Sri Lanka competed at the

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in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first Olympic medal since 1948. Sri Lanka has sent their ever largest number of competitors (18) for an Olympic game in this event.

Medalists

Athletics

* Sugath Thilakaratne :Men's 400m :*# Round 1 – 45.48 :*# Round 2 – 45.54 (did not advance) * Rohan Pradeep Kumar :*# Round 1 – 46 (did not advance) * Arijan Raja Ratnayake :Men's 400m Hurdles :*# Round 1 – 50.43 (did not advance) * Ratna Kumar, Rohan Pradeep Kumar, Lanka Perera Manura, Sugath Thilakaratne, Ranga Wimalawansa :Men's 4x400m :*# Round 1 – 03:06.25 :*# Semifinal – 03:02.89 (did not advance) * Sarath Prasanna Gamage :Men's Marathon :# Final – 2:34:39 (73rd place) * Susanthika Jayasinghe :Women's 100m :*# Round 1 – 11.15 :*# Round 2 – 11.23 :*# Semifinal – 11.33 (did not advance) :Women's 200m :*# Round 1 – 22.53 :*# Round 2 – 22.54 :*# Semifinal – 22.45 :*# Final – 22.28 (Silver medal) * Damayanthi Darsha :Women's 400m :*# Round 1 – 52.13 :*# Round 2 – 52.35 (did not advance) * Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka :Women's 100m Hurdles :*# Round 1 – 13.10 :*# Round 2 – 13.19 (did not advance) * Damayanthi Darsha, Nimmi De Zoysa, Tamara Saman Deepika, Kumari Herath Pradeepa :Women's 4x100m :*# Round 1 – 44.51 (did not advance)

Sailing

* Lalin Jirasinha :Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) :*# Race 1 – 23 :*# Race 2 – 25 :*# Race 3 – 25 :*# Race 4 – (26) RET :*# Race 5 – (26) DNC :*# Race 6 – (26) DNC :*# Race 7 – (26) DNC :*# Race 8 – (26) DNC :*# Race 9 – (26) DNC :*# Race 10 – 25 :*# Race 11 – 22 :*# Final – 224 (25th place)

Shooting

* Ruwani Abeymanne * Malini Wickramasinghe

Swimming

* Conrad Francis :Men's 100m Butterfly :*# Preliminary Heat – 57.44 (did not advance) * Theekshana Ratnasekera :Women's 50m Freestyle :*# Preliminary Heat – 29.88 (did not advance)

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web SiteSri Lanka at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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