Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | SRI |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
in Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia 18 August – 2 September | |
Competitors | 173 in 28 sports |
Flag bearer | Dinusha Gomes (opening) |
Medals |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.
The Sri Lankan team was scheduled to consist of 185 athletes (138 men and 47 women), marking the large contingent the country has sent to a single edition of the Asian Games. [1] [2] The Sri Lankan team will compete in 28 sports, marking its debut in the sports of baseball, canoeing, roller sports and triathlon. [1] [3] Approximately, 60 officials and coaches were also a part of the contingent, making the total team size 245. [4] However, the athletics team was cut to 14 athletes (from 25), making the team size 174 (128 men and 46 women), which would still make this the biggest team the country has sent to the games. [5] Further changes made the final team size at 173 athletes (131 men and 42 women). [6] Sri Lanka will also have an athlete competing in the demonstration event of esports. [7]
On August 17, 2018, weightlifter Dinusha Gomes was announced as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. [8]
The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka declined to enter any athletes for the games because the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka refused a request for a coach to go with the team. [9]
Sri Lanka failed to win a medal, being jointly ranked with eight other countries for last place. The country's highest placement was two fourth-place finishes for the men's 4 × 400 m track and field relay team and the men's rugby sevens team.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Badminton | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Baseball | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Basketball | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Beach volleyball | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Boxing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Field hockey | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Golf | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Kabaddi | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Karate | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Roller sports | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Rowing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Rugby sevens | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Squash | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Swimming | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Volleyball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wushu | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 131 | 42 | 173 |
Sri Lanka originally had five archers (three men and two women), who met the qualification standards. However, the Sri Lankan Olympic Committee approved only one male archer. [10]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sajeev De Silva | Individual recurve | 613 | 64 | Roshan Nagarkoti (NEP) W 6–0 | Wei Chun-heng (TPE) L 2–6 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka originally entered a team of 25 athletes (18 men and seven women), however the team would only be finalized after the National Championships, held in Colombo from August 3 to 5, 2018. [11] Two athletes were given exceptions to the trials as they were training overseas: Indunil Herath and Hiruni Wijayaratne. [12] The final team consisted of 14 athletes. [5] [13] The team was later reduced to 12 athletes (seven men and five women), after the entries of Ushan Thiwanka and Upamali Ratnakumari were rejected by organizers due to the national organization forgetting to enter their names on time. [14] [15] The track and field team failed to win a medal for the third straight Asian Games. The top placing performance was fourth by the men's 4 × 400 m relay team who finished with a time that was off the Sri Lankan record by 0.03 seconds. [16]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Aruna Darshana | 400 m | 46.97 | 1 Q | 46.53 | 3 | did not advance | |
Kalinga Kumarage | 45.99 PB | 3 Q | 46.21 | 3 q | 46.49 | 8 | |
Indunil Herath | 800 m | 1:47.54 | 3 q | — | 1:51.36 | 8 | |
Aruna Darshana Kalinga Kumarage Ajith Premakumara Pasindu Kodikara Dilip Ruwan | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.66 | 3 Q | — | 3:02.74 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri | Long jump | 7.56 | 11 q | 7.86 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Rumeshika Rathnayake | 200 m | 23.79 | 3 Q | 24.05 | 6 | did not advance | |
Gayanthika Abeyratne | 800 m | 2:06.31 | 3 q | — | 2:05.50 | 6 | |
Nimali Liyanarachchi | 2:06.74 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||
Hiruni Wijayaratne | 10,000m | — | DNF | ||||
Nilani Rathnayaka | 3000 m steeplechase | — | 9:54.65 | 6 |
Sri Lanka entered six badminton athletes (four men and two women). [17] [18] The team's best performance was a quarterfinals finish by the men's doubles pairs team of Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka. [19]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Dinuka Karunaratne | Men's | Bye | Pui (MAC) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–15) | Ng (HKG) L 0–2 (6–21, 14–21) | did not advance | |||
Niluka Karunaratne | Bye | Phetpradab (THA) L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21) | did not advance | |||||
Thilini Hendahewa | Women's | — | Fitriani (INA) L 0–2 (6–21, 4–21) | did not advance | ||||
Kavidi Sirimannage | — | Almutairi (KSA) W 2–0 (21–4, 21–4) | Jindapol (THA) L 0–2 (4–21, 14–21) | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka | Men's | Che / Pui (MAC) W 2–0 (21–11, 21–8) | Azam / Ali (PAK) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–13) | Li / Liu (CHN) L 0–2 (12–21, 15–21) | did not advance | ||
Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne | Choi / Kang (KOR) L 0–2 (16–21, 16–21) | did not advance | |||||
Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage | Women's | Tang / Zheng (CHN) L 0–2 (13–21, 12–21) | did not advance | ||||
Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa | Mixed | Do / Pham (VIE) L 1–2 (21–13, 12–21, 13–21) | did not advance |
Sri Lanka made its Asian Games debut in the sport of baseball. The team first competed in the a preliminary qualification group to qualify to compete in group A. [20] [21] Sri Lanka's baseball squad consisted of 18 athletes. [22] Sri Lanka won its debut match by beat Laos 15 to 10. [23] However, a loss to Thailand the next day meant the team was eliminated.
Team | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Super / Consolation | Final / BM | ||||
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Oppositions Scores | Rank | Oppositions Scores | Rank | Oppositions Scores | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sri Lanka men's | Men's tournament | Laos: W 15–10 Sri Lanka: L 3–14 (F/7) | 2 | did not advance | 9 |
Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 6, 2018. The team consists of 18 athletes. The position of the player is listed in parentheses. [24]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 1.000 | — | Preliminary |
2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 24 | .500 | 1 | |
3 | Laos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 30 | .000 | 2 |
22 August 14:00 | Laos | 10–15 | Sri Lanka | Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 400 Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR) |
LP: Cola Phouangkeo | WP: Chirath Karunarathne | |||
HR: Nalor Gniatou (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
Laos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 3 |
23 August 14:00 | Sri Lanka | 3–14 (F/7) | Thailand | Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN) |
LP: Sanjeewa Jayarathne | WP: Kevin Irwin |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Thailand | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 21 | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Sri Lanka entered both a men's and women's 3-on-3 teams. Each team consisted of four athletes. [25]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 49 | +37 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 53 | +21 | |
3 | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 59 | +8 | |
4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 66 | −9 | |
5 | Vietnam | 4 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 85 | −57 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 32 | +27 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | |
3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 54 | −22 | |
4 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 47 | −5 |
Sri Lanka entered one male beach volleyball pair. [26] The pair won one match and lost two, placing them third in the group. With that result, the pair did not advance out of their group. [27]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Asanka Pradeep Sashimal Yapa | Men's | Pool B Yakovlev – Bogatu (KAZ) L 0–2 (21–23, 11–21) Junyoung – Hongchan (KOR) W 2–0 (21–15, 21–10) Janko – Samba (QAT) L 0–2 (12–21, 11–21) | 3 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka's boxing team consisted of six athletes (three men and three women). [25] [28]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Thiwanka Ranasinghe | Men's −49 kg | Mario Blasius Kali (INA) L 0–5 | did not advance | ||||
Vidanalange Bandara | Men's −52 kg | Bye | Yuttapong Tongdee (THA) L RSC | did not advance | |||
Dinindu Saparamadu | Men's −64 kg | Bakhodur Usmonov (TJK) L RSC | did not advance | ||||
Anusha Koddithuwakku | Women's −51 kg | Bye | Wada Madoka (JPN) L 1–4 | did not advance | |||
Keshani Hansika | Women's −57 kg | — | Saniya Sultankyzy (KAZ) L 0–5 | did not advance | |||
Krishmi Dharmathilake | Women's −60 kg | — | Shoira Zulkaynarova (TJK) L 0–5 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered one male kayaker. [25]
Athletes | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ranhoti Wijerathne | K-1 200 metres | 45.121 | 6 SF | 41.821 | 8 | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; SF=Semifinals
Sri Lanka qualified a men's field hockey team after winning the bronze medal at the qualifying tournament in Muscat, Oman. [29] With the win against Hong Kong, the Sri Lankan men's field hockey team won its first game in 40 years at the Asian Games. The win in 1978 also came against Hong Kong. [30] The Sri Lankan team finished in eighth place, after losing the 7th place match to Oman. [31]
The following is the Sri Lanka roster in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games. The team consists of 18 athletes. [32] [33]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3 | +73 | 15 | Semi-finals |
2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 12 | |
3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 8 | +31 | 9 | Fifth place game |
4 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 6 | Seventh place game |
5 | Indonesia (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 3 | Ninth place game |
6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 57 | −54 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
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Team | Event | Group Stage | Seventh place match | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sri Lanka men's | Men's tournament | Japan L 0–11 | South Korea L 0–8 | Hong Kong W 1–4 | Indonesia W 1–3 | India L 0–20 | 4 | Oman L 2–5 | 8 |
Sri Lanka entered four male golfers. [34] Before the competition began, 20 teams put in complaints to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, disputing the eligibility of three of the golfers: Mithun Perera, Nadaraja Thangarajah and Anura Rohana. The event is open to amateurs, and all three were considered professionals. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against excluding them from the games. However, the team went ahead and still replaced the three golfers. [35] All three were replaced with Joseph De Soysa, Sachin De Silva, and Kumara Patrick. [36]
Athlete(s) | Event | Final | |||||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Sachin De Silva | Individual | 74 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 323 (+35) | =72 |
Joseph De Soysa | 79 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 301 (+13) | =41 | |
Lalith Kumara | did not start | ||||||
Kumara George Patrick | 73 | 77 | 79 | 77 | 306 (+18) | =47 | |
Sachin De Silva Joseph De Soysa Kumara Patrick | Team | 226 | 232 | 239 | 233 | 930 (+66) | 15 |
Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast. [37] [38]
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
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Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | ||||
Anna-Marie Ondaatje | Qualification | 11.45 | 12.45 | 11.70 | 10.35 | 35.600 | 24 Q |
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
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Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | ||||
Anna-Marie Ondaatje | Qualification | did not start |
Sri Lanka entered two male judokas. [39]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Chamara Repiyallage | −73 kg | Bektur Rysmambetov (KGZ) L 1s1–10 | did not advance | ||||
Rajitha Pushpakumara | −81 kg | Harshdeep Brar (IND) L 0s1–10 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered a men's and women's team of 12 athletes each (24 total). [40] The women's team will participate for the first time ever. [1] [41] The president of the Sri Lankan Kabaddi federation, Anura Pathirana, resigned after both teams failed to win a medal. [42]
Team | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sri Lanka men's | Men | India L 28−44 | Thailand W 46−29 | Bangladesh L 25−29 | South Korea L 22−33 | 4 | did not advance | 7 | |
Sri Lanka women's | Women | Thailand L 15−41 | Indonesia W 34−17 | Japan W 22−17 | India L 12−38 | 3 | did not advance | 5 |
The men's team consisted of 12 athletes. [43]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 84 | +63 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 103 | +63 | 6 | |
3 | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 135 | −33 | 4 | |
4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 135 | −14 | 2 | |
5 | Thailand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 181 | −79 | 0 |
19 August 19:00 | India | 44–28 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(27–13) | ||||
20 August 18:00 | Sri Lanka | 46–29 | Thailand | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(26–10) | ||||
21 August 15:00 | Bangladesh | 29–25 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(17–10) | ||||
23 August 9:00 | South Korea | 33–22 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(15–8) | ||||
The women's team consisted of 12 athletes. [43]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 69 | +99 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 75 | +67 | 6 | |
3 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 113 | −30 | 4 | |
4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 145 | −61 | 2 | |
5 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 138 | −75 | 0 |
19 August 10:40 | Sri Lanka | 15–41 | Thailand | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(7–24) | ||||
20 August 9:00 | Indonesia | 17–34 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(6–17) | ||||
20 August 12:20 | Japan | 17–22 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(10–8) | ||||
21 August 9:00 | India | 38–12 | Sri Lanka | Garuda Theatre, Jakarta |
(23–4) | ||||
Sri Lanka entered six karatekas (four men and two women). [39]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Niyon Sampaya | Men's kata | Park (KOR) L 0–5 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Prasanga Sadaruwan | Men's 60 kg | Bye | Osmani (AFG) W 4–2 | Selvam (MAS) L 1–3 | did not advance | ||||
Akihiro Lokukaluge | Men's 67 kg | Bye | Shinohara (JPN) W 6–2 | Amirali (KAZ) L 0–10 | Did not advance | Bye | Al Hadhrami (UAE) L 1–5 | Did not advance | =7 |
Kavindu Jayakody | Men's 84 kg | — | Ma (CHN) L 0–2 | did not advance | |||||
Dinusha Kumari | Women's 50 kg | — | Sukatendel (INA) L 0–8 | did not advance | |||||
Tharika Mukudam Wasam | Women's 61 kg | — | Jaber (JOR) L 0–8 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered four athletes in the speed discipline (two men and two women). This marks the first time the country will compete in the sport at the Asian Games. [25]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Lasantha Waradana | Men's 20000 metres elimination | DNF | |
Kavindu Wijesinghe | DNF | ||
Samithri Koralalage | Women's 20000 metres elimination | DNF | |
Dasuni Sosya | DNF |
Sri Lanka entered four rowers. [44] [45] The team finished in last place in all three races in competed in and therefore ranked eighth (and last) in the quadruple sculls.
Athletes | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Budhika Chaturanga Tharanga Rupasinghe Sugath Senarathne Udara Udawaththa | Quadruple sculls | 7:13.98 | 4 R | 7:17.91 | 6 FB | 6:57.41 | 8 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Sri Lanka entered a men's team.
Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sri Lanka men's | Men's tournament | United Arab Emirates W 68–0 | South Korea L 26–31 | Afghanistan W 36–0 | 2 Q | China W 17–12 | Japan L 10–12 | South Korea L 14–36 | 4 |
Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 9, 2018. The team consists of 12 athletes. [46] [47]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 31 | +93 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 31 | +99 | 7 | |
3 | Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 5 | Ranking round 9–12 |
4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 155 | −155 | 3 |
30 August 13:56 |
Sri Lanka | 68–0 | United Arab Emirates |
Try: Sooriyabandara (2) 1' c, 7' c Muthuthanthri 3' c Piyarathna 6' c Dayan (2) 8' c, 14' c Perera (3) 10' m, 11' c, 12' c Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/1) Ratwatte (5/6) Muthuthanthri (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (2/2) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Craig Chan (Canada) |
30 August 17:58 |
South Korea | 31–26 | Sri Lanka |
Try: Jang S.M. (2) 1' m, 3' m Han K.K. (2) 7' c, 14' c Lee J.B. 8' c Con: Lee J.B. (3/4) | Try: Sooriyabandara 5' c Raffaideen 10' c Piyarathna 12' m Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/2) Raffaideen (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (1/1) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand) |
31 August 14:18 |
Sri Lanka | 36–0 | Afghanistan |
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c Perera 10' m Raffaideen 11' m Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3) Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Ratwatte (0/2) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Craig Chan (Canada) |
31 August 17:36 |
Sri Lanka | 17–12 | China |
Try: Sooriyarachchi 5' c Sooriyabandara 6' m Raffaideen 7+' m Con: Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Sooriyabandara (0/2) | Try: Zhang C. 2' m Shan C.S. 10' c Con: Shan C.S. (1/2) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan) |
1 September 16:56 |
Japan | 12–10 | Sri Lanka |
Try: Hashino 4' m Sakai 7+' c Con: Sakai (1/2) | Try: Perera 2' m Muthuthanthri 7' m Con: Sooriyabandara (0/2) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand) |
1 September 20:14 |
Sri Lanka | 14–36 | South Korea |
Try: Ratwatte 8' c Dissanayake 12' c Con: Ratwatte (2/2) | Try: Chang Y.H. 3' c Kim J.M. 6' m Jang J.M. 7' c Kim H.S. 10' c Kim J.H. 13' m Hwang I.J. 14+' m Con: Lee J.B. (1/1) Kim N.U. (2/4) Kim S.S. (0/1) |
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan) |
Sri Lanka entered one male sailor in the laser standard event. [48] [25]
Athlete | Event | Race | Total Points | Net Points | Final Rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
Roshil Weerathunga | Laser | (15) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | DNQ | 177 | 162 | 15 |
Sri Lanka entered four squash players (four per gender). [49] [50] All four squash players lost their first matches three sets to zero, and did not advance further in the competition. [51]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Ravindu Laksiri | Men's | Adnan (MAS) L 0–3 (8–11, 7–11, 9–11) | did not advance | ||||
Shamil Wakeel | Ghosal (IND) L 0–3 (2–11, 2–11, 1–11) | did not advance | |||||
Fathoum Issadeen | Women's | Watanabe (JPN) L 0–3 (7–11, 9–11, 6–11) | did not advance | ||||
Mihiliya Methsarani | Subramaniam (MAS) L 0–3 (6–11, 6–11, 6–11) | did not advance |
Sri Lanka's swimming team consisted of five male swimmers. [52] Matthew Abeysinghe broke the national record in the men's 200 m freestyle event. [53] Sri Lankan swimmers advanced to only one final, through Matthew Abeysinghe's sixth-place finish in the 100 metres freestyle event. [54] The sixth-place finish, was the best swimming result for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games. [55]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kyle Abeysinghe | 50 m freestyle | 23.36 | 20 | did not advance | |
Matthew Abeysinghe | 22.88 | =12 | did not advance | ||
Kyle Abeysinghe | 100 m freestyle | 50.14 | 13 | did not advance | |
Matthew Abeysinghe | 49.48 | 4 Q | 49.28 | 6 | |
Matthew Abeysinghe | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.97 NR | 12 | did not advance | |
Kavindra Nugawela | 1:56.01 | 26 | did not advance | ||
Akalanka Peiris | 50 m backstroke | 26.57 | 17 | did not advance | |
50 m butterfly | 25.20 | 25 | did not advance | ||
200 m backstroke | 2:12.14 | 16 | did not advance | ||
Cherantha de Silva | 50 m butterfly | 25.36 | 26 | did not advance | |
200 m butterfly | 2:05.90 | 14 | did not advance | ||
Matthew Abeysinghe Akalanka Peiris Kyle Abeysinghe Cherantha de Silva Kavindra Nugawela | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | DSQ | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered two table tennis players (one male and one female). [56]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Imesh Ranasinghe | Men's singles | Sonpasith Mosangsinh (LAO) L 1–4 (12–14, 11–8, RET) | did not advance | |||||
Ishara Madurangi | Women's singles | Fatima Khan (PAK) W 4–0 (11–8, 11–2, 11–8, 11–5) | Wang Manyu (CHN) L 0–4 (8–11, 5–11, 8–11, 1–11) | did not advance | ||||
Imesh Ranasinghe Ishara Madurangi | Mixed doubles | Bye | Tanviriyavechakul / Sawettabut (THA) L 0–3 (1–11, 2–11, 5–11) | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered six taekwondo practitioners (three per gender). [39]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Thisara Dharmapriya | Men's −58 kg | Võ Quốc Hưng (VIE) L 11–40 | did not advance | ||||
Chalinda Liyanage | Men's −63 kg | Masanojo Honma (JPN) W 21–18 | Sardor Toirov (UZB) L 6–22 | did not advance | |||
Sheron Fernando | Men's +80 kg | — | Akshay Kumar (IND) L 8–13 | did not advance | |||
Kumudu Wijerathna | Women's −49 kg | Bye | Sidra Batool (PAK) W 28–14 | Miyu Yamada (JPN) L 8–32 | did not advance | ||
Nisansala Jahinge | Women's −67 kg | — | Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR) L 0–38 | did not advance | |||
Ranuri Wickramasinghe | Women's +67 kg | — | Sorn Seavmey (CAM) L WDN | did not advance |
Sri Lanka's tennis team consisted of four athletes (two men and two women). [57]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Sharmal Dissanayake | Men's | Abdulla (MDV) W 2–0 (6–1, 6–3) | Uchiyama (JPN) L 0–2 (3–6, 1–6) | did not advance | ||||
Yasitha De Silva | Habib (LBN) L 0–2 (2–6, 1–6) | did not advance | ||||||
Anjalika Kurera | Women's | Bye | Kato (JPN) L 0–2 (0–6, 1–6) | did not advance | ||||
Anika Seneviratne | Erdenebileg (MGL) W 2–0 (6–1, 6–2) | Zhang (CHN) L 0–2 (1–6, 2–6) | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
Sharmal Dissanayake Yasitha De Silva | Men's | Bye | Nedovyesov / Khabibulin (KAZ) L 0–2 (4–6, 2–6) | did not advance | ||||
Anjalika Kurera Anika Seneviratne | Women's | — | Han / Kim (KOR) L 0–2 (1–6, 0–6) | did not advance | ||||
Yasitha De Silva Anika Seneviratne | Mixed | Al-Nabhani / Al-Nabhani (OMA) L 0–2 (4–6, 3–6) | did not advance | |||||
Sharmal Dissanayake Anjalika Kurera | Bye | Fayziev / Amanmuradova (UZB) L 0–2 (4–6, 3–6) | did not advance |
Sri Lanka entered one male triathlete. This also marked the country's Asian Games debut in the sport. [25] [58]
Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (39.6 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
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Lakruwan Dewa | Men's | 24:55 | 0:31 | 1:03:06 | 0:31 | 42:25 | 2:11:28 | 24 |
Sri Lanka will be returning to the Asian Games for the first time since 1966. The Sri Lankan team finished in 13th place (out of 20 teams) after defeating Vietnam in the 13th place match. [59]
Team | Event | Group Stage | Playoffs | Quarterfinals / Pl. | Semifinals / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||
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Oppositions Scores | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Sri Lanka men's | Men's tournament | Thailand: L 1–3 Vietnam: W 3–0 China: L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Maldives W 3–1 | Nepal W 3–1 | Vietnam W 3–0 | 13 |
Sri Lanka's men's volleyball team consisted of 14 athletes. [60]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 301 | 284 | 1.060 |
2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 313 | 301 | 1.040 |
3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 240 | 244 | 0.984 |
4 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 260 | 285 | 0.912 |
20 August 2018 12:30 UTC+7 | Thailand | 3–1 | Sri Lanka | Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 300 Referees: Aidos Akhmetov (KAZ), Keiko Tanemoto (JPN) |
(13–25, 25–21, 25–23, 27–25) Report | ||||
23 August 2018 16:30 UTC+7 | Vietnam | 0–3 | Sri Lanka | Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 200 Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Ebrahim Ali J Mahmoud (QAT) |
(23–25, 18–25, 18–25) Report | ||||
25 August 2018 10:00 UTC+7 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 | China | GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Khaled Al-Zughaibi (KSA) |
(15–25, 25–20, 14–25, 17–25) Report | ||||
26 August 2018 10:00 UTC+7 | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Maldives | Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 350 Referees: Nguyễn Quốc Huy (VIE), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI) |
(16–25, 25–18, 27–25, 25–15) Report (AG18) Report (AVC) | ||||
30 August 2018 16:30 UTC+7 | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Nepal | Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 800 Referees: Choi Jae-hyo (KOR), Indra Muflih (INA) |
(23–25, 25–16, 26–24, 25–21) Report | ||||
31 August 2018 19:30 UTC+7 | Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Vietnam | Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 300 Referees: Hsu Keng-hao (TPE), Agung Purwantoro (INA) |
(25–21, 25–21, 25–20) Report | ||||
Sri Lanka entered four weightlifters (two per gender). [61] [62]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Thilanka Palangasinghe | Men's −62 kg | NM | DNF | ||||
Indika Dissanayake | Men's −69 kg | 130 | 15 | NM | DNF | ||
Dinusha Gomes | Women's −48 kg | NM | DNF | ||||
Chamari Warnakulasuriya | Women's −53 kg | 73 | 11 | 96 | 10 | 169 | 10 |
Sri Lanka entered one male wrestler. [63]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Charles Divoshan | −57 kg | Bye | Eko Roni Saputra (INA) L 0–10 | did not advance | 15 |
Sri Lanka entered two wushu athletes (one man and one woman). [64]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Pethum Balawardana | Men's −60 kg | Bye | Noukhith Latsaphao (LAO) W 2–0 | Nghiêm Văn Ý (VIE) L 0–2 | did not advance | ||
Maleesha Pathirage | Women's −52 kg | — | Chen Wei-ting (TPE) L 0–2 | did not advance |
Sri Lanka qualified one athlete in e-sports. [65]
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Amruth Alfred | StarCraft II | Huang Yu-Hsiang (TPE) L 0–3 | did not advance |
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