Sri Lanka contested in the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong, India from 5 February to 16 February 2016. The team consisted of 484 athletes (257 men and 227 women) in all 23 sports. Athlete Manjula Kumara was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists MedalNameSportEventMathew AbeysingheSwimming100 m freestyleMathew AbeysingheSwimming50 m freestyleMathew AbeysingheSwimming200 m freestyleMathew AbeysingheSwimming100 m butterflyMathew AbeysingheSwimming200 m individual medleyMathew AbeysingheSwimming400 m individual medleyCherantha De Silva Kyle Abeysinghe
Shehan De Silva,
Mathew AbeysingheSwimmingMen's 4x100m freestyle relayKimiko RaheemSwimmingWomen's 50m FreestyleKimiko RaheemSwimmingWomen's 100m FreestyleKimiko RaheemSwimmingWomen's 50 m backstrokeKimiko RaheemSwimmingWomen's 100 m backstrokeKimiko RaheemSwimmingWomen's 200 m backstrokeJeevan JayasingheCycling60km CriteriumJeevan JayasingheCycling100km Individual Road RaceSudesh PeirisWeightliftingMen's 62kgP.L.H. LakshanlWushuMen's Taolu - ChangquanHimasha EashanAthleticsMen's 100 metresM.V. Suranjaya De SilvaAthleticsMen's 200 metresIndunil HerathAthleticsMen's 800 metresSri LankaAthletics4×100 metres relayManjula KumaraAthleticsHigh jumpIshara SandaruwanAthleticsPole vaultRumeshika RathnayakeAthletics100 metresNimali LiyanarachchiAthletics800 metresSri LankaAthletics4×100 metres relay
Archery
Athletics
Sri Lanka's team consists of 69 athletes (41 men and 28 women)
Men Himasha Eashan (100m, 4X100m) Mohommed Ashraful (100m, 4X100m) Vinoj Suranjaya Silva (200m, 4X100m) Mohommed Rajaskhan (200m) Dilip Ruwan (400m, 4X400m) Ajith Premakumara (400m, 4x400m) Indunil Herath (800m), Hemantha Kumara (800m) Chinthaka Somawardana (1500m) Sanjeewa Lakmal (1500m) M.S. Pushpakumara (5000m) G.N. Bandara (5000m) Lionel Samarajeewa (10,000m) Saman Kumara (10,000m) Anuradha Cooray (Marathon) Amila Kumara (Marathon) Hasith Nirmal (110m Hurudles) Saliya Randeewa (110m Hurdles) Aravinda Chathuranga (400m Hurdles) C.R. Seneviratne (400m Hurdles) Manjula Kumara (High Jump) A.K. Pathirana (High Jump) Ishara Sandaruwan (Pole Vault) A.C. Fernando (Pole Vault) D.M. Liyanapathiranage (Long Jump) Amila Jayasiri (Long Jump) Eranda Fernando (Triple Jump) Dulan Thilakaratne (Triple Jump) Joy Dhanushka Perera (Shot Put) U.P. Jayawardana (Discus Throw) Sisira Kumara (Hammer Throw) E.P. Alanson (Hammer Throw) Sumeda Ranasinghe (Javelin Throw) Sampath Ranasinghe (Javelin Throw) Shehan Ambepitiya (4x100m) S.L. Wickramasinghe (4X100m) Umanga Surendra (4X100m) Kasun Seneviratne (4X400m) Kalinga Kumarage (4x400m) Madhumal Peries (4X400m) Anjana Gunarathne (4X400m)
Women Rumeshika Rathnayake (100m, 200m, 4X100m) Chamali Priyadarshani (100m, long jump, 4X100m) S.S. Jayathilaka (200m, 4X100m) Chandrika Rasnayake (400m, 4x400m) Omaya Udayangani (400m, 4x400m) Nimali Liyanarachchi (800m) Gayanthika Abeyrathne (800m, 1500m, 4X400m) Nilani Rathnayake (1500m, 5000m) S.A. Lamahewage (10,000m) Niluka Geethani Rajasekara (Marathon) Lakmini Anuradhi (Marathon) Ireshani Rajasinghe (100m Hurdles) Lakshika Sugandhi (100m Hurdles, 4X100m) Eranga Dulakshi (400m Hurdles) Kaushalya Madushani (400m Hurdles) Tharanga Vinodani (High Jump) Dulanjali Ranasinghe (High Jump) Sarangi Silva (Long Jump) Vidusha Lakshani (Triple Jump) Hashini Balasooriya (Triple Jump) Tharika Fernando (Shot Put) Nadeeka Lakmali (Javelin Throw) Dilhani Lekamge (Javelin Throw) Nadeeshani Waragoda (4X100m) S.L. Vidanaduruge (4X100m) Geethani Pathmakumari (4X400m) Upamali Rathnakumari (4X400m) Nirmali Madushika (4X400m)
Badminton
Boxing
Cycling
Field hockey
Men's tournament
Women's tournament Sri Lanka's women's team was announced on 3 February 2016.
Geethani Abeyratne Yamuna Wijesuriya Jeewanthi Keerthiratne Buddhika Gunaratne Pradeepa Nilmini Harshani Wickremasinghe Shanika Upeksha Geethika Damayanthi Nawanjana Ekanayake Sandaruwani Jayaratne Sakuntala Illeperuma I.D. Weerabahu Chathurika Wijesuriya Madhushani Jayanetti C.T. Themiyadasa C.D. Premasiri
Football
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Handball
Judo
Kabaddi
Kho-Kho
Shooting
Squash
Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Sri Lanka's team consists of eight athletes (four men and four women).
Men Harshana Godamanne Dinesh Thangarajah Sharmal Dissanayake Yasitha de Silva
Women Amritha Muttaih Medhira Samarasinghe Thisuri Molligoda Nethmie Waduge
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Sri Lanka's team consists of fifteen athletes (eight men and seven women).
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankChathuranga Lakmal−56 kg11111282239Sudesh Peiris−62 kg11511501265Indika Dissanayake−69 kg12811532281Chinthana Vidanage−77 kg13321672300Romesh Samarasekara−85 kgThusitha Abeykoon−94 kgChanaka Peters−105 kgSaman Abeywickrema+105 kg
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankHansani Gomes−48 kg652802145Chamari Warnakulasooriya−53 kg652852150Maheshi Umera−58 kg613813142Vinodani Dharmasena−63 kg633752138Chaturika Priyanthi−69 kg713903161Ashini Wickramasinghe−75 kgAnushka Kaluthanthri+75 kg
Wrestling
Wushu
See also Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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