South Asian Games Marathon

Dates/Venues/Medalists (11 runnings)

09 Feb 2010, Dhaka BAN 

G	1:59:42	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandan (NEP)
S	2:00:12	Ajith Bandara (SRI)
B	2:00:23	Ram Singh (IND)

Note: This course was ca 35 km.

27 Aug 2006, Colombo SRI

G	2:25:40	Ajith Bandara (SRI)
S	2:28:10	Arjun Kumar Basnet (NEP)
B	2:29:16	Lyngkhoi Binning (IND)

04 Apr 2004, Islamabad PAK

G	2:16:38	Anuradha Cooray (SRI)
S	2:19:29	Ajith Bandara (SRI)
B	2:21:23	Arjun Kumar Basnet (NEP)

Note: This course was probably short.

26 Sep 1999, Kathmandu NEP

G	2:19:32	Sarath Prasanna Gamage (SRI)	2:55:36	Rigzin Angmo (IND)
S	2:23:42	Meiyappan Manoharan (SRI)	2:57:41	Dalugoda Archchige Inoka (SRI)
B	2:25:05	Ganesh Bahadur Rai (NEP)	3:12:31	Mallika Chandrakanti (NEP)

21 Dec 1995, Chennai IND

G	2:19:38	Tika Bahadur Bogati (NEP)	2:38:10	Vally Sathyabhama (IND)
S	2:20:44	Ganesh Bahadur Rai (NEP)	2:57:34	Dalugoda Archchige Inoka (SRI)
B	2:21:28	Abhay Singh (IND)	2:59:18	Rigzin Angmo (IND)

24 Dec 1993, Dhaka BAN

G	2:21:38	Kruppu A Karunaratne (SRI)
S	2:21:58	Vithana Samarasinghe (SRI)
B	2:24:51	Tika Bahadur Bogati (NEP)

28 Dec 1991, Colombo SRI

G	2:24:33	Kruppu A Karunaratne (SRI)
S	2:33:13	Basan Singh Rawat (NEP)
B	2:40:15	Tika Bahadur Bogati (NEP)

24 Oct 1989, Islamabad PAK

G	2:19:42	Vithana Samarasinghe (SRI)
S	2:20:15	Bandula Samarasinghe (SRI)
B	2:21:35	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)

22 Nov 1987, Kolkata IND

G	2:15:03	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)
S	2:16:00	Vithana Samarasinghe (SRI)
B	2:20:13	Swaroop Singh (IND)

Note: This course was probably short.

25 Dec 1985, Dhaka BAN

G	2:22:07	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)
S	2:29:12	Prem Singh (IND)
B	2:30:58	Krishna Basanet (NEP)

21 Sep 1984, Kathmandu NEP

G	2:27:11	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)
S	2:41:53	Arjun Pandit (NEP)
B	2:50:51	Joginder Singh (IND)

Notes: 1984 was the inaugural year.

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
SRI    6   6   0     48
NEP    5   4   6     43
IND    0   1   5      8


Women
       G   S   B   Score
IND    2   0   1     11
SRI    0   2   0      6
NEP    0   0   1      1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
16  Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)   G (1984) G (1985) G (1987) B (1989)
11  Vithana Samarasinghe (SRI)  S (1987) G (1989) S (1993)
11  Ajith Bandara (SRI)         S (2004) G (2006) S (2010)
10  Kruppu Karunaratne (SRI)    G (1991) G (1993)
 7  Tika Bahadur Bogati (NEP)   B (1991) B (1993) G (1995)
 4  Ganesh Bahadur Rai (NEP)    S (1995) B (1999)
 4  Arjun Kumar Basnet (NEP)    B (2004) S (2006)

Women 
 6  Rigzin Angmo (IND)          B (1995) G (1999)
 6  Dalugoda A Inoka (SRI)      S (1995) S (1999)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners only)
Prize money has not been awarded in these championships.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)
Insufficient data to calculate the race time bias.

Competitive Level (1990-date)
Insufficient data to calculate the competitive level.

Quality Performances

Men
<2:20       3

Women
<2:40       1
<2:42       1
<2:44       1
<2:46       1
<2:48       1
<2:50       1

Note: 1987, 2004, and 2010 are not counted

Last Updated on 26 Jul 2010

Contributors: Martin Rix (31), Franco Civai (8), Ram Murali Krishnan (50), Thierry Lefeuvre (3)