Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:SRI
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:9
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Anuradha Cooray[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

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]

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka qualified three athletes, two male and one female.

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Anuradha CoorayMen's marathon2:17:0634
Niluka Geethani RajasekaraWomen's marathon3:11:05129
Field events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send London 2012 Olympian Niluka Karunaratne in the men's singles event.[5] [6]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's lightweight category (73 kg), signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[7]

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's rifle shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by March 31, 2016.[8] [9]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Mangala SamarakoonMen's 10 m air rifle589.650Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle prone601.847Did not advance
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka received a Universality invitation from FINA to send one female swimmer, to the Olympics.[10] [11] [12] [13] Matthew Abeysinghe is also scheduled to represent the country, after meeting the B standard time at a qualification meet in July 2016. Abeysinghe was the first swimmer ever from Sri Lanka to meet the qualification standard for the Olympics.[14]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matthew AbeysingheMen's 100 m freestyle50.9650Did not advance
Kimiko RaheemWomen's 100 m backstroke1:04.2128Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sri Lanka received an unused quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Weerawansa. Dinesh. Marathon man Cooray leads Sri Lanka at Rio Olympics. 19 July 2016. Daily News. Sri Lanka. 19 July 2016.
  2. News: Rio Olympics 2016 commence today, nine Sri Lankan athletes compete. 4 October 2016. Lanka Business Online. 5 August 2016.
  3. News: Reemus. Fernando. Cooray cherishes appointment as Olympics flag bearer. 4 October 2016. The Island. Sri Lanka. 5 August 2016.
  4. News: Lankan Olympic hopes fading. 4 October 2016. Daily News. Sri Lanka. 5 August 2016.
  5. News: Trio Get Rio 2016 Tripartite Places. Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2016. 26 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529111153/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/25/trio-get-rio-2016-tripartite-places/. 29 May 2016. dmy-all.
  6. News: Niluka Karunaratne got selected for Rio Olympics 2016. Sri Lanka Badminton. 15 May 2016. 16 May 2016.
  7. News: Sri Lanka judoka selected for Rio Olympics. The Nation. Sri Lanka. 16 April 2016. 16 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160423010943/http://nation.lk/online/2016/04/16/sri-lanka-judoka-selected-for-rio-olympics.html. 23 April 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 30 May 2016. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016.
  9. News: Rio 2016: Shooting sport Quota Places overview after exchanges and re-allocations. 20 June 2016. ISSF. 20 June 2016.
  10. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 14 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Men's Final Entry List. FINA. 20 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Women's Final Entry List. FINA. 20 July 2016.
  13. News: Weerawansa. Dinesh. 25 June 2016. Seven confirm places for Rio Games . Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka . 25 June 2016.
  14. News: Premalal . susil . 24 July 2016 . Abeysinghe and Raheem ready to make waves . . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 24 July 2016.
  15. News: Second day of the IWF Executive Board meeting in Tbilisi. 23 June 2016. International Weightlifting Federation. 23 June 2016.