2008 South Asian Athletics Championships
| 3rd South Asian Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Maharaja's College Stadium |
| Location | Kochi, India |
| Start date | 7 March 2008 |
| End date | 8 March 2008 |
| Nations | 7 (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) |
The 2008 South Asian Athletics Championships was an athletics competition held from 7 to 8 March 2008 at the Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi, India. This was the third edition of the competition, and the event was organized under the aegis of the South Asian Athletics Federation and hosted by the Athletics Federation of India.[1]
Medal table
* Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India* | 24 | 19 | 13 | 56 |
| 2 |  Sri Lanka | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 |  Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | |
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Bharmappa Nagaraj India | 10.62 | Muhammad Imran Pakistan | 10.68 | Ranpati Sanjeewa Sri Lanka | 10.71 |
| 200 m | Shiwantha Weerasuriya Sri Lanka | 21.44 | Ashan Ranasingne Hasaranga Sri Lanka | 21.84 | Muhammad Imran Pakistan | 21.91 |
| 400 m | Prasanna Amarasekera Sri Lanka | 46.47 | Rohitha Pushpakumara Sri Lanka | 46.76 | Virender Kumar Pankaj India | 47.70 |
| 800 m | Rajeev Ramesan India | 1:48.43 CR | Sajeesh Joseph India | 1:49.14 | Suresh Abeynayake Sri Lanka | 1:49.58 |
| 1500 m | Hamza Chatholi India | 3:44.67 CR | Ravinder India | 3:44.84 | Prabath Kumara Mendis Sri Lanka | 3:46.45 |
| 5000 m | Surender Singh India | 14:10.77 CR | Sandeep Batham India | 14:35.06 | K.R. Saman Kumara Sri Lanka | 14:46.75 |
| 10,000 m | Santhosh Kumar Patel India | 29:41.67 CR | Soji Mathew India | 29:45.86 | Ajith Bandara Adikari Sri Lanka | 30:30.53 |
| 110 m hurdles | Krishna Mohan India | 14.28 | Mohammed Sajjad Pakistan | 14.39 | Pandi Muthusamy India | 14.41 |
| 400 m hurdles | Patlavath Shankar India | 50.72 CR | Kuldev Singh India | 51.05 | Yasasiri Ajith Sri Lanka | 51.49 |
| High jump | Hari Shankar Roy India | 2.15 m CR | Nalin Priyantha Sri Lanka | 2.10 m | Benedict Starli India | 2.10 m |
| Pole vault | Gajanan Upadhayay India | 4.70 m | Adnan Anjum Pakistan | 4.60 m | K.P. Bimin India | 4.60 m |
| Long jump | Mahan Singh India | 7.55 m | Pushpender Singh India | 7.52 m | Muhammad Riaz Pakistan | 7.31 m |
| Triple jump | Zafar Iqbal Pakistan | 16.42 m CR | Amarjeet Singh India | 16.39 m | Bibin Mathew India | 16.12 m |
| Shot put | Satyender Singh India | 17.71 m CR | Ali Ashraf Pakistan | 17.22 m | Om Prakash Singh India | 17.22 m |
| Discus throw | Sukhbir Singh India | 52.23 m | Basharat Ali Pakistan | 51.34 m | Simranjeet Singh India | 49.61 m |
| Hammer throw | Ghulam Shabbir Pakistan | 59.16 m | Madhu Kumar India | 56.26 m | Jitender Singh India | 55.61 m |
| Javelin throw | Mohammad Imran Pakistan | 72.91 m | Kashinath Naik India | 72.73 m | Muhammad Irfan Pakistan | 68.71 m |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Bharmappa Nagaraj Ritesh Anand Vilas Nelgunda Krishna Kumar Rane India | 40.86 | Muhammad Imran Liaqat Ali Baig Afzal Zafar Iqbal Pakistan | 41.11 | H.W.S. Perera Ashan Ranasingne Hasaranga Umanga Surendra W.Y.G.T Fernando Sri Lanka | 41.13 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Prasanna Amarasekera Ashoka Jayasundara Rohitha Pushpakumara Chanaka Dulan Priyashantha Sri Lanka | 3:08.93 CR | Virender Kumar Pankaj Patlavath Shankar Valliayampoikayil Baby Bineesh Vinay Chaudhary India | 3:10.44 | Nawaz Haq Mohammed Ehsan Muhammad Javed Bilal Ali Pakistan | 3:24.54 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Pramila Priyadarshani Sri Lanka | 11.74 | Jani Chathurangani Sri Lanka | 11.87 | Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi India | 12.01 |
| 200 m | Pramila Priyadarshani Sri Lanka | 24.04 | L.S. Irangani Sri Lanka | 24.25 | Sushmita Singha Roy India | 24.40 |
| 400 m | Mandeep Kaur India | 53.34 | Chitra Soman India | 53.69 | Chandrika Subashini Sri Lanka | 54.74 |
| 800 m | Sinimole Paulose India | 2:03.16 | Sushma Devi India | 2:05.37 | Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Sri Lanka | 2:09.74 |
| 1500 m | Sinimole Paulose India | 4:16.40 CR | Sushma Devi India | 4:19.82 | Dissanayake Samanmali Sri Lanka | 4:25.33 |
| 5000 m | Preeja Sreedharan India | 16:08.09 | Kavita Raut India | 16:31.22 | Dalugoda Inoka Sri Lanka | 17:33.87 |
| 100 m hurdles | Anuradha Biswal India | 14.10 | Poonam Belliappa India | 14.51 | Lakshika Sugandhi Sri Lanka | 14.67 |
| 400 m hurdles | Leelavathi Veerappan India | 59.35 | Harpreet Singh India | 1:01.11 | P.S.M. De Soysa Sri Lanka | 1:01.51 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Jani Chathurangani Geethani Pathmakumari Pramila Priyadarshani L.S. Irangani Sri Lanka | 45.95 | Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi Anuradha Biswal Mandeep Kaur P.K. Priya India | 46.67 | Nadia Nazir Sadaf Siddiqui Noshee Parveen Javeria Hassan Pakistan | 47.44 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Chitra Soman Sathi Geetha Mandeep Kaur Manjeet Kaur India | 3:37.04 CR | L.S. Irangani Chandrika Subashini Lasanthi Deepika P.S.M. De Soysa Sri Lanka | 3:37.35 | Rozina Shafqat Nadia Nazir Sumaira Zahoor Bushra Parveen Pakistan | 3:55.88 |
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | Rashid Mohammed Ashfaq Neeru Pathak Olimba Steffi India | 3:20.13 | Kalinga Kumarage Nadeesha Ramanayake Kalhara Idupa Sayuri Mendis Sri Lanka | 3:20.85 | Ram Prasad Tharu Som Bahadur Kumal R Kumari Tharu Jayerani Tharu Nepal | 3:37.16 |
References
- ↑ "Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 28 March 2026.