Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	srilankaolympic.org
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 7 3 14
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
British Empire Games 1938 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 1958 1962 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 1974 Commonwealth Games 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Sri Lanka have participated in all but three Commonwealth Games since 1938, with the only ones missed being the 1954, 1974 and 1986 Games. Sri Lanka have won ten medals at the Games, but had a 44-year medal drought spanning 1950 to 1994. Until 1974, Sri Lanka competed under the name Ceylon.

List of Games Bids

Medals

Overall Medal Tally See also: All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1930 Hamilton did not attend 1934 London did not attend 1938 Sydney[1] 1 0 0 1 1950 Auckland[2] 1 2 1 4 1954 Vancouver did not attend 1958 Cardiff[2] 0 0 0 0 1962 Perth[2] 0 0 0 0 1966 Kingston[2] 0 0 0 0 1970 Edinburgh[2] 0 0 0 0 1974 Christchurch did not attend 1978 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 1982 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 1986 Edinburgh did not attend 1990 Auckland 0 0 0 0 1994 Victoria 1 2 0 3 1998 Kuala Lumpur 0 1 1 2 2002 Manchester 0 0 0 0 2006 Melbourne 1 0 0 1 2010 Delhi 0 1 1 2 2014 Glasgow 0 1 0 1 Total 4 7 3 14

List of medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event 01 ! Gold Barney Henricus 1938 Sydney Boxing Featherweight (57 kg) 01 ! Gold Duncan White 1950 Auckland Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles 01 ! Gold Pushpamali Ramanayake Malee Wickremasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle – Pairs 01 ! Gold Chinthana Vidanage 2006 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 02 ! Silver K. Edwin 1950 Auckland Boxing Flyweight 02 ! Silver Albert Perera 1950 Auckland Boxing Bantamweight 02 ! Silver Dodangoda Chandrasiri Lakshman Rajasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Men's Small Bore Rifle, Prone – Pairs 02 ! Silver Malee Wickremasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle 02 ! Silver Sriyani Kulawansha 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles 02 ! Silver Chinthana Vidanage 2010 Delhi Weightlifting Men's 69 kg 02 ! Silver Sudesh Peiris 2014 Glasgow Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 03 ! Bronze Alex Obeysekere 1950 Auckland Boxing Welterweight 03 ! Bronze Sugath Thilakaratne 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Men's 400 m 03 ! Bronze Sudesh Peiris 2010 Deilh Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Source:[3]

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

Numbers of athletes and sports

This list shows the total number of athletes, male and female, and the total sports they were selected to compete in.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

Notes

References

• Official results by country