Sri Lanka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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Sri Lanka at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
IOC code SRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
in Nanjing
Competitors9 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Matthew Abeysinghe [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Sri Lanka competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics , in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. The Sri Lankan team consisted of nine athletes in six sports. [2]

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Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sachin Dias Badminton Mixed Doubles 22 Aug

Athletics

Sri Lanka qualified one male athlete in the Youth Olympic Trials held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 21–22, 2014. [3]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Anuruddha Vidusanka 400 m hurdles 53.3110 qB53.3012

Badminton

Sri Lanka qualified one maleathlete based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings. Later Sri Lanka was given a female quota to compete by the tripartite committee. [4] [5]

Singles
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Sachin Dias Boys' Singles Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelhakim  (EGY)
W 21–11, 21–9
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Nzoussi  (CGO)
W 21–5, 21–8
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ginting  (INA)
L 10–21, 21–23
2Did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Girls' Singles Flag of Denmark.svg  Blichfeldt  (DEN)
W 21–18, 21–15
Flag of Japan.svg  Yamaguchi  (JPN)
L 13–21, 6–21
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Cadeau  (SEY)
W 21–3, 21–6
2Did not advance
Doubles
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Bingjiao  (CHN)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sachin Dias  (SRI)
Mixed Doubles Flag of France.svg Courtois (FRA)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Sebunnya  (UGA)
W 2 – 0
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Hendahewa  (SRI)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Ong  (SIN)
W 2 – 0
Flag of India.svg  Shivani  (IND)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ayittey  (GHA)
W w/o
1 QFlag of Slovenia.svg  Beton  (SLO)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ginting  (INA)
W 2 – 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lee  (TPE)
Flag of Japan.svg  Tsuneyama  (JPN)
L 1 – 2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qin  (CHN)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Narongrit  (THA)
W 2 – 0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Thilini Hendahewa  (SRI)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Bernard Ong  (SIN)
Mixed Doubles Flag of India.svg  Shivani  (IND)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ayittey  (GHA)
W w/o
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He  (CHN)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Dias  (SRI)
L 0 – 2
Flag of France.svg Courtois (FRA)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Sebunnya  (UGA)
W 2 – 0
2Did not advance

Beach Volleyball

Sri Lanka qualified a boys' team by their performance at the AVC Qualification Tournament. [6] [7]

AthletesEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 24Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Isuru Madushan
Chamika Sandaruwan
Boys' Flag of Paraguay.svg  Frutos Toewn / Cacares  (PAR)
W 2 – 1
3 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Ashfiya / Licardo  (INA)
L 0 – 2
Did not advance25
Flag of Burundi.svg  Ndayishimiye / Pniyongabo  (BDI)
W 2 – 0
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Alvarez / Flores  (GUA)
L 1 – 2
Flag of Norway.svg  Berntsen / Mol  (NOR)
L 0 – 2
Flag of Russia.svg  Iarzutkin / Stoyanovskiy  (RUS)
L 0 – 2

Rowing

Sri Lanka was given a boat to compete by the tripartite committee. [8]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vishan Mario Gunatilleka Boys' Single Sculls 3:59.016 R3:50.565 SC/D3:50.876 FD3:49.5322

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Swimming

Sri Lanka qualified two swimmers. [9] [10] In the five races the two swimmers competed in, all five produced new national records. [11]

Boys
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matthew Abeysinghe 100 m freestyle 50.87 NR13 Q50.86 NR13Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:52.41 NR15Did not advance
Girls
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Machiko Raheem 50 m freestyle 26.79 NR23Did not advance
100 m freestyle 58.50 NR28Did not advance

Tennis

Sri Lanka was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee. [12] [13]

Singles
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Sharmal Dissanayake Boys' Singles Flag of Russia.svg  K Khachanov  (RUS)
L 0 – 6, 0 – 6
Did not advance
Doubles
AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sharmal Dissanayake  (SRI)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Pavle Rogan  (MNE)
Boys' Doubles Flag of Peru.svg  N Álvarez  (PER)
 Flag of Peru.svg  JJ Rosas  (PER)
L 2 – 6, 3 – 6
Did not advance
Flag of India.svg  Ojasvinee Singh  (IND)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sharmal Dissanayake  (SRI)
Mixed Doubles Flag of the United States.svg  S Kenin  (USA)
 Flag of the United States.svg  A Rybakov  (USA)
L 2 – 6, 6 – 4, [9] – [11]
Did not advance

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