Sri Lanka at the Olympics facts for kids
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| IOC code | SRI | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 123rd |
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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.
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.
Medal tables
Medals by Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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as  Ceylon |
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 1948 London |
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
 1952 Helsinki |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1956 Melbourne |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1960 Rome |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1964 Tokyo |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1968 Mexico City |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1972 Munich |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
as  Sri Lanka |
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 1980 Moscow |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1984 Los Angeles |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1988 Seoul |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1992 Barcelona |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 Sydney |
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
 2004 Athens |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2008 Beijing |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2012 London |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2020 Tokyo |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2024 Paris |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2028 Los Angeles |
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| Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126 | |
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
List of medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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 Silver |
Duncan White | London 1948 |
 Athletics |
Men's 400 metre hurdles |
| Silver |
Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sydney 2000 |
Athletics |
Women's 200 metres |
See also
In Spanish: Sri Lanka en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños
- List of flag bearers for Sri Lanka at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for Sri Lanka
- All-time Olympic Games medal count
- Sri Lanka at the Paralympics
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