Sri Lanka at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sri Lanka competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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.

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)