Athletics at the 2006 South Asian Games

[2] A total of 5 Games records were broken during the competition, which included world medallist Anju Bobby George's performance of 6.42 metres in the long jump.

[3] Susanthika Jayasinghe completed a 100 and 200 metres double, before going on to take the gold with the Sri Lankan relay team.

Her male counterpart Rohan Pradeep Kumara achieved a similar feat, winning the 200 and 400 metres races, as well at the 400 m relay.

Pinki Pramanik of India was another athlete to win two golds as she won the women's 400 and 800 metres finals.

[4] Jani Chathurangani Silva, the 100 m silver medallist, was also banned for Norandrosterone.