| Npc: | SRI |
| Npcname: | NationalFederation of Sports for the Disabled |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Date: | 6–13 October 2018 |
| Games: | Asian Para Games |
| Location: | Jakarta |
| Competitors: | 30[1] |
| Sports: | 9 |
| Flagbearer: | Dinesh Priyantha |
| Gold: | 5 |
| Silver: | 5 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Rank: | 14 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Sri Lanka took part in the 2018 Asian Para Games which was held in Jakarta from 6 to 13 October 2018, sent a delegation consisting of 30 para-athletes in 9 different sporting events.[2] The 2016 Rio Paralympic medalist Dinesh Priyantha Herath was the skipper and the flagbearer for the contingent. Sri Lanka secured 5 medals on the opening day of the Asian Para Games.[3]
Sri Lanka claimed 13 medals solely in the event of para-athletics during the competition including 4 gold medals and finished at 14th position out of 43 nations.[4] Sri Lanka also secured all three medals across two tracks and field events during the competition, which was the first-ever instance in Sri Lankan sports history.[5]
Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Priyantha set a new Asian Para Games record in a javelin throw of 61.84m to secure a gold medal in the men's F46 javelin throw event.[6] Amila Prashan also set a new Asian Para Games record by clocking with a timing of 12.56 seconds to clinch gold in the men's 100m T42/63 category.[7] In July 2019, it is announced that Sri Lanka had a silver upgraded to gold and an extra bronze medal from medal reallocation due to a doping violation of an Uzbek athlete.[8]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct | |||
| Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct | |||
| Buddika Indrapala | Men's Long Jump T42/T61/T63 | 10 Oct | |||
| Dinesh Priyantha | Men's Javelin Throw F46 | 11 Oct | |||
| Women's Long Jump T45/46/47 | 08 Oct | ||||
| Hetti Arachchige | Men's Javelin Throw F42-44/61-64 | 08 Oct | |||
| Chuladasa Abarana | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct | |||
| Chuladasa Abarana | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct | |||
| Bandara Halgahawela | Men's Shot Put F42/61/63 | 11 Oct | |||
| Indika Maththaka | Men's Long Jump T44,T62/64 | 12 Oct | |||
| Women's Long Jump T45/46/47 | 08 Oct | ||||
| Buddika Indrapala | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct | |||
| Bandara Rathnahenakralalage | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct | |||
| Pushpakumara Pattiwila | Men's High Jump T44/64 | 10 Oct | |||
| Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles | 11 Oct |
| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | bgcolor=FFDBA9 | Total | |||
| Athletics | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 4 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 6 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 3 | 13 |
| Wheelchair tennis | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 0 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 0 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Total | ||||
| 1 | October 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | October 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | October 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | October 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | October 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | October 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | October 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | ||