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 twenty 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
Year Bid Host City, Province 2018 Commonwealth Games Hambantota, Southern Province
Overall Medal Tally
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1930 Hamilton did not attend 1934 London did not attend 1938 SydneyThis participation was as British Ceylon. 1 0 0 1 1950 AucklandThis participation was as Dominion of Ceylon. 1 2 1 4 1954 Vancouver did not attend 1958 Cardiff 0 0 0 0 1962 Perth 0 0 0 0 1966 Kingston 0 0 0 0 1970 Edinburgh 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 2018 Gold Coast 0 1 5 6 2022 Birmingham 0 1 3 4 2026 Glasgow 1 1 0 2 Total 5 10 11 26
List of medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event Barney Henricus 1938 Sydney Boxing Featherweight (57 kg) Duncan White 1950 Auckland Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles Pushpamali RamanayakeMalini Wickramasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle – Pairs Chinthana Vidanage 2006 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 62 kgRumesh Tharanga 2026 GlasgowAthleticsMen's javelin throw K. Edwin 1950 Auckland Boxing Flyweight Albert Perera 1950 Auckland Boxing Bantamweight Dodangoda ChandrasiriLakshman Rajasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Men's Small Bore Rifle, Prone – Pairs Malini Wickramasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle Sriyani Kulawansha 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles Chinthana Vidanage 2010 Delhi Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Sudesh Peiris 2014 Glasgow Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 2018 Gold Coast Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Palitha Bandara 2022 Birmingham Athletics Men's discus throw F44/64 Palitha Bandara 2026 GlasgowAthleticsMen's discus throw F44 Alex Obeysekere 1950 Auckland Boxing Welterweight Sugath Thilakaratne 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Men's 400 m Sudesh Peiris 2010 Delhi Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 2018 Gold Coast Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2018 Gold Coast Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 2018 Gold Coast Boxing Women's 48 kg 2018 Gold Coast Boxing Men's 49 kg 2018 Gold Coast Boxing Men's 52 kg Dilanka Isuru Kumara 2022 Birmingham Weightlifting Men's 55 kg Yupun Abeykoon 2022 Birmingham Athletics Men's 100 metres Nethmi Poruthotage 2022 Birmingham Wrestling Women's freestyle 57 kg Source:
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.
Year Athletes Male Female Sports 2026 40 27 13 6 2022 110 50 60 13 2018 79 50 29 13 2014 103 70 33 13 2010 93 73 20 14 2006 67 2002 56 31 25 1998 1994 1990 1982 1978 1970 1966 1962 1958 1950 1938
Notes
External links Commonwealth Games Federation Australian Commonwealth Games Association Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018
References Official results by country