At the 2004 South Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan from 2 to 6 April 2004. A total of 32 events were contested, 19 by male and 13 by female athletes.Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-08). South Asian Games - Review. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Six Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.

India topped the medal rankings with 15 golds and 29 medals. Sri Lanka were second best, followed by the hosts Pakistan. Madhuri Singh scored an 800/1500 metres double gold medal in the women's events. Sri Lanka's Rohan Pradeep Kumara made an impact on the men's side by winning the 200 and 400 metres events, as well as helping the Sri Lanka 4×400 m relay team to another gold.

Records NameEventCountryRecordTypeManjula Kumara Wijesekara High jump 2.20 m GR NRRohan Pradeep Kumara 200 metres 20.99 GRK. NagrajSandeep SukeriaM. VileshPiyush Kumar 4×100 metres relay 39.91 GRAnaejeet Singh Triple jump 16.16 m GRSangeetha Mohan High jump 1.81 m GRSeema Antil Discus throw 57.03 m GR

Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record

Medal summary Men 100 metres 10.44 10.62 10.67200 metres 20.99 GR 21.24 21.35400 metres 45.89 45.95 46.75 NR800 metres 1:51.60 1:52.21 1:52.241500 metres 3:43.40 3:44.85 3:50.185000 metres 14:39.47 14:42.63 14:42.68110 metre hurdles 14.33 14.41 14.42400 metre hurdles 51.15 51.3 52.153000 metre steeplechase 8:57.04 8:57.30 NR 9:10.534×100 metres relayK. NagrajSandeep SukeriaM. VileshPiyush Kumar39.91 GRDMPP CalderaRDUS SurendraARMCB RamanayakeJoy Danushka Perera40.09Nasim ShahMohammad ShahbazAfzal BaigMohammad Imran40.36 NR4×400 metres relayRohan Pradeep KumaraRanga WimalawansaPrasanna Sampath AmarasekaraSugath Thilakaratne3:05.80Saeed AhmadBasit MunirAbdul MajidRana Saghir Ahmad3:07.03PS SreejithK SureshAnil Kumar RohilP Shankar3:07.13 Marathon 2:16:38 2:19.29 2: 21.23 High jump 2.20 m GR NR 2.11 m 2.09 m Long jump 7.70 m 7.60 m 7.59 m Triple jump 16.16 m GR 15.79 m 15.69 m Shot put 17.41 m 16.71 m 16.41 m Discus throw 53.77 m 53.55 m 51.35 m Hammer throw 62.88 m 62.85 m 62.77 m Javelin throw 75.71 m 74.67 m 71.10 m

Women 100 metres 11.81 11.96 11.98200 metres 23.49 24.31 24.76400 metres 52.25 52.43 55.46800 metres 2:07.61 2:07.84 2:09.49.1500 metres 4:31.16 4:31.41 NR 4:32.24100 metre hurdles 13.37 13.84 13.884×100 metres relay Jani Chathurangani SilvaSriyani KulawansaAchala DiasSujani Buddhika46.1346.2147.92 4×400 metres relay3:33.493:44.123:46.10 High jump 1.81 m GR 1.75 m 1.69 m Long jump 6.30 m 6.07 m 5.82 m Shot put 15.36 m 14.48 m 13.47 m Discus throw 57.03 m GR 49.13 m 42.31 m Javelin throw 51.37 m 51.27 m 50.58 m

Medal table

References General South Asian (Federation) Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-02). South Asian Games - Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-03). Jayasinghe takes 200m - South Asian Games - Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-04). Cooray wins men’s Marathon - 2:16:38 - South Asian Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-05). India upsets Sri Lanka in men's 100m final - South Asian Games - Day Four. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Weerawansa, Dinesh (2004-04-06). Third gold for Kumar - South Asian Games - Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. Specific

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