinoj Suranjaya Yupun Priyadarshana	39.14 GR		39.97		40.76
4 × 400 m relay	Aruna Darshana Senira Gunaratne Rajitha Rajakaruna Lakmal Priyantha	3:08.04		3:08.21		3:15.50
Marathon		2:21:17		2:21:57		2:22:07
High jump		2.21m GR		2.16m 2.16m	Not awarded as there was a tie for silver.
Long jump		7.87m		7.77m		7.60m
Triple jump		16.47m		16.16m		15.95m
Shot put		20.03m GR		17.31m		15.55m
Discus throw		57.88m		53.57m		44.31m
Javelin throw		86.29m GR		84.16m		74.97m

Women's events

100 m		11.80		11.82		11.84
200 m		23.66		23.69		24.27
400 m		53.40		54.31		54.58
800 m		2:06.18		2:08.52		2:08.97
1500 m		4:34.34		4:34.51		4:35.46
5000 m		16:55.18		16:57.49		17:09.32
10000 m		35:07.94		35:07.95		35:09.02
100 m hurdles		13.68		14.13		14.18
400 m hurdles		1:00.35		1:00.40		1:01.38
4 × 100 m relay	Lakshika Sugandi Sarangi Silva Sadeepa Henderson Amasha de Silva	44.89	Himashree Roy A. Chandralekha Archana Suseendran Daneshwari Ashok	45.36	Sahib-e-Asra Najma Parveen Aneela Gulzar Esha Imran	46.74
4 × 400 m relay		3:41.10	Sahib-e-Asra Aneela Gulzar Rabia Ashiq Najma Parveen	3:41.74	Priya Habbathan Vijayakumari Manisha Kushwaji Nancy	3:41.81
Marathon		2:41:27		2:50:11		2:52:44
High jump		1.73m		1.69m	Not awarded as there was a tie for silver.
Long jump		6.38m		6.11m		6.02m
Triple jump		13.21m		13.14m		12.77m
Shot put		15.32m		14.35m		13.66m
Discus throw		49.85m		47.31m		41.29m
Javelin throw		55.02m		54.41m		53.64m

See also

• Doping at the 2019 South Asian Games

Notes and References

1. News: SAG: official home page . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019.
2. News: Malsa. Mariyam. 3 December 2019. Saaid bags Maldives' first gold medal at SAG. The Edition. Male, Maldives. 3 December 2019.
3. Web site: Sri Lanka crowned Athletics Champs with 15 Golds. Estelle. Vasudevan. 7 December 2019. www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. 7 December 2019.