Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 18 October 2018.
Sri Lanka made its Youth Olympics (and Olympics) debut in three sports it qualified in: archery, basketball, and gymnastics. Sri Lanka also made its Youth Olympics debut in the sport of shooting.
Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's first ever Youth Olympics medal, a bronze in the girls' 2000 metre steeplechase.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 2 2 4Badminton 0 1 1Basketball 0 4 4Gymnastics 0 1 1Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 0 1 Total 5 8 13
Medalists Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Badminton Mixed teams 12 October Athletics Girls' 2000 metre steeplechase 15 October
|width="30%" align=left valign=top| Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 0 0 1 1Total 0 0 1 1
Medals by dayDay Total15 October0011Total0011
Archery
Sri Lanka qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.
Individual AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRavien DalpataduBoys' singles66714 QW 6–5W 6–5L 2–6did not advance=5
Team AthletesEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreMixed team129820 QL 4–5did not advance=17
Athletics
Sri Lanka qualified two athletes. On the first day of the Asian trials held in Bangkok, Thailand, Sri Lanka won two quotas. Dilan Bogoda took first place in the boys' 400 metres event, while Parami Wasanthi Maristela won the 2000 metres steeplechase in a world leading team to qualify. On the second day of the trials, high jumper Seniru Amarasinghe qualified in second place with the third ranked jump in the world (in the age category), while sprinter Shelinda Jansen qualified in third position.
Track & road events AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalResultRankResultRankTotal RankDilan BogodaBoys' 400 m48.52 PB548.8171:37.337Shalinda JansenGirls' 200 m25.001124.07 PB949.079Parami Wasanthi MaristelaGirls' 2000 metre steeplechase6:33.06 PB3 13:4717 (4)7 Total refers to the placement of round 1 added to the placement in round 2 in the women's 2000 m steeplechase event. The second round will be held as part of the cross-country race.
Field event AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalDistancePositionDistancePosition Total RankSeniru AmarasingheBoys' high jump2.05=42.1444.194
Badminton
Sri Lanka qualified a girls' quota after it was reallocated to the country from an unused Tripartite Commission universality spot.
Girl AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreHasini Nusaka AmbalangodageSinglesW 2–0 (21–14, 21–16)L 0–2 (5–21, 12–21)W 2–0 (21–8, 21–9)2did not advance9
Team AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreTeam AlphaMixed TeamsW 110–98L 99–110W 110–1032 QW 110–94W 110–90W 110–106
Basketball
Sri Lanka qualified a girls' basketball team of four athletes. This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Youth Olympics.
Girls' tournament
AthletesEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreLeia HamzaFathima MorsethRashmi PereraNihari PereraGirls' tournamentW 17–15L 8–21L 6–18 L 10–214did not advance
Skills Competition AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankLeia HamzaShoot-out Contest328.322did not advanceRashmi Perera129.534did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Sri Lanka qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.
Girls Individual Qualification AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankMilka GehaniIndividual12.8338.96611.33311.26644.29828
Multidiscipline TeamAthleteAcrobaticArtisticRhythmicTrampolineTotalpointsRankTeam Nadia Comăneci(Yellow)15colspan=3 4109rowspan=6 105colspan=2 rowspan=6 Sergey Naidin3121413633colspan=2 rowspan=3 19rowspan=3 2842colspan=3 rowspan=2 2019
Shooting
Sri Lanka received a reallocated spot in the boys' 10 m air rifle event.
Boys Individual AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankChanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage10m air rifle610.617did not advance
Team AthletesEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankPointsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMixed 10 m air rifle819.014 QL 9–10did not advance
Swimming
Sri Lanka qualified one male swimmer. Akalanka Peiris met the A or B standard times for all of his events.
Boy AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAkalanka Peiris50 m backstroke26.33 NR9 Q26.3610did not advance100 m backstroke57.3416 Q57.3516did not advance50 m butterfly25.1825did not advance
See also Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
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