| Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 9 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Anuradha Cooray[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Sri Lanka competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Six of the nation's Olympic editions were previously designated as Ceylon.
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka sent a team of nine athletes, seven men and two women, to compete in six different sports at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with Atlanta two decades earlier.[2] Three Sri Lankan athletes previously competed in London, including rifle shooter Mangala Samarakoon and badminton player Niluka Karunaratne. Meanwhile, veteran marathon runner Anuradha Cooray, who attended his third Olympics as the oldest and most experienced participant (aged 38), was selected by the committee to carry the Sri Lankan flag at the opening ceremony.[1][3]
Sri Lanka, however, did not earn any Olympic medals in Rio de Janeiro; the nation's last medal was awarded to sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, who won silver in the women's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4]
- ^ a b Weerawansa, Dinesh (19 July 2016). "Marathon man Cooray leads Sri Lanka at Rio Olympics". Daily News. Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016 commence today, nine Sri Lankan athletes compete". Lanka Business Online. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ Fernando, Reemus (5 August 2016). "Cooray cherishes appointment as Olympics flag bearer". Sri Lanka: The Island. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Lankan Olympic hopes fading". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.