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Sri Lanka at the
Olympics
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
IOC code SRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Medals
Ranked 123rd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 2 0 2
Summer appearances
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020

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
as  Ceylon
United Kingdom 1948 London 7 0 1 0 1 28
Finland 1952 Helsinki 5 0 0 0 0
Australia 1956 Melbourne 3 0 0 0 0
Italy 1960 Rome 5 0 0 0 0
Japan 1964 Tokyo 6 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 3 0 0 0 0
West Germany 1972 Munich 4 0 0 0 0
as  Sri Lanka
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 4 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 4 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 6 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 11 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 9 0 0 0 0
Australia 2000 Sydney 18 0 1 0 1 64
Greece 2004 Athens 8 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 8 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 7 0 0 0 0
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 9 0 0 0 0
Japan 2020 Tokyo 9 0 0 0 0
France 2024 Paris 6 0 0 0 0
United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Total 0 2 0 2 126

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 2 0 2
Totals (1 entries) 0 2 0 2

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
22 Silver White, DuncanDuncan White United Kingdom London 1948 Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metre hurdles
22 Silver Jayasinghe, SusanthikaSusanthika Jayasinghe Australia Sydney 2000 Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres

See also

Kids robot.svg 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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