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{{Short description|Athletics competition in Colombo, Sri Lanka}}
{{one source|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sport event
|event = 3rd South Asian U20 Athletics Championships
|governing_body = 
|year = 2018
|type = [[Athletics]]
|venue = [[Sugathadasa Stadium]]
|location = {{flag icon|LKA}} [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
|start_date = {{Start date|2018|05|05|df=yes}}
|end_date = {{End date|2018|05|06|df=yes}}
|competitors = (not specified)
|nations = 7
|previous = [[2013 South Asian U20 Athletics Championships|Ranchi 2013]]
|next=[[2024 South Asian U20 Athletics Championships|Chennai 2024]]}}

The '''2018 [[South Asian U20 Athletics Championships]]''' were held on 5–6 May 2018 at the [[Sugathadasa Stadium]] in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]].

India topped the medal table with 20 gold, 22 silver, and 8 bronze medals, while Sri Lanka followed with 12 gold, 10 silver, and 19 bronze. Pakistan claimed one silver and one bronze, and Bangladesh secured two bronze medals.

A total of 20 meet records were set.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2018 |url=http://www.ceylonathletics.com/events/sajac2018/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Sri Lanka Athletics News & information Portal {{!}} Fixtures {{!}} Results |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Medal table ==
{{Medals table
| caption = Final medal standings
| host = SRI
| gold_IND = 20 | silver_IND = 22 | bronze_IND = 8
| gold_SRI = 12 | silver_SRI = 10 | bronze_SRI = 19| host_SRI = yes
| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 1 | bronze_PAK = 1
| gold_BAN = 0 | silver_BAN = 0 | bronze_BAN = 2
| gold_NEP = 0 | silver_NEP = 0 | bronze_NEP = 0
| gold_MDV = 0 | silver_MDV = 0 | bronze_MDV = 1
| gold_BHU = 0 | silver_BHU = 0 | bronze_BHU = 0
}}

== Results ==
There were two days of competition.

<small>Key: † = Meet record</small>
=== Men ===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
| [[100 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Prajwal Mandanna Kakera Ravi|IND}} || 10.81
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|B.D. Chanuka Sandeepa|SRI}} || 10.88
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Akash Kumar|IND}} || 10.89
|-valign="top"
|| [[200 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Aruna Darshana|SRI}} || 21.50
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Nithin S. Balakumar|IND}} || 21.63
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Akash Kumar|IND}} || 21.86
|-valign="top"
|| [[400 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Aruna Darshana|SRI}} || 46.55 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|P.M.P.L. Kodikara|SRI}} || 46.99
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|G.D.K.K. Pabasara Niku|SRI}} || 47.43
|-valign="top"
|| [[800 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|D.M.H.S. Karunarathna|SRI}} || 1:53.35
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|R.P. Isuru Lakshan|SRI}} || 1:53.95
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Abhinanth Sunderesan|IND}} || 1:53.97
|-valign="top"
|| [[1500 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ankit|IND}} || 3:51.52 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ajit Kumar|IND}} || 3:53.45
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|K.A.K. Madushanka|SRI}} || 4:02.46
|-valign="top"
|| [[5000 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ajay Kumar Bind|IND}} || 15:08.40
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Gurpreet|IND}} || 15:32.53
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|S. Kinthusan|SRI}} || 16:18.43
|-valign="top"
|| [[110 m hurdles]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Kunal Choudhary|IND}} || 14.50
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Mohammed Fias C|IND}} || 14.55
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sheshan Dilusha Kariyawasam|SRI}} || 14.60
|-valign="top"
|| [[400 m hurdles]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|P.M.P.L. Kodikara|SRI}} || 52.56 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Aman|IND}} || 52.56 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Dhval Mahesh Utekar|IND}} || 53.35
|-valign="top"
|| [[High Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Tharindu Dasun|SRI}} || 2.04
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Gurjeet Singh|IND}} || 2.00
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|S.T. Amarasinghe|SRI}} || 2.00
|-valign="top"
|| [[Long Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Lokesh Sathyanathan|IND}} || 7.74 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Rishabh Rishishwar|IND}} || 7.43
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|K.T. Pramod Madubasha|SRI}} || 7.02
|-valign="top"
|| [[Triple Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Kamalraj Kanagaraj|IND}} || 16.05 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ashutosh Chouhan|IND}} || 15.37
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Jeramy Stanislaus|SRI}} || 14.79
|-valign="top"
|| [[Shot Put]] (6 kg)
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ashish Bhalothia|IND}} || 18.53 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sahib Singh|IND}} || 17.75
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|W.M.A. Manesh Malintha|SRI}} || 14.97
|-valign="top"
|| [[Discus Throw]] (1.75 kg)
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ajay|IND}} || 50.11
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|N.P. Lahiru Keshan Pathirana|SRI}} || 47.37
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Ashish Bhalothia|IND}} || 46.52
|-valign="top"
|| [[Javelin Throw]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Arshdeep Singh|IND}} || 71.47 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|R.D. Pragathi Prasanna Ranawaka|SRI}} || 61.71
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|W.S. Anjana Fonseka|SRI}} || 60.47
|-valign="top"
|| [[4×100 m relay]]
| {{IND}} || 42.85
| {{PAK}} || 43.03
| {{MDV}} || 44.68
|-valign="top"
|| [[4×400 m relay]]
| {{SRI}} || 3:08.21 †
| {{IND}} || 3:09.33
| {{PAK}} || 3:22.98
|}

=== Women ===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
| [[100 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Shelinda Jansen|SRI}} || 12.30
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|TMMP Weerasooriya|SRI}} || 12.43
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sadeepa Henderson|SRI}} || 12.43
|-valign="top"
|| [[200 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|TMMP Weerasooriya|SRI}} || 25.04
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Shelinda Jansen|SRI}} || 25.07
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sadeepa Henderson|SRI}} || 25.53
|-valign="top"
|| [[400 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Shayamali Kumarasinghe|SRI}} || 54.47 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|[[Subha Venkatesan]]|IND}} || 55.18
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Rachna Gujar|IND}} || 55.70
|-valign="top"
|| [[800 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|B.M.N.D. Pabasani|SRI}} || 2:14.15
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Laxmipriya Kisan|IND}} || 2:14.85
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Mahima Devi|IND}} || 2:15.30
|-valign="top"
|| [[1500 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|AMGDDF Amalie Perera|SRI}} || 4:50.01
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Vinita Gurjar|IND}} || 4:53.63
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|T.G.H. Dulanjana Pradeepani|SRI}} || 4:59.39
|-valign="top"
|| [[3000 m]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Prachi Ankush|IND}} || 9:57.26
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Shilpa Dihora|IND}} || 10:04.23
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|T.G.H. Dulanjana Pradeepani|SRI}} || 10:39.39
|-valign="top"
|| [[100 m hurdles]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sapna Kumari|IND}} || 14.19 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Pragyan Prasant Sahu|IND}} || 14.98
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|N.G.P.R. Gunathilaka|SRI}} || 15.25
|-valign="top"
|| [[400 m hurdles]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|B.M.N.D. Pabasani|SRI}} || 1:05.12
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|T.G.H. Dulanjana Pradeepani|SRI}} || 1:06.50
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Keerthika Vel|IND}} || 1:06.89
|-valign="top"
|| [[High Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Amasha De Silva|SRI}} || 1.75 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|TMMP Weerasooriya|SRI}} || 1.65
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Chaitrali Gujar|IND}} || 1.60
|-valign="top"
|| [[Long Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Prathiksha Yamuna|IND}} || 5.79
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|N. Lakshanya|IND}} || 5.75
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|H.R. Dhananjana Sithmini|SRI}} || 5.73
|-valign="top"
|| [[Triple Jump]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Rishika Awasthi|IND}} || 12.76
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|M. Dilki Nehara|SRI}} || 12.32
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Anisha Tharu|NEP}} || NM
|-valign="top"
|| [[Shot Put]] (4 kg)
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Kiran Baliyan|IND}} || 14.77 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Anamika Das|IND}} || 14.54
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sarisha Gunasekera|SRI}} || 11.51
|-valign="top"
|| [[Discus Throw]] (1 kg)
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Arpandeep Kaur Bajwa|IND}} || 48.60 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Amanat Kamboj|IND}} || 48.38
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|J.H. Gauranganie Savindhaya|IND}} || 37.95
|-valign="top"
|| [[Javelin Throw]]
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Sanjana Choudhary|IND}} || 48.08 †
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|Deepika|IND}} || 46.27
| {{FlagIOC2medalist|W.G. Nisansala Madubash|SRI}} || 35.02
|-valign="top"
|| [[4×100 m relay]]
| {{IND}} || 45.08
| {{SRI}} || 46.48
| {{MDV}} || 48.04
|-valign="top"
|| [[4×400 m relay]]
| {{IND}} || 3:44.35
| {{SRI}} || 3:49.99
| {{BAN}} || 3:57.37
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:2018 in the sport of athletics]]
[[Category:May 2018 sports events in Asia]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:South Asian U20 Athletics Championships]]
[[Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Under-20 sport of athletics competitions]]