Sri Lanka at the Olympics

Sri Lanka at the; Olympics
IOC code	SRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	www.srilankaolympic.org
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Olympics appearances (overview)
	17
Summer appearances
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Sri Lanka first took part in the Olympic Games in 1948.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Sri Lanka is SRI.^[1] In 1964, it was CEY for Ceylon.^[2]

History

Teams took part in all Summer Olympic Games since then, but not the 1976 Games. Sri Lanka never took part in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Sri Lanka was formed in 1937 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year. The nation was called Ceylon until 1972.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Duncan White	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles
2 Silver	Susanthika Jayasinghe	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 200 metres

↑ "Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees," 2009 Annual Report, p. 91 [PDF p. 92 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-12.
↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173351/https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/27246/rec/29 Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-8-16.