1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ceylon)

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Ceylon , now Sri Lanka , took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of seven male athletes in nine competitions in two sports.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Leslie Handunge

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• Albert Perera

  Bantamweight: quarter finals

• Eddie Gray

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Alex Obeysekera

  Welterweight: 2nd round

athletics

• John De Saram

  200 m: quarter-finals

  400 m: heats

• Duncan White

  200 m: heats

  400 m: silver

• Gallage Peiris

  Long jump: no valid attempt in qualification

  Triple jump: no valid attempt in qualification

Web links

• Ceylon Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )