Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Sri Lanka
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	srilankaolympic.org
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	79 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Chinthana Vidanage
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
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Sri Lanka competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. ^[1]

The Sri Lankan team consists of 139 members, including 80 athletes competing in 13 sports (15 disciplines). ^{[2] [3] [4]} However, Sumesh Wickramasinghe did not compete in athletics. The country made its Commonwealth Games debut in the discipline of rhythmic gymnastics and Canadian born Anna-Marie Ondaatje became the first gymnast to represent Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games. ^[5] The team also consists of 38 officials. ^[6]

Weightlifter Chinthana Vidanage was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. ^[7]

With six medals won, this edition of the games represented the most successful games for the country in terms of overall medals. ^[8]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Indika Dissanayake	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	April 6
Bronze	Chaturanga Lakmal	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	April 5
Bronze	Dinusha Gomes	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	April 5
Bronze	Anusha Koddithuwakku	Boxing	Women's 48 kg	April 11
Bronze	Thiwanka Ranasinghe	Boxing	Men's 49 kg	April 13
Bronze	Vidanalange Bandara	Boxing	Men's 52 kg	April 13

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	7	5	12
Badminton	4	4	8
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	3	3	6
Cycling	2	0	2
Diving	1	1	2
Gymnastics	0	4	3
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Shooting	2	1	3
Squash	1	1	2
Swimming	4	2	6
Table tennis	3	3	6
Weightlifting	7	4	11
Wrestling	2	1	3
Total	50	29	79

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka received a quota of 14 athletes (eight men and six women). ^[9] However, only 12 athletes were entered, with sprinter Rumeshika Rathnayake being added to the team later to make the total team size 13 (eight male and five female). ^{[10] [2]} However only 12 participated as Sumesh Wickramasinghe did not compete in the men's 4 × 100 m relay.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shehan Ambepitiya Mohamed Ashrafu Vinoj De Silva Himasha Eashan	4 × 100 m relay	39.47	3 Q	39.08 NR	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Manjula Wijesekara	High jump	2.21	=9 q	NM
Janaka Wimalasari	Long jump	7.84	10 q	7.89	7
Sampath Ranasinghe	Javelin throw	74.72	12 q	70.15	12

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rumeshika Rathnayake	200 m	23.43	2 Q	23.60	6	did not advance
Nimali Arachchige	800 m	2:08.52	7	—		did not advance
Gayanthika Artigala Aberathna		2:04.72	8	—		did not advance
Hiruni Wijayaratne	Marathon	—				2:49:38	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Dilhani Lekamge	Javelin throw	56.02	5

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with eight athletes (four men and four women). ^[11]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Men's	Murad Ali  (PAK) W 2–0 (21–16, 21–19)	Emmanuel Donkor  (GHA) W 2–0 (21–18, 24–22)	Ryan Ng  (SGP) L 1–2 (9–21, 21–10, 21–19)	did not advance
Dinuka Karunaratne		Kervin Ghislain  (SEY) W 2–0 (21–7, 21–10)	Ciaran Chambers  (NIR) W 2–0 (21–7, 21–8)	Julien Paul  (MRI) W 2–0 (23–21, 22–20)	Prannoy H. S.  (IND) L 0–2 (13–21, 6–21)	did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne		Christopher Eynon  (FAI) W 2–0 (21–8, 21–7)	Liam Fong  (FIJ) W 2–0 (21–5, 21–6)	Srikanth Kidambi  (IND) L 0–2 (10–21, 10–21)	did not advance
Hasini Ambalangodage	Women's	Emily Temple Redshaw  (JER) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–11)	Kate Foo Kune  (MRI) L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21)	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Men's	—	Kalombo Mulenga / Chongo Mulenga  (ZAM) W 2–0 (21–6, 21–9)	Matthew Bignell / Alexander Hutchings  (JEY) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–13)	Jason Ho-Shue / Nyl Yakura  (CAN) W 2–1 (19–21, 22–10, 21–17)	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty  (IND) L 0–2 (18–21, 10–21)	Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong  (MAS) L 0–2 (9–21, 13–21)	4
Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage	Women's	—	Palwasha Bashir / Mahoor Shahzad  (PAK) W 2–0 (21–6, 21–15)	Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elsie de Villiers  (RSA) W 2–0 (21–9, 21–9)	Lauren Smith / Sarah Walker  (ENG) L 0–2 (12–21, 16–21)	did not advance
Hasini Ambalangodage Madushika Beruwelage		—	Kimberley Clague / Cristen Marritt  (IOM) W 2–0 (21–13, 21–9)	Aurélie Allet / Nicki Chan-Lam  (MRI) W 2–0 (21–6, 21–9)	Ashwini Ponnappa / N. Sikki Reddy  (IND) L 0–2 (11–21, 13–21)	did not advance
Kavidi Sirimannage Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Mixed	Abraham Ayittey / Gifty Mensah  (GHA) W 2–0 (21–7, 21–9)	Alexander Dunn / Eleanor O'Donnell  (SCO) L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)	did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Sachin Dias		Edwin Ekiring / Shamim Bangi  (UGA) W 2–0 (21–17, 21–9)	Alexander Hutchings / Elise Dixon  (JER) W 2–0 (21–10, 21–11)	Terry Hee / Tan Wei Han  (SGP) L 0–2 (21–23, 19–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Roster

• Hasini Ambalangodage
• Madushika Beruwelage
• Sachin Dias
• Buwaneka Goonethilleka
• Thilini Hendahewa
• Dinuka Karunaratna
• Niluka Karunaratne
• Kavidi Sirimannage

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	651	401	+250	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	13	+6	592	476	+116	2
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	21	−9	526	619	−93	1
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	28	−26	348	621	−273	0

Source: GC2018

India 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Pranav Chopra  /  Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Sachin Dias  /  Thilini Hendahewa 21 15 19 21 22 20   2 Srikanth Kidambi Niluka Karunaratne 21 16 21 10     3 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy  /  Chirag Shetty Dinuka Karunaratna  /  Buwaneka Goonethilleka 21 17 21 14     4 Saina Nehwal Madushika Beruwelage 21 8 21 4     5 Ashwini Ponnappa  /  N. Sikki Reddy Thilini Hendahewa  /  Kavidi Sirimannage 21 12 21 14

Scotland 4	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Sri Lanka 1
1 2 3 1 Alexander Dunn / Eleanor O'Donnell Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa 17 21 21 16 25 27   2 Kieran Merrilees Niluka Karunaratne 21 14 21 17     3 Kirsty Gilmour Hasini Ambalangodage 21 4 21 5     4 Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall Niluka Karunaratne / Buwaneka Goonethilleka 21 16 21 16     5 Kirsty Gilmour / Julie MacPherson Thilini Hendahewa / Kavidi Sirimannage 18 21 21 9 21 9

Pakistan 1	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Sri Lanka 4
1 2 3 1 Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Palwasha Bashir Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Kavidi Sirimannage 16 21 4 21     2 Murad Ali Dinuka Karunaratne 18 21 17 21     3 Mahoor Shahzad Madushika Dilrukshi 21 14 21 18     4 Murad Ali / Irfan Saeed Bhatti Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Sachin Dias 11 21 14 21     5 Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir Thilini Hendahewa / Kavidi Sirimannage 7 21 11 21

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka qualified a men's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Asanka Pradeep Sashimal Yapa	Men's	Pool B   Miedzybrodzki – Cook  (SCO) L 1–2 (15–21, 21–18, 14–16)   Pedlow – Schachter  (CAN) L 0–2 (11–21, 5–21)   Kamara – Lombi  (SLE) L 0–2 (17–21, 20–22)	4	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with a team of 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women). Anusha Koddithuwakku became the first Sri Lankan female boxer to secure a Commonwealth Games medal and also created history for becoming the first Sri Lankan female boxer to qualify for the semi-final round at a Commonwealth Games competition. ^{[13] [14]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Thiwanka Ranasinghe	Men's −49 kg	—	Siyabulela Mphongshi  (RSA) W 4–0	Berry Namri  (VAN) W 5–0	Galal Yafai  (ENG) L RSC	Did not advance
Vidanalange Bandara	Men's −52 kg	—	Yachen Cook  (NRU) W 3–2	Thabo Molefe  (LES) W 4–1	Gaurav Solanki  (IND) L 0–4	Did not advance
Dinindu Saparamadu	Men's −64 kg	Bye	Richard Hadlow  (NZL) W 4–1	Jonas Jonas  (NAM) L 0–5	did not advance
Anusha Koddithuwakku	Women's −48 kg	—		Brandy Barnes  (CAY) WRSC	Mary Kom  (IND) L 0–5	Did not advance
Dulani Jayasinghe	Women's −51 kg	—		Christine Ongare  (KEN) LRSC	did not advance
Keshani Hansika	Women's −57 kg	—	Bye	Alexis Pritchard  (NZL) L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's cycling team consisted of two athletes.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chamika Kumara	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:00:48.02	45
Avishka Mawathage	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	58:48.27	39

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with a team of 2 divers (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sahan Peiris	Men's 1 m springboard	181.25	15	did not advance
	Men's 10 m platform	181.00	13	did not advance
Yashoda De Silva	Women's 1 m springboard	117.90	14	did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Artistic

Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (3 women).

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Ridma Bengalage	Team	11.850	8.250	8.700	9.650	38.450	29
Kaushini Gamage		11.600	6.900	7.000	8.350	36.300	31
Amaya Kalukottage		11.800	6.700	8.450	9.350	33.850	32
Total		35.250	21.850	24.150	27.350	108.600	8

Rhythmic

Sri Lanka participated with 1 athlete (1 woman), marking its debut appearance in the discipline. ^[5]

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
Anna-Marie Ondaatje	Qualification	10.800	11.675	12.050 Q	10.350	44.875	14 Q

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
Anna-Marie Ondaatje	All-Around	11.800	11.750	10.400	10.350	44.300	11
	Clubs	—		11.200	—	11.200	6

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Sri Lanka qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by being the highest ranked Commonwealth nation at the 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series. ^{[15] [16]}

Roster

The roster was officially named on March 30, 2018. ^[17]

• Sudarshana Muthuthanthri
• Danushka Ranjan
• Richard Dharmapala
• Srinath Sooriyabandara
• Danush Dayan
• Hirantha Perera
• Tarinda Ratwatte
• Rehan Silva
• Sudam Sooriyarachchi
• Naveen Henakankanamage
• Adeesha Weeratunga
• Kavindu Perera

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	138	22	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	90	38	+52	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Uganda	3	1	0	2	38	95	−57	5
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	27	138	−111	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

14 April 2018 11:21 v t e

Fiji	63–5	Sri Lanka
Try: Naduva (2) 1' c, 10' c Mocenacagi (3) 4' c, 6' c, 8' c Kunatani 7' c Dranisinukula 11' c Nasilasila (2) 13' c, 14' c Con: Ravouvou (4/4) 2', 4', 6', 7' Nasilasila (5/5) 8', 10', 12', 13', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon 1' m Con: Ratwatte (0/1)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

14 April 2018 17:31 v t e

Wales	42–12	Sri Lanka
Try: Roach (2) 3' c, 12' c Thomas 4' c Williams 6' c Jenkins 7' c Davies 13' c Con: Davies (6/6) 3', 4', 6', 7', 12', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon 1' c Sooriyabandara 9' m Con: Ratwatte (1/2) 1'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

14 April 2018 21:11 v t e

Uganda	33–10	Sri Lanka
Try: Kisiga 1' m Wokorach 4' c Odongo 8' c Kasito 9' c Ogena 11' c Con: Wokorach (4/5) 4', 8', 10', 11'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon (2) 1' m, 7' m Con: Ratwatte (0/2)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman). ^[18]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thanthulage Fernando	Men's 50 metre pistol	509	16	did not advance
	Men's 10 metre air pistol	563	9	did not advance
Upul Wijerathna	Men's 50 metre pistol	508	18	did not advance
Sanduni Perera	Women's 10 metre air rifle	404.2	15	did not advance

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated in the squash competition with one male and one female athlete. ^[19]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ravindu Laksiri	Men's Singles	Parshottam  (FIJ) W 3–0	Lobban  (SCO) L 0–3	did not advance
Mihiliya Methsarani	Women's Singles	Bye	Landers-Murphy  (NZL) L 0–3	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka's swimming team consisted of six athletes (four men and two women). ^{[20] [21]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kyle Abeysinghe	50 m freestyle	23.73	27	did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe		22.65 NR	13 Q	22.84	15	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva		24.29	36	did not advance
Kyle Abeysinghe	100 m freestyle	52.20	35	did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe		49.11 NR	6 Q	49.43	10	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva		52.08	34	did not advance
Akalanka Peiris	50 m backstroke	26.83	11 Q	26.52 NR	10	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	58.68	18	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.56	20	—		did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	50 m butterfly	25.13	22	did not advance
Akalanka Peiris		25.32	27	did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	100 m butterfly	55.91	18	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.71	13	—		did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe Akalanka Peiris Kyle Abeysinghe Cherantha de Silva	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:22.84 NR	8 Q	—		DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vinoli Kaluarachchi	50 m freestyle	28.76	33	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:02.25	30	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	31.02	24	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:07.64	25	did not advance
Dilrukshi Perera	50 m freestyle	27.75	25	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.81 NR	22	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women). ^[22]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha	Men's singles	Hodge  (SKN) W 4–0	Tomlinson  (JAM) W 4–3	1 Q	Bye	Rumgay  (SCO) L 0–4	did not advance
Rohan Sirisena		Rollins  (BAH) W 4–0	Lulu  (VAN) W 4–0	1 Q	Bernadet  (CAN) L 1–4	did not advance
Imesh Ranasingha		Mitchell  (SVG) W 4–0	Cathcart  (NIR) L 3–4	2	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana	Women's singles	Ali  (PAK) W 4–0	Yeung  (CAN) W 4–1	1 Q	—	Ho  (ENG) L 0–4	did not advance
Ishara Madurangi		Kinoo  (MRI) W 4–1	Payet  (ENG) L 1–4	2	—	did not advance
Erandi Warusawithana		Kwabi  (GHA) W 4–0	Chung  (TTO) L 0–4	2	—	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha Imesh Ranasingha	Men's doubles	Bye	Mtalaso / Tumaini  (TAN) W 3–1	Kamal / Gnanasekaran  (IND) L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Ishara Manikku Badu	Women's doubles	—	Bye	Batra / Das  (IND) L 0–3	did not advance
Erandi Warusawithana Buwaneka Jayasingha	Mixed doubles	Mutua / Thakkar  (KEN) W 3–2	Shetty / Patkar  (IND) L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Imesh Ranasingha		Choong / Lyne  (MAS) L 0–3	did not advance
Ishara Manikku Badu Rohan Sirisena		Mtalaso / Pazi  (TAN) W 3–1	Kamal / Das  (IND) L 1–3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Buwaneka Jayasingha Rohan Sirisena Imesh Ranasingha	Men's team	Canada L 1–3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines W 3–0	2 Q	Australia L 0–3	did not advance
Hansani Kapugeekiyana Ishara Madurangi Erandi Warusawithana	Women's team	India L 0–3	Wales L 1–3	3	—	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Sri Lanka competed in weightlifting. ^[23] The Sri Lankan weightlifting team consisted of 11 athletes (seven men and four women). ^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chaturanga Lakmal	−56 kg	114	2	134	4	248
Thilanka Palangasinghe	−62 kg	124	4	155	4	279	4
Indika Dissanayake	−69 kg	137	1	160	3	297
Chinthana Vidanage	−77 kg	132	4	166	5	298	5
Shanaka Peters	−94 kg	130	10	165	8	295	8
Saman Abeywickrama	−105 kg	130	11	160	9	290	9
Ushan Charuka	+105 kg	142	8	187	8	329	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dinusha Gomes	−48 kg	70	4	85	6	155
Chamari Warnakulasuriya	−53 kg	78	4	94	7	172	4
Nadeeshani Rajapaksha	−58 kg	66	11	94	7	160	10
Charhurika Balage	−75 kg	75	9	100	9	175	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Divoshan Charles Fernando	-57 kg	Connelly  (SCO) W 3–1	Bilal  (PAK) L 1–4	did not advance			7
Suresh Fernando	-74 kg	Dodge  (WAL) L 0 –5	did not advance				13

Women

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Deepika Dilhani	-53 kg	Holland  (AUS) W 3 –1	Kumari  (IND) L 0–5	Weicker  (CAN) L 0–4	Samuel  (NGR) L 0–5	4

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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