Athletics at the 2010 South Asian Games

A total of 23 events were contested, of which 15 by male and 8 by female athletes.

Stand out performers included Chandrika Subashini, who took the 200/400 metres double, and Pakistan's Naseem Hameed, who was a rank outsider before the games but won the women's 100 metres race over more-fancied opposition.

[1] Following her victory, the Senate of Pakistan passed a resolution to improve her family's poor living standards and reward her with professional training.

[2] The marathon race caused much controversy as Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari, returning from a doping violation from the 2006 South Asian Games, finished in first place.

Following an investigation, the athletes' positions remained unchanged, although their times were barred from the record books.