Sri Lanka at the Olympics

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Sri Lanka at the
Olympics
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
IOC code SRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website www.olympic.lk
Medals
Ranked 123rd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer appearances

Sri Lanka first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent a delegation to every Summer Olympic Games except for the `1976 Games and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

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Sri Lankan athletes have won a total of two Olympic silver medals, both in athletics.

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka was created in 1937 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. The nation was designated as Ceylon (country code "CEY") until 1972.

Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's first ever Youth Olympics medal, a bronze in the girls' 2000 metre steeplechase athletics event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [1]

Medal tables

Medals by Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1948 London 7 0101 28
1952 Helsinki 5 0000
1956 Melbourne 3 0000
1960 Rome 5 0000
1964 Tokyo 6 0000
1968 Mexico City 3 0000
1972 Munich 4 0000
1980 Moscow 4 0000
1984 Los Angeles 4 0000
1988 Seoul 6 0000
1992 Barcelona 11 0000
1996 Atlanta 9 0000
2000 Sydney 18 0101 64
2004 Athens 8 0000
2008 Beijing 8 0000
2012 London 7 0000
2016 Rio de Janeiro 9 0000
2020 Tokyo 9 0000
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total0202 121

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 0202
Totals (1 entries)0202

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Duncan White 1948 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metre hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Susanthika Jayasinghe 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres

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References

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