2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 18 athletes, nine women and nine men, in four sports.

Since 1948 it was the thirteenth participation of the Asian state in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Track and field athlete Damayanthi Dharsha carried the Sri Lankan flag during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Medalist

With a silver medal won the team of Sri Lanka was ranked 64 in the medal count .

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Susanthika Jayasinghe	athletics	Women, 200 meters

Participants by sport

athletics

• Sugath Thilakaratne

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: semi-finals

• Rohan Pradeep Kumara

  400 meters: heats

  4 × 400 meters: semi-finals

• Sarath Prasanna Gamage

  Marathon: 73rd place

• Harijana Ratnayake

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Vellasamy Ratna Kumara

  4 × 400 meters: semi-finals

• Ranga Wimalawansa

  4 × 400 meters: semi-finals

• Manura Kuranage Perera

  4 × 400 meters: semi-finals

• Susanthika Jayasinghe

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: silver

• Damayanthi Dharsha

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Sriyani Kulawansa

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: quarter finals

• Tamara Samandeepika

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Pradeepa Herath

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Nimmi de Zoysa

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

shoot

• Ruwani Abeymanne

  Women, air pistol: 31st place

  Women, sport pistol: 42nd place

• Malini Wickramasinghe

  Women, air rifle: 47th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 42nd place

swim

• Conrad Francis

  100 meter butterfly: 58th place

• Theekshana Ratnasekera

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 64th place

sailing

• Lalin Jirasinha

  Finn Dinghy: 25th place

Web links

• Sri Lankan Olympic Team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )