Sri Lanka has participated in the World Athletics Championships since 1983. Their first-ever medal was a silver and was won by Susanthika Jayasinghe at the 1997 World Championships in Women's 200 metres. She also won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Susanthika Jayasinghe 1997 Athens Women's 200 metres Susanthika Jayasinghe 2007 Osaka Women's 200 metres
By event
By gender
See also Sri Lanka at the Olympics Sri Lanka at the Paralympics
References