Sri Lanka at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games
Flag of Sri Lanka – Flag bearers IOC code  SRI NOC National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Damayanthi Darsha
Medals Rank: 64	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Sri Lanka competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first Olympic medal since 1948.

Medalists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• 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)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• 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)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• Ruwani Abeymanne
• Malini Wickramasinghe

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• 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)

References

• 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 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• Sri Lanka at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games