South Asian Games Marathon

Dates/Venues (10 runnings)

Men	Women	Venues
27 Aug 2006		Colombo SRI
04 Apr 2004		Islamabad PAK
26 Sep 1999	26 Sep 1999	Kathmandu NEP
21 Dec 1995	21 Dec 1995	Chennai IND
24 Dec 1993		Dhaka BAN
28 Dec 1991		Colombo SRI
24 Oct 1989		Islamabad PAK
22 Nov 1987		Kolkata IND
25 Dec 1985		Dhaka BAN
21 Sep 1984		Kathmandu NEP

Notes: 1984 was the inaugural year.

Medalists

2006

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

2004

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.

1999

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)

1995

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)

1993

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

1991

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

1989

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

1987

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.

1985

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

1984

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

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
SRI    6   5   0     45
NEP    4   4   6     38
IND    0   1   4      7


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)
10  Kruppu Karunaratne (SRI)    G (1991) G (1993)
 8  Ajith Bandara (SRI)         S (2004) G (2006)
 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 and 2004 not counted

Last Updated on 05 Sep 2006

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