Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Sri Lanka
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	olympic.lk
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	110 (50 men and 60 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Indika Dissanayake Chamari Athapaththu
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] This was Sri Lanka's 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

On June 30, 2022 the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced a team of 114 athletes (54 men and 60 women).^[2] For the first time ever, more women will compete than men.^[3][4] On July 19, 2022, the table tennis team of four male athletes was withdrawn, meaning the final team size was 50 men and 60 women (110 total athletes) competing in 13 sports.^[5][6]

Weightlifter Indika Dissanayake and cricketer Chamari Athapaththu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[7][8]

Sri Lanka finished the competition with four medals (one silver and three bronze), ranking the country 31st overall on the medal table. Sri Lanka won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport of wrestling.^[9]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
3x3 basketball	4	4	8
Athletics	4	3	7
Badminton	4	2	6
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Boxing	5	3	8
Cricket	—	15	15
Diving	1	0	1
Gymnastics	3	5	8
Judo	3	2	5
Rugby sevens	13	13	26
Squash	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Weightlifting	6	4	10
Wrestling	2	4	6
Total	50	60	110

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Palitha Bandara	Athletics	Men's discus throw F44/64	August 3
Bronze	Dilanka Isuru Kumara	Weightlifting	Men's 55 kg	July 30
Bronze	Yupun Abeykoon	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	August 3
Bronze	Nethmi Poruthotage	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 57 kg	August 5

By virtue of its status as the top Commonwealth Asian nation in the respective FIBA 3x3 Federation Rankings for men and women (on 1 November 2021), Sri Lanka qualified for both tournaments.^[10][11]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / PM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka men	Men's tournament	Scotland L 9–16	Kenya L 18–21	Canada L 8–21	4	did not advance			7
Sri Lanka women	Women's tournament	Kenya L 8–21	Scotland L 5–21	Australia L 2–21	4	did not advance			8

Roster

• Simron Yogananthan
• Janith Chathuranga
• Supun Rukshan
• Arnold Thevakumar

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	52	43	+9	Direct to semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	1	56	41	+15	Quarter-finals
3	Kenya	3	1	2	47	48	−1
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	35	58	−23

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Roster

• Nihari Perera
• Chalani Perera
• Fathima Morseth
• Rashmi Perera

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	63	26	+37	Direct to semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	1	45	40	+5	Quarter-finals
3	Kenya	3	1	2	50	44	+6
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	15	63	−48

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On April 26, 2022, the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka named a team of eight athletes (four of each gender).^[12][13] On June 1, 2022, Hiruni Wijayaratne was dropped from the team for unknown reasons.^[14] Ushan Thiwanka later withdrew, citing a lack of preparation.^[15] Para-athlete Palitha Bandara will also compete.^[16]

On 3 August 2022, Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal after finishing the race in 10.14 seconds.^[17] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in athletics after 24 years since Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Thilakaratne's medal feats at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[18] Abeykoon also became the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth Games medal in either men's and women's 100m event.^[19] During the heats, Abeykoon managed to set an all-time fastest ever timing in Commonwealth Games history in the heats after finishing with a timing of 10.06 seconds. The previous record in 100m men's heats record was held by Canada's Glenroy Gilbert who had finished his heat with a timing of 10.10 seconds during the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[20] His timing of 10.06 seconds earned him a spot in the semi-finals.^[21][22] Yupun finished with a timing of 10.20 seconds semi-final which helped him to secure a berth into the final and was also the only Asian athlete to qualify for the final.^[23]

Palitha Bandara claimed a silver medal in men's F42-44/61-64 discus throw final after clearing a distance of 44.20 meters garnering 944 points.^[24][25][26] Bandara became the first Sri Lankan to win a Para Sports medal for Sri Lanka in Commonwealth Games history.^[27]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yupun Abeykoon	Men's 100 m	10.06	1 Q	10.20	4 q	10.14
Kalinga Kumarage	Men's 400 m	46.53	4 q	47.00	7	did not advance
Gayanthika Abeyratne	Women's 800 m	2:01.20 PB	5	—		did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	4:16.97	7	—		did not advance
Nilani Ratnayake	Women's 3000 m steeplechase≤	—				10:00.34	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Sumeda Ranasinghe	Men's javelin throw	—		70.22	10
Palitha Bandara	Men's discus throw F44/64	—		44.20
Sarangi Silva	Women's long jump	6.42	10 q	6.07	13

On May 4, 2022, Badminton Sri Lanka named a team of eight athletes (four of each gender).^[28] Sri Lanka's also qualified for the team event after being one of the top 14 nations in the BWF Ranking as of February 1, 2022.^[29] The final team announcement dropped two women, meaning the final team size was six (four men and two women).^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dumindu Abeywickrama	Men's singles	Lubah (MRI) W 2–1 (21–7, 20–22, 21–11)	Cassar (MLT) W 2–0 (21–11, 22–20)	Kidambi (IND) L 0–2 (9–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne		Attama (UGA) W 2–0 (21–6, 21–6)	Martin (BAR) W 2–0 (21–6, 21–5)	Teh (SGP) L 0–2 (13–21, 11–21)	did not advance
Suhasni Vidanage	Women's singles	Bye	Patel-Redfearn (ENG) L 0–2 (11–21, 14–21)	did not advance
Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Men's doubles	—	King / Martin (BAR) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–9)	Nibal / Rasheed (MDV) W 2–0 (21–12, 21–8)	Chan / Tan (MAS) L 0–2 (16–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	Mixed doubles	Bye	Lindeman / Wu (CAN) W 2–0 (21–11, 21–18)	Summers / Scholtz (RSA) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–8)	Ellis / Smith (ENG) L 0–2 (12–21, 19–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sri Lanka	Mixed team	Australia W 3–2	India L 0–5	Pakistan W 4–1	2 Q	Malaysia L 0–3	did not advance

Squad

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	14	1	+13	28	2	+26	620	329	+291	3	Knockout stage
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	7	8	−1	14	16	−2	489	520	−31	2
3	Australia	3	1	2	6	9	−3	12	18	−6	514	546	−32	1
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	3	12	−9	6	24	−18	382	610	−228	0

Australia 2	National Exhibition Centre, Court 4 29 July 2022, 14:00 UTC+1 [30]		Sri Lanka 3
1 2 3 1 Yingxiang Lin / Gronya Somerville Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa 18 21 14 21     2 Nathan Tang Niluka Karunaratne 18 21 12 21     3 Chen Hsuan-yu Suhasni Vidanage 21 10 21 13     4 Tran Hoang Pham / Jack Yu Sachin Dias / Niluka Karunaratne 16 21 14 21     5 Chen Hsuan-yu / Gronya Somerville Thilini Hendahewa / Suhasni Vidanage 21 18 21 14

India 5	National Exhibition Centre, Court 3 30 July 2022, 09:00 UTC+1 [31]		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa 21 14 21 9     2 Lakshya Sen Niluka Karunaratne 21 18 21 5     3 Aakarshi Kashyap Suhasni Vidanage 21 3 21 9     4 Chirag Shetty / B. Sumeeth Reddy Sachin Dias / Dumindu Abeywickrama 21 10 21 13     5 Gayatri Gopichand / Treesa Jolly Suhasni Vidanage / Thilini Hendahewa 21 18 21 6

Sri Lanka 4	National Exhibition Centre, Court 3 30 July 2022, 19:00 UTC+1 [32]		Pakistan 1
1 2 3 1 Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Ghazala Siddique 21 9 21 11     2 Niluka Karunaratne Murad Ali 21 9 21 11     3 Suhasni Vidanage Mahoor Shahzad 20 22 15 21     4 Sachin Dias / Niluka Karunaratne Mahoor Shahzad / Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21 15 21 13     5 Thilini Hendahewa / Suhasni Vidanage Murad Ali / Ghazala Siddique 21 15 21 8

Quarterfinals

Malaysia 3	National Exhibition Centre, Court 2 31 July 2022, 11:00 UTC+1		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing Sachin Dias / Thilini Hendahewa 21 14 21 14     2 Ng Tze Yong Niluka Karunaratne 21 5 21 14     3 Goh Jin Wei Suhasni Vidanage 21 9 21 5     4 Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik Sachin Dias / Dumindu Abeywickrama       not played 5 Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan Suhasni Vidanage / Thilini Hendahewa       not played

On 19 March 2022, Sri Lanka qualified in both the men's and women's tournaments. This was achieved by both teams winning the Asian Qualifiers that were held in Negombo, Sri Lanka.^[33] This will be the first time Sri Lanka will be competing in the women's event.^[34] The teams were officially deemed as qualified on April 26, 2022.^[35][36]

Summary

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Malinta Yapa Ashen Rashmika	Men's	Dearing / Schachter (CAN) L 0–2 (13–21, 12–21)	Jawo / Jarra (GAM) L 1–2 (14-21, 21–19, 15–9)	Hodge / Seabrookes (SKN) W 2–0 (21–11, 21–11)	3 Q	Burnett / McHugh (AUS) L 1–2 (21–16, 16–21, 9–15)	did not advance
Deepika Bandara Chaturika Weerasinghe	Women's	Artacho / Clancy (AUS) L 0–2 (10–21, 12–21)	Konstantopoulou / Nyström (CYP) L 0–2 (8–21, 10–21)	Armstrong / Chase (TTO) W WO	3 Q	Humana-Paredes / Pavan (CAN) L 0–2 (9–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dearing – Schachter (CAN)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	137	96	1.427	Quarterfinals
2	Jawo – Jarra (GAM)	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	149	118	1.263
3	Yapa – Rashmika (SRI)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	111	119	0.933	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Hodge – Seabrookes (SKN)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	62	126	0.492

31 July 2022 14:30	Dearing – Schachter (CAN)	2–0	Yapa – Rashmika (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–13, 21–12) Report

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2 August 2022 19:00	Jawo – Jarra (GAM)	2–1	Yapa – Rashmika (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–14, 19–21, 15–9) Report

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4 August 2022 19:00	Hodge – Seabrookes (SKN)	0–2	Yapa – Rashmika (SRI)	Smithfield
	(11–21, 11–21) Report

Quarterfinals

5 August 2022 12:00	Yapa – Rashmika (SRI)	1–2	Burnett – McHugh (AUS)	Smithfield
	(21–16, 16–21, 9–15) Report

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	62	2.032	Quarterfinals
2	Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	111	84	1.321
3	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	40	84	0.476	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	37	126	0.294

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

31 July 2022 14:30	Artacho – Clancy (AUS)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–12) Report

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2 August 2022 19:00	Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–8, 21–10) Report

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4 August 2022 19:00	Armstrong – Chase (TTO)	0–2	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	INJ Report

Quarterfinals

5 August 2022 21:00	Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN)	2–0	Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI)	Smithfield
	(21–9, 21–11) Report

Sri Lanka entered eight boxers (five men and three women).^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vidanalange Bandara	51 kg	—	Macdonald (ENG) L 0–5	did not advance
Rukmal Prasanna	54 kg	—	Hassan (KEN) W 3–2	Mensah (GHA) L 1–3	did not advance
Jeewantha Nisshanka	57 kg	Bye	Allicock (GUY) L 0–5	did not advance
Sanjeewa Bandara	63.5 kg	Tyers (ENG) L 0–5	did not advance
Niklas Vittalis	71 kg	Bye	Ah Tong (SAM) L 0–5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nadeeka Pushpakumari	48 kg	—	Modukanele (BOT) L 0–4	did not advance
Keshani Hansika	50 kg	Bye	McNaul (NIR) L 0–5	did not advance
Sajeewani Coorey	57 kg	Mehreen (PAK) W 5–0	Mnguni (RSA) L RSC	did not advance

Sri Lanka secured its place in the tournament by winning the Commonwealth Games Qualifier on 24 January 2022.^[37][38] The final roster of 15 athletes was named on July 19, 2022.^[39]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka women	Women's tournament	England L by 5 wickets	New Zealand L by 45 runs	South Africa L by 10 wickets	4	did not advance

Roster

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	England	3	3	0	0	6	1.826
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4	0.068
3	South Africa	3	1	2	0	2	1.118
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0	0	−2.805

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Sri Lanka entered one male diver.^[41]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dulanjan Fernando	1 m springboard	188.15	11 Q	232.50	11
	3 m springboard	217.95	15	did not advance

Sri Lanka's gymnastics team consisted of eight athletes (three men and five women).^[6]

Sri Lanka's artistic gymnastics team consisted of seven athletes (three men and four women).^[6]

Men

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ruchira Fernando	Team	11.200	12.000	10.250	13.150	11.250	10.700	68.550	20 Q
Malin Fernando		did not start
Hansa Kumarasinghege		—	9.050	4.150	10.100	—	—	—	—
Total		11.200	21.050	14.400	23.250	11.250	10.700	91.850	10

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ruchira Fernando	All-around	10.000	12.400	10.450	10.650	11.850	9.700	65.050	16

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Milka Gehani	Team	12.800	12.000	9.770	10.650	45.200	19 Q
Kaushini Gamage		11.400	7.000	8.000	7.850	34.250	29
Amaya Kalukottage		11.900	7.150	8.550	8.750	36.350	27
Kumudi Abeyratne		10.350	5.500	9.100	7.350	32.300	30
Total		36.100	26.150	27.400	27.250	116.900	8

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Milka Gehani	All-around	DNS	10.500	10.550	DNS	DNF

Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast.^[6]

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
Anna-Marie Ondaatje	Qualification	23.600	21.850	23.200	21.900	90.550	22

Sri Lanka entered five judoka (three men and two women).^[42]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Priyankara Wimukthi	Men's 60 kg	Munro (SCO) L 00–10	did not advance				=9
Chamara Repiyallage	Men's 73 kg	Lekoko (BOT) W 10s1–00s2	Njie (GAM) L 00s1–10s1	Did not advance	Green (NIR) L 00s1–10	Did not advance	=7
Rajitha Pushpakumara	Men's 81 kg	Connolly (NZL) L 00–10	did not advance				=9
Chamila Marappulige	Women's 48 kg	Barnikel (WAL) L 00–10	did not advance				9
Hiruni Withana	Women's +78 kg	Tracy Durhone (MRI) L 00―10	did not advance				9

As of 28 November 2021, Sri Lanka qualified for both the men's and women's tournaments, for a total of 26 athletes (13 per gender). This was achieved after the country was the top ranked eligible nation during the 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series^[43] and 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series respectively.^[44] The women's team will be making its Commonwealth Games debut.^[44]

Summary

team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal / CQ	Semifinal / CS	Final / BM / PF
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka men	Men's tournament	New Zealand L 5–63	England L 19–47	Samoa L 0–44	4	Uganda L 19–38	Zambia W 27–14	Jamaica L 24–26	14
Sri Lanka women	Women's tournament	England L 0–57	New Zealand L 0–60	Canada L 0–74	4	—	Scotland L 0–58	South Africa L 0–52	8

Roster

The roster was officially named on April 25, 2022.^[45]

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	102	22	+80	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Samoa	3	2	0	1	99	19	+80	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	47	77	−30	5	Advance to classification Quarter-finals
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	24	154	−130	3

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Classification quarterfinals

13th-16th semifinals

13th place match

Roster

The roster was officially named on April 25, 2022.^[45]

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	143	14	+129	9	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	107	64	+43	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	83	64	+19	5	Classification semi-finals
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	0	191	−191	3

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Classification semifinals

Seventh place match

Sri Lanka's four member squash team (two men and two women) was named on July 3, 2022.^[46]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ravindu Laksiri	Men's singles	Wiltshire (GUY) W 3–1	Lobban (SCO) L 0–3	did not advance
Shameel Wakeel		Simpson (BAR) W 3–2	Ghosal (IND) L 0–3	did not advance
Chanithma Sinaly	Women's singles	Bye	Bunyan (CAN) L 0–3	did not advance
Yeheni Kuruppu		Khalil (GUY) W 3–2	Kennedy (ENG) L 0–3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ravindu Laksiri Shameel Wakeel	Men's doubles	Wiltshire / Khalil (GUY) W 2–0	Dowling / Pilley (AUS) L 0–2	did not advance
Chanithma Sinaly Yeheni Kuruppu	Women's doubles	Kuruvilla / Singh (IND) L 0–2	did not advance
Shameel Wakeel Chanithma Sinaly	Mixed doubles	Zafar / Iqbal (PAK) L 0–2	did not advance
Ravindu Laksiri Yeheni Kuruppu		Chinappa / Sandhu (IND) L 1–2	did not advance

Sri Lanka entered two swimmers (one per gender).^[41]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akalanka Peiris	Men's 50 m backstroke	26.15	21	did not advance
	Men's 50 m butterfly	24.89	22	did not advance
Ganga Senavirathne	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.17	20	did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:26.63	10	—		did not advance

At the conclusion of the rankings period on February 28, 2022, Sri Lanka qualified ten weightlifters (six men and four women).^[47][48] Arshika Vijaybaskar later received a reallocated quota spot, increasing the team to 11 athletes (six men and five women).^[49][50] However, Vijaybaskar was not on the final team list.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch (kg)		Clean & Jerk (kg)		Total (kg)	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dilanka Isuru Kumara	55 kg	105	3	120	3	225
Thilanka Palangasinghe	61 kg	100	6	DNS		DNF
Chaturanga Lakmal	67 kg	119	4	140	6	259	5
Indika Dissanayake	73 kg	133	4	NM		DNF
Chinthana Vidanage	81 kg	127	9	155	10	282	9
Ushan Charuka	+109 kg	138	9	175	8	313	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch (kg)		Clean & Jerk (kg)		Total (kg)	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Srimali Samarakoon	49 kg	65	8	87	7	152	8
Chamari Warnakulasuriya	55 kg	70	8	94	6	164	7
Chathurika Priyanthi	87 kg	81	7	111	6	192	7
Trimalee Haputenne	+87 kg	89	7	110	8	199	8

On April 11, 2022, the Wrestling Federation of Sri Lanka selected six wrestlers (two men and four women) to compete at the games.^[51][52] A sixth wrestler, Shanith Chathuranga, scheduled to compete in the 74 kg, left the athletes village, and was believed to have fled.^[53] Nethmi Poruthotage won a bronze medal in the Women's 57 kg event, marking the country's first ever medal in the sport of wrestling and becoming the youngest ever Sri Lankan medalist at the Commonwealth Games.^[54]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Suresh Fernando	Men's 86 kg	Marianne (MRI) W 2–0 (VFA)	Moore (CAN) L 0–10 (VSU)	did not advance			8
Nethmi Poruthotage	Women's 57 kg	Bye	Essombe (CMR) W (VFO)	Malik (IND) L 0–10 (VSU)	—	Symeonidis (AUS) W 10–0 (VSU)
Sachini Weraduwage	Women's 62 kg	—	Kolawole (NGR) L 0–10 (VSU)	did not advance			7

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shriyanthika Sinhala Pedi	50 kg	Genesis (NGR) L 1–12 (VSU1)	Parks (CAN) L 0–12 (VSU)	3	did not advance		5

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Record W/L
Chamodya Maduravalage Don	53 kg	Phogat (IND) L 0–4 (VFA)	Stewart (CAN) L 2–12 (VSU1)	Adekuoroye (NGR) L 0–10 (VSU)	0–3	4

The participation of Sri Lanka at the games came at a critical juncture, especially with Sri Lanka facing its worst financial and economic crisis since independence. The athletes who are competing had endured severe difficulties to move on with their usual lifestyles and faced constraints with regard to training due to fuel shortages.^{[55][56][57][58]}

There were concerns raised by citizens and critics over Sri Lanka sending huge number of athletes for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at a time when Sri Lanka is in dire situation and foreign exchange crisis. Sri Lanka Cricket stepped in voluntarily during the need of the hour by financing the accommodation and travelling costs and expenses of participants and officials worth LKR 20 million.^[59]

As of 4 August 2022, at least 3 members of the Sri Lankan contingent are reportedly missing from the villages including a female judoka and a male wrestler.^[60][61] Sri Lankan administrators had asked its athletes and officials to hand over their passports ever since the news broke out regarding missing competitors.^[62][63]

• Sri Lanka at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

• Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site