Sri Lanka at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sri Lanka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	www.srilankaolympic.org
in Sydney
Competitors	18 (13 men,5 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Damayanthi Darsha
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Sri Lanka competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first Olympic medal since 1948. Sri Lanka has sent their ever largest number of competitors (18) for an Olympic game in this event.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Athletics	women's 200 m

• Sugath Thilakaratne

Men's 400m

• 1. Round 1 – 45.48
  2. Round 2 – 45.54 (did not advance)

• Rohan Pradeep Kumar

• 1. Round 1 – 46 (did not advance)

• Arijan Raja Ratnayake

Men's 400m Hurdles

• 1. Round 1 – 50.43 (did not advance)

• Ratna Kumar, Rohan Pradeep Kumar, Lanka Perera Manura, Sugath Thilakaratne, Ranga Wimalawansa

Men's 4x400m

• 1. Round 1 – 03:06.25
  2. Semifinal – 03:02.89 (did not advance)

• Sarath Prasanna Gamage

Men's Marathon

1. Final – 2:34:39 (73rd place)

• Susanthika Jayasinghe

Women's 100m

• 1. Round 1 – 11.15
  2. Round 2 – 11.23
  3. Semifinal – 11.33 (did not advance)

Women's 200m

• 1. Round 1 – 22.53
  2. Round 2 – 22.54
  3. Semifinal – 22.45
  4. Final – 22.28 (Silver medal)

• Damayanthi Darsha

Women's 400m

• 1. Round 1 – 52.13
  2. Round 2 – 52.35 (did not advance)

• Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka

Women's 100m Hurdles

• 1. Round 1 – 13.10
  2. Round 2 – 13.19 (did not advance)

• Damayanthi Darsha, Nimmi De Zoysa, Tamara Saman Deepika, Kumari Herath Pradeepa

Women's 4x100m

• 1. Round 1 – 44.51 (did not advance)

• Lalin Jirasinha

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• 1. Race 1 – 23
  2. Race 2 – 25
  3. Race 3 – 25
  4. Race 4 – (26) RET
  5. Race 5 – (26) DNC
  6. Race 6 – (26) DNC
  7. Race 7 – (26) DNC
  8. Race 8 – (26) DNC
  9. Race 9 – (26) DNC
  10. Race 10 – 25
  11. Race 11 – 22
  12. Final – 224 (25th place)

• Ruwani Abeymanne
• Malini Wickramasinghe

• Conrad Francis

Men's 100m Butterfly

• 1. Preliminary Heat – 57.44 (did not advance)

• Theekshana Ratnasekera

Women's 50m Freestyle

• 1. Preliminary Heat – 29.88 (did not advance)

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• Sri Lanka at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games

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