Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Sri Lanka at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
IOC code SRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website www.srilankaolympic.org
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors9 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Milka Gehani
Chamara Dharmawardana
Flag bearer (closing) Yupun Abeykoon
Officials17
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.

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On 4 July 2021, judoka Chamara Dharmawardana and artistic gymnast Milka Gehani were announced as Sri Lanka's flag-bearers during the opening ceremony. [2] [3] Yupun Abeykoon is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. [4]

The Sri Lankan team of nine athletes (four men and five women) competed in seven sports along with 17 officials and coaches was announced on July 6, 2021. [5] The country made its debut in the sports of artistic gymnastics and equestrian. [6]

None of the athletes were able to advance to the next rounds in their events and Sri Lanka ended the Tokyo Olympics without a medal. [7] [8]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Badminton 101
Equestrian 011
Gymnastics 011
Judo 101
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Total459

Athletics

Sri Lanka entered two athletes. One Sri Lankan athlete, Yupun Abeykoon achieved the entry standard through the world ranking, while Nimali Liyanarachchi was awarded a universality spot. [9] [10] [11]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yupun Abeykoon Men's 100 m Bye10.326Did not advance
Nimali Liyanarachchi Women's 800 m 2:10.238Did not advance

Badminton

Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Niluka Karunaratne in the men's singles, to his third straight Olympics. [12] [13]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank in GroupOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Niluka Karunaratne Men's singles Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang T-w  (TPE)
L (12–21, 15–21)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Nguyen  (IRL)
L (16–21, 14–21)
3Did not advance

Equestrian

For the first time in history, Sri Lanka entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania). [14] Mathilda Karlsson initially had a part of her qualifying points removed, following an administrative error from the FEI; however, the decision on points removal was subsequently overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [15]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Mathilda Karlsson Chopin Individual EliminatedDid not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

With the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Championships in Hangzhou, China, Milka Gehani secured a spot as the highest-ranked gymnast from Asia at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany not already qualified. [16]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
VUBBBFVUBBBF
Milka Gehani All-around 13.36610.86611.26610.30045.79878Did not advance

Judo

Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Chamara Dharmawardana in the men's lightweight category (73 kg). [17] [18]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chamara Dharmawardana Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Djibouti.svg  Houssein  (DJI)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a women's rifle shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 5, 2021. [19] [20]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Tehani Egodawela Women's 10 m air rifle 611.549Did not advance

Swimming

Sri Lanka received two universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [21] [22] [23] [24]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matthew Abeysinghe Men's 100 m freestyle 50.6248Did not advance
Aniqah Gaffoor Women's 100 m butterfly 1:05.3332Did not advance

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