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	'''Saraswati Dey-Saha''' (born 23 November 1979) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)\|sprint]]er from [[Chittamara, Belonia]] [[Tripura]]. She holds the current [[200 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Ludhiana]] on 28 August 2002.<ref name="afio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php \|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 \|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA \|access-date=2009-09-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php \|archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> She broke the previous mark held by [[Rachita Mistry]] since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-06\|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier\|date=2002-08-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> The highlight of her career was the [[gold medal]] she won at the [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_oct02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|title=Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold\|date=2002-10-10\|publisher=indiaexpress.com\|access-date=2009-10-03\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125255/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>		'''Saraswati Dey-Saha''' (born 23 November 1979) is an Indian former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)\|sprint]]er from [[Chittamara, Belonia]] [[Tripura]]. She holds the current [[200 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Ludhiana]] on 28 August 2002.<ref name="afio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php \|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 \|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA \|access-date=2009-09-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php \|archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> She broke the previous mark held by [[Rachita Mistry]] since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-06\|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier\|date=2002-08-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> The highlight of her career was the [[gold medal]] she won at the [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_oct02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|title=Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold\|date=2002-10-10\|publisher=indiaexpress.com\|access-date=2009-10-03\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125255/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>

	Rachita represented India in [[4×100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Rachita Mistry]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vijaykumar\|first=C.N.R\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm\|title=After the feast, the famine\|work=www.rediff.com\|date=1998-12-15\|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf\|title=National records\|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA\|date=2011-12-31\|access-date=2013-08-17}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics\|2000 Sydney Olympics]]		Rachita represented India in [[4×100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Rachita Mistry]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vijaykumar\|first=C.N.R\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm\|title=After the feast, the famine\|work=www.rediff.com\|date=1998-12-15\|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf\|title=National records\|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA\|date=2011-12-31\|access-date=2013-08-17}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics\|2000 Sydney Olympics]]
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	{{Medal\|Gold\| [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan]] \| [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metres\|200 metres]]}}		{{Medal\|Gold\| [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan]] \| [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metres\|200 metres]]}}
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	'''Saraswati Dey-Saha''' (born 23 November 1979) is an [[India]]n former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)\|sprint]]er from [[Tripura]]. She holds the current [[200 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Ludhiana]] on 28 August 2002.<ref name="afio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php \|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 \|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA \|access-date=2009-09-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php \|archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> She broke the previous mark held by [[Rachita Mistry]] since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-06\|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier\|date=2002-08-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> The highlight of her career was the [[gold medal]] she won at the [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_oct02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|title=Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold\|date=2002-10-10\|publisher=indiaexpress.com\|access-date=2009-10-03\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125255/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>		'''Saraswati Dey-Saha''' (born 23 November 1979) is an [[India]]n former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)\|sprint]]er from [[Chittamara, Belonia]] [[Tripura]]. She holds the current [[200 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Ludhiana]] on 28 August 2002.<ref name="afio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php \|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 \|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA \|access-date=2009-09-02 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php \|archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> She broke the previous mark held by [[Rachita Mistry]] since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-11-06\|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier\|date=2002-08-29\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> The highlight of her career was the [[gold medal]] she won at the [[2002 Asian Games\|2002 Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_oct02">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|title=Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold\|date=2002-10-10\|publisher=indiaexpress.com\|access-date=2009-10-03\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125255/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html\|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>

	Rachita represented India in [[4×100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Rachita Mistry]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vijaykumar\|first=C.N.R\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm\|title=After the feast, the famine\|work=www.rediff.com\|date=1998-12-15\|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf\|title=National records\|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA\|date=2011-12-31\|access-date=2013-08-17}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics\|2000 Sydney Olympics]]		Rachita represented India in [[4×100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Rachita Mistry]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vijaykumar\|first=C.N.R\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm\|title=After the feast, the famine\|work=www.rediff.com\|date=1998-12-15\|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf\|title=National records\|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA\|date=2011-12-31\|access-date=2013-08-17}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics\|2000 Sydney Olympics]]
	her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and [[Rachita Mistry]] - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp \|title=Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1 \|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations\|IAAF]] \|access-date=2009-10-03 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214229/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp \|archive-date=2009-09-16 }}</ref><ref name="srllc">{{cite web\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-1.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221185121/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=saraswati+dey+\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2020-02-21\|title=Saraswati Dey-Saha - Biography and Olympics results\|publisher= Sports Reference LLC\|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref> She also competed in 200 m at [[2004 Summer Olympics\|2004 Athens Olympics]], where she clocked a time of 23.43 s in the heats.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/oly/season=2004/eventcode=3201/results/racedate=08-23-2004/sex=W/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html\|title=Olympic Games 2004 - Results 08-23-2004 - 200 Metres W Heats\|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations\|IAAF]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>		her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and [[Rachita Mistry]] - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp \|title=Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1 \|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations\|IAAF]] \|access-date=2009-10-03 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214229/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp \|archive-date=2009-09-16 }}</ref><ref name="srllc">{{cite web\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-1.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221185121/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=saraswati+dey+\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2020-02-21\|title=Saraswati Dey-Saha - Biography and Olympics results\|publisher= Sports Reference LLC\|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref> She also competed in 200 m at [[2004 Summer Olympics\|2004 Athens Olympics]], where she clocked a time of 23.43 s in the heats.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/oly/season=2004/eventcode=3201/results/racedate=08-23-2004/sex=W/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html\|title=Olympic Games 2004 - Results 08-23-2004 - 200 Metres W Heats\|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations\|IAAF]]\|access-date=2009-10-03\|archive-date=23 October 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023082616/http://www.iaaf.org/history/oly/season=2004/eventcode=3201/results/racedate=08-23-2004/sex=W/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	In 2002, she was conferred the [[Arjuna Award]] for her contribution to the Indian athletics.<ref name="arjuna">{{cite web\|url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm \|title=Arjuna Awardees\|publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]\|access-date=2009-09-03 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm \|archive-date = 2007-12-25}}</ref> Saraswati quit competitive athletics in July 2006 owing to the injury to her Achilles tendon, occurred after the [[2002 Asian Games\|Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_aug06">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/saraswati-calls-it-quits/9738/#\|title=Saraswati calls it quits\|date=2006-08-01\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>		In 2002, she was conferred the [[Arjuna Award]] for her contribution to the Indian athletics.<ref name="arjuna">{{cite web\|url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm \|title=Arjuna Awardees\|publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]\|access-date=2009-09-03 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm \|archive-date = 2007-12-25}}</ref> Saraswati quit competitive athletics in July 2006 owing to the injury to her Achilles tendon, occurred after the [[2002 Asian Games\|Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_aug06">{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/saraswati-calls-it-quits/9738/#\|title=Saraswati calls it quits\|date=2006-08-01\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>
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{{short description|Indian sprinter}}
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| fullname = Saraswati Dey-Saha
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| nationality = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Running]]
| event = [[100 metres]], [[200 metres]]
| club = [[Indian Railways]]
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| birth_place =[[Manurmukh]], [[Belonia, India|Belonia]], [[Tripura]], India
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| country = India
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'''Saraswati Dey-Saha''' (born 23 November 1979) is an [[India]]n former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprint]]er from [[Tripura]]. She holds the current [[200 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Ludhiana]] on 28 August 2002.<ref name="afio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php |title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 |publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA |access-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php |archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> She broke the previous mark held by [[Rachita Mistry]] since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-06|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier|date=2002-08-29|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> The highlight of her career was the [[gold medal]] she won at the [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_oct02">{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html|title=Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold|date=2002-10-10|publisher=indiaexpress.com|access-date=2009-10-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125255/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>

Rachita represented India in [[4×100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Rachita Mistry]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vijaykumar|first=C.N.R|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm|title=After the feast, the famine|work=www.rediff.com|date=1998-12-15|access-date=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf|title=National records|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA|date=2011-12-31|access-date=2013-08-17}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]]
her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and [[Rachita Mistry]] - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp |title=Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] |access-date=2009-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214229/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp |archive-date=2009-09-16 }}</ref><ref name="srllc">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221185121/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=saraswati+dey+|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-21|title=Saraswati Dey-Saha - Biography and Olympics results|publisher= Sports Reference LLC|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref> She also competed in 200 m at [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], where she clocked a time of 23.43 s in the heats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/oly/season=2004/eventcode=3201/results/racedate=08-23-2004/sex=W/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html|title=Olympic Games 2004 - Results 08-23-2004 - 200 Metres W Heats|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>

In 2002, she was conferred the [[Arjuna Award]] for her contribution to the Indian athletics.<ref name="arjuna">{{cite web|url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm |title=Arjuna Awardees|publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]|access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm |archive-date = 2007-12-25}}</ref> Saraswati quit competitive athletics in July 2006 owing to the injury to her Achilles tendon, occurred after the [[2002 Asian Games|Busan Asian Games]].<ref name="ie_aug06">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/saraswati-calls-it-quits/9738/#|title=Saraswati calls it quits|date=2006-08-01|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>

==National titles==
*[[All-India Open National Championships]]
**100 metres: 2000, 2002, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ind.htm|title=Indian Championships and Games|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=2009-09-06}}</ref>
**200 metres: 2002, 2003

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{IND}}
|-
|1998
|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m
|{{AthAbbr|NR|Indian}}
|-
|2000
|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|100 m
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{ Cite sports-reference |title = Saraswati Saha |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-saha-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-saha-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 9 September 2013 }}

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[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
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