List of South Asian Games gold medalists in athletics

Athletics competitions have been held at the South Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the South Asian Federation Games in 1984 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Men's 100 metres

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Adille Sumariwalla (IND)
 * 1985: Mohammed Shah Alam
 * 1987: Mohammed Shah Alam
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Anand Natarajan (IND)
 * 1991: Sriyath Subash Dissanayake
 * 1993: Bimal Chandra Tarafdar
 * 1995: Chintake De Zoysa
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Anil Kumar Prakash (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Piyush Kumar (IND)
 * 2006: Umanga Surendra
 * 2010: Shehan Ambepitiya
 * 2016: Himasha Eashan
 * 2019: 🇲🇻 Hassan Saaid (MDV)

Men's 200 metres

 * 1984: Hemalal Priyankara
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Neelapu Rami Reddy (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Anand Shetty (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Arjun Devaiah (IND)
 * 1991: Sriyath Subash Dissanayake
 * 1993: Sriyath Subash Dissanayake
 * 1995: Mohammed Mahbub Alam
 * 1999: 🇵🇰 Ahmed Maqsood (PAK)
 * 2004: Rohan Pradeep Kumara
 * 2006: Rohan Pradeep Kumara
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (IND)
 * 2016: Vinoj Suranjaya
 * 2019: 🇵🇰 Uzair Rehman (PAK)

Men's 400 metres

 * 1984: E.M. Chandratilake
 * 1985: E.M. Chandratilake
 * 1987: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Fiaz (PAK)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Sadaqat (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Sadaqat (PAK)
 * 1993: Sugath Thilakaratne
 * 1995: Sugath Thilakaratne
 * 1999: Rohan Pradeep Kumara
 * 2004: Rohan Pradeep Kumara
 * 2006: Rohan Pradeep Kumara
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Bibin Mathew (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Arokia Rajiv (IND)
 * 2019: Aruna Darshana

Men's 800 metres

 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Hakem Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Budhwa Oraon (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Nadir Khan (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Jossey Mathew (IND)
 * 1993: Ranjit Subasinghe
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Rajbir Singh Jakhar (IND)
 * 1999: Vellasamy Ratnakumara
 * 2004: S. Mohamed H. Sifrath
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Francis Sagayaraj (IND)
 * 2016: Indunil Herath
 * 2019: Indunil Herath

Men's 1500 metres

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Bagicha Singh (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Budhwa Oraon (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Bagicha Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Ram Niwas (IND)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Nadir Khan (PAK)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Gulab Chand (IND)
 * 2004: 🇵🇰 Atta Miran (PAK)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Hamza Chatholi (IND)
 * 2010: Chaminda Wijekoon
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Ajay Kumar Saroj (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Ajay Kumar Saroj (IND)

Men's 5000 metres

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Gurnam Singh (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Tara Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Dhanbir Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Krishnan Shankar (IND)
 * 2004: 🇵🇰 Noushad Khan (PAK)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Surendra Kumar Singh (IND)
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Sunil Kumar (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Man Singh (IND)
 * 2019: Gopi Chandra Parki

Men's 10,000 metres

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Inder Singh (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Tara Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Tara Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Mamak Khan (PAK)
 * 1991: Kuruppu Karunaratne
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Prasad (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Krishnan Shankar (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Krishnan Shankar (IND)
 * 2004: Not held
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Surendra Singh (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Gopi T (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Suresh Kumar (IND)

Men's marathon

 * 1984: Baikuntha Manandhar
 * 1985: Baikuntha Manandhar
 * 1987: Baikuntha Manandhar
 * 1989: V.K.L. Samarasinghe
 * 1991: Kuruppu Karunaratne
 * 1993: Kuruppu Karunaratne
 * 1995: Tika Banadur Bogoti
 * 1999: Sarath Prasanna Gamage
 * 2004: Anuradha Cooray
 * 2006: Ajit Bandara
 * 2010: Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Nitendra Singh Rawat (IND)
 * 2019: Kiran Bogati

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 S. Shamsuddin (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Abdul Razzaq (PAK)
 * 1991: Not held
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Narinder Singh (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Narinder Singh (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Amrish Kumar (IND)
 * 2004: Upendra Indika Bandara
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Om Prakash (IND)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

 * 1985: 🇵🇰 Manzoor Ahmed (PAK)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Ashish Mondal (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Ghulam Abbas (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Ghulam Abbas (PAK)
 * 1993: Chaminda Fonseka
 * 1995: Mahesh Perera
 * 1999: Mahesh Perera
 * 2004: 🇵🇰 Abdul Rashid (PAK)
 * 2006: Mafuzur Rahman
 * 2010: 🇵🇰 Mohsin Ali (PAK)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Jayakumar Surendhar (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Jayakumar Surendhar (IND)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Basant Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇵🇰 Shahid Mahmood (PAK)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Ghulam Abbas (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Ghulam Abbas (PAK)
 * 1993: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Amin (PAK)
 * 1995: Mahesh Perera
 * 1999: 🇵🇰 Allah Ditta (PAK)
 * 2004: 🇵🇰 Allah Ditta (PAK)
 * 2006: 🇵🇰 Allah Ditta (PAK)
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 T. Balamurugan (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Ayyasamy Dharun (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 M. P. Jabir (IND)

Men's high jump

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Nalluswamy Annavi (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Nalluswamy Annavi (IND)
 * 1991: Patrick Saparamadu
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Chander Pal Ratni (IND)
 * 1995: Not held
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Nagendra Prasad (IND)
 * 2004: Manjula Kumara
 * 2006: Manjula Kumara
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Harishankar Roy (IND)
 * 2016: Manjula Kumara
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Sarvesh Anil Kushare (IND)

Men's pole vault

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Sunder Singh Tanwar (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 M.A. Eldo (IND)
 * 2006: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Ayub (PAK)
 * 2016: Ishara Sandaruwan

Men's long jump
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 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Hemant Kumar Patel (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Hemant Kumar Patel (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Shyam Kumar Sunder (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Urfaq (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Shyam Kumar Sunder (IND)
 * 1993: Benildus Fernando
 * 1995: Benildus Fernando
 * 1999: P.K. Sujith Rohitha
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 [[[[Lorans
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Lorans (IND)
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Mohammad Ibrar (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Ankit Sharma (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Lokesh Sathyanathan (IND)

Men's triple jump

 * 1984: Mujibar Rahman Malik
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Rajinder Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇵🇰 Haider Ali Shah (PAK)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Haider Ali Shah (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Benaras Khan (PAK)
 * 1993: Chandimal Niroshan
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 B.S. Vinod (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Sanjay Raj Kumar (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Amarjit Singh (IND)
 * 2006: Chaminda Sampath
 * 2010: 🇵🇰 Zafar Iqbal (PAK)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Renjith Maheshwary (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Karthik Unnikrishnan (IND)

Men's shot put

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Iqbal Singh (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Gurmeet Singh (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Avtar Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Kafayat Hussain (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Ghufrain Hussain (PAK)
 * 1993: 🇵🇰 Ghufrain Hussain (PAK)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Singh Sagoo (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Bahadur Singh Sagoo (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Ranvijay Singh (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Sourabh Vij (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Om Prakash Karhana (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (IND)

Men's discus throw

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Surjeet Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Manjeet Singh (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Shakti Singh (IND)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Shakti Singh (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Shakti Singh (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Hridayanand Singh (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Hridayanand Singh (IND)
 * 2006: 🇵🇰 Basharat Ali (PAK)
 * 2010: 🇵🇰 Basharat Ali (PAK)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Arjun (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Kirpal Singh Batth (IND)

Men's hammer throw

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Surinder Singh (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Raghubir Singh Bal (IND)
 * 1991: Not held
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Jasdev Singh Waraich (IND)
 * 1995: 🇵🇰 Aqarab Abbas (PAK)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Pramod Kumar Tiwari (IND)
 * 2004: 🇵🇰 Nadeen Ahamed (PAK)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Neeraj Kumar (IND)

Men's javelin throw

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Saran Singh (IND)
 * 1985: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Rashid (PAK)
 * 1987: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Rashid (PAK)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Rashid (PAK)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Muhammad Rashid (PAK)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Daljeet Singh (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Jagdish Kumar Bishnoi (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Jagdish Kumar Bishnoi (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Lijesh Kumar (IND)
 * 2006: Kingsly Gunathilake
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Kashinath Naik (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Neeraj Chopra (IND)
 * 2019: 🇵🇰 Arshad Nadeem (PAK)

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

 * 1984:
 * 1985:
 * 1987:
 * 1989:
 * 1991:
 * 1993:
 * 1995:
 * 1999:
 * 2004:
 * 2006:
 * 2010:
 * 2016:
 * 2019:

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

 * 1984:
 * 1985:
 * 1987:
 * 1989:
 * 1991:
 * 1993:
 * 1995:
 * 1999:
 * 2004:
 * 2006:
 * 2010:
 * 2016:
 * 2019:

Women's 100 metres

 * 1984: Simone van Heer
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Sany Joseph (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Sany Joseph (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Ashwini Nachappa (IND)
 * 1991: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 1993: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 1995: Susanthika Jayasinghe
 * 1999: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 2004: Jani Chathurangani
 * 2006: Susanthika Jayasinghe
 * 2010: 🇵🇰 Naseem Hameed (PAK)
 * 2016: Rumeshika Rathnayake
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Archana Suseendran (IND)

Women's 200 metres

 * 1984: Ramani Mangalika
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 P. T. Usha (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Ashwini Nachappa (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Kutty Saramma (IND)
 * 1993: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 1995: Susanthika Jayasinghe
 * 1999: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 2004: Susanthika Jayasinghe
 * 2006: Susanthika Jayasinghe
 * 2010: Chandrika Subashini
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Srabani Nanda (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Archana Suseendran (IND)

Women's 400 metres

 * 1984: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Saroj Lakra (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 P. T. Usha (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1991: Jayamini Illeperuma
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Kutty Saramma (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1999: Damayanthi Dharsha
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Sathi Geetha (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Pinki Pramanik (IND)
 * 2010: Chandrika Subashini
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 M. R. Poovamma (IND)
 * 2019: Dilshi Kumarasinghe

Women's 800 metres

 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1991: Sriyani Dhammika Menike
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Shiny Abraham (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 K. M. Beenamol (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Madhuri A. Singh (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Pinki Pramanik (IND)
 * 2016: Nimali Liyanarachchi
 * 2019: Dilshi Kumarasinghe

Women's 1500 metres

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Suman Rawat (IND)
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991: Sriyani Dhammika Menike
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Molly Chacko (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Rosa Kutty (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Sunita Rani (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Madhuri A. Singh (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Santhi Soundarajan (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 P. U. Chitra (IND)
 * 2019: Nilani Rathnayake

Women's 3000 metres

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Suman Rawat (IND)
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Molly Chacko (IND)

Women's 5000 metres

 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Madhuri A. Saxena (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Sunita Rani (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 O. P. Jaisha (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 L. Suriya (IND)
 * 2019: Nilani Rathnayake

Women's 10,000 metres

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Suman Rawat (IND)
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991: Sujeewa Nilmini Jayasena
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Sunita Rani (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Preeja Sreedharan (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 L. Suriya (IND)
 * 2019: Santoshi Shrestha

Women's marathon

 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Vally Sathyabhama (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Rigzin Angmo (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Kavita Raut (IND)
 * 2019: Hiruni Wijayaratne

Women's 100 metres hurdles

 * 1987: Thilaka Jinadasa
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Reeth Abraham (IND)
 * 1991: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 1993: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 1995: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 1999: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 2004: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Anuradha Biswal (IND)
 * 2010: 🇮🇳 Gayathri Govindaraj (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Gayathri Govindaraj (IND)
 * 2019: Lakshika Sugandi

Women's 400 metres hurdles

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 P. T. Usha (IND)
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991: Yamuna Jayalath Yapa
 * 1993: Not held
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 M.K. Asha (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Jauna Murmu (IND)
 * 2019: 🇵🇰 Najma Parveen (PAK)

Women's high jump

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Angela Lincy (IND)
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991: Sriyani Kulawansa
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Bobby Aloysius (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Bobby Aloysius (IND)
 * 1999: 🇵🇰 Rehana Kausar (PAK)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Sangeetha Mohan (IND)
 * 2006: Dulanjalee Ranasinghe
 * 2010: Priyangika Madumanthi
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Sahana Kumari (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Jishna M. (IND)

Women's long jump

 * 1985: Dileema Peterson
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Mercy Kutta (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Reeth Abraham (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Reeth Abraham (IND)
 * 1993: 🇵🇰 Shabana Akhtar (PAK)
 * 1995: 🇵🇰 Shabana Akhtar (PAK)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 G. Pramila Ganapathy (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Jetty C. Joseph (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Anju Bobby George (IND)
 * 2010: Chamali Dilrukshi
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Mayookha Johny (IND)
 * 2019: Sarangi Silva

Women's triple jump

 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Mayookha Johny (IND)
 * 2019: Hashini Paboda

Women's shot put

 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Vijaymala Bhanot (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Vijaymala Bhanot (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Rajwinder Kaur (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Amandeep Kaur (IND)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Amandeep Kaur (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Amandeep Kaur (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Surinderjeet Kaur (IND)
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Latha Nicholas (IND)
 * 2006: 🇮🇳 Saroj Sihag (IND)
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Manpreet Kaur (IND)
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Abha Khatua (IND)

Women's discus throw

 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Vijaymala Bhanot (IND)
 * 1989: 🇮🇳 Neelam Kumari (IND)
 * 1991: 🇮🇳 Promila Bharali (IND)
 * 1993: 🇮🇳 Harjeet Kaur (IND)
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)
 * 1999: Not held
 * 2004: 🇮🇳 Seema Punia (IND)
 * 2006: Padma Nandani Wijesundara
 * 2019: 🇮🇳 Navjeet Dhillon (IND)

Women's javelin throw

 * 1985: 🇮🇳 Jolle James (IND)
 * 1987: 🇮🇳 Razia Sheikh (IND)
 * 1989: Vijita P. Amarasekara
 * 1991: Vijita P. Amarasekara
 * 1993: Not held
 * 1995: 🇮🇳 Gurmeet Kaur (IND)
 * 1999: 🇮🇳 Gurmeet Kaur (IND)
 * 2004: Anne Maheshi De Silva
 * 2006: Nadeeka Lakmali
 * 2016: 🇮🇳 Suman Devi (IND)
 * 2019: Dilhani Lekamge

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

 * 1984:
 * 1985:
 * 1987:
 * 1989:
 * 1991:
 * 1993:
 * 1995:
 * 1999:
 * 2004:
 * 2006:
 * 2010:
 * 2016:
 * 2019:

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

 * 1984:
 * 1985:
 * 1987:
 * 1989: Not held
 * 1991:
 * 1993:
 * 1995:
 * 1999:
 * 2004:
 * 2006:
 * 2010:
 * 2016:
 * 2019: