Sri Lanka at the Olympics

Sri Lanka at the
Olympics
Sri Lanka at the; Olympics
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
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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 to boycott apartheid South Africa 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.

Total		0	2	0	2	126
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
as Ceylon
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
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	future event
2032 Brisbane	future event

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Duncan White	London 1948	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles
Silver	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Sydney 2000	Athletics	Women's 200 metres

Medal tables