Calcutta, Oct. 9 :    Calcutta, Oct. 9:  One national mark and a meet record marked the starless opening day of the 40th National Open Athletic meet at Salt Lake Stadium and SAI Eastern Centre. National record holder Shakti Singh was upstaged by Jaivir Singh of Services in men's shot put as most stars, including Paramjit Singh, Bahadur Singh, Rosa Kutty and Rachita Mistry decided to stay away. Hardeep Kaur created the national mark in women's hammer with 58.95m, eclipsing Jebeswari Devi's 58.36. The meet record was set by G.G. Promila of Railways in women's long jump who cleared 6.38m to better Lekha Thomas' record of 6.33. Reigning champions Railways won six of the day's 16 events but Jaivir denied them a seventh by stunning Shakti. Jaivir cleared 18.75 and Shakti managed a disappointing 18.43. Women's 400m star K.M. Beenamol did turn up for the meet and anchored the Railways women's team to victory in the 4x400m relay. Bengal's lone medal, in men's 800m, came through Arghya Majumdar and the state women's 4x100 women's relay team finished fourth. RESULTS MEN: 100m: (first two separated after photo finish): Sachin Navale (Mah, 10.75); 2. C.T. Durai (Rly, 10.75); 3. Anand Menezes (Rly, 10.8). 800m: 1. P. Jai Kumar (Bih, 1:53.35); 2. Anand Singh (Har, 1:53.54); 3. Arghya Majumdar (Ben, 1:53.71). 10,000m: Harish Tiwari (LIC, 31:04.08); 2. B.S. Lone (Rly, 31:04.25); 3. Aman Saini (Steel PSB, 31:05.08). Triple jump: 1. Amarjit Singh (Pun, 15.56m); 2. Gokulchand Mahanto (Pol, 15.44); 3. Sanjay Dwivedi (Ser, 15.40). Shot put: Jaivir Singh (Ser, 18.75); Shakti Singh (Rly, 18.43); 3. Avtar Singh (Rly, 18.17). 400m hurdles: 1. Visakh Mani (Rly, 52.16); Avishek Pandey (LIC, 52.93); 3. Shish Pal (Rly, 53.66). Pole vault: 1. Shyam Sekhar Singh (Pol, 4.70m); 2. Jitendra Kumar (UP, 4.60); 3. Raj Kumar (Del, 4.50). 4x400 relay: 1. Railways (3:09.07); 2. Services (3:12.69); 3. Bihar (3:18.90). WOMEN: 200m: V. Pandeswari (Rly, 24.59); Manjit Kaur (Pol, 25.22); G. Vasanti (LIC, 25.23). 400m hurdles: Asik Bebi (Pol, 58.66); 2. Sapinder Kaur (Pun, 59.50); 3. S. Oraon (Rly, 59.78). Javelin: Gurmeet Kaur (LIC, 50.96); 2. Gurpreet Kaur (Har, 46.27); 3. Hemalatha (Rly, 45.59). Long jump: G.G. Promila (Rly, 6.38 NMR); 2. Shilpa Senuera (Kar, 6.00); 3. A.K. Deepa (Pol, 5.97). Hammer throw: Hardeep Kaur (LIC, 58.95, NR); 2. Jebeswari Devi (Rly, 54.75); 3. Phulpati (Pol, 54.46). 4x100 relay: 1. Police (47.31); 2. Railways (47.41); 3. Punjab (48.18). 4x400 relay: 1. Railways (3:43.99); 2. Punjab (3:44.71); 3. Bihar (3:18.90).