Sri Lanka competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Sri Lankan team consisted of nine athletes in three sports.
Track and field athlete Anil Prasanna Jayalath was the flagbearer for the country during the opening ceremony.
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Date Dinesh Priyantha Herath Athletics Men's Javelin F46
Archery
Sri Lanka has entered one archer. AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSampath Bandara Megahamulea Men's individual recurve open608 12 QL 3–7Did not advance
Athletics (track and field)
Sri Lanka has qualified five athletes so far.
Men's Track AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankAjith Hettiarachchi100 m T43-4412.118Did not advance200 m T43-4424.586Did not advance400 m T43-4455.893 Q56.507Upul Chuladasa100 m T4212.764 Q12.858200 m T4226.344 Q26.688Anil Yodha Pedige100 m T4212.853 Q12.816200 m T4225.954 Q25.967 Upul ChuladasaSampath Bandara MegahamuleaAnil Yodha PedigeAjith Hettiarachchi4 × 100 m relay T42-47colspan="2" 47.124
Men's Field AthleteEventsResultRankAnil Yodha PedigeLong Jump F425.615Sampath HettiarachchiJavelin F42-4447.2212Gamini EkanayakeJavelin F4648.849Dinesh Priyantha Herath58.23
Women's Track AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankAmara Indumathi200 m T45-4727.554 Q27.546400 m T45-471:02.073 Q1:01.745
Women's Field AthleteEventsResultRankAmara IndumathiLong Jump F45-474.0912
Wheelchair tennis Sri Lanka qualified one competitor in the men's single event as a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. The player invited was Upali Rajakaruna.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankUpali RajakarunaMen's SinglesW 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1L 1–6, 2–6Did not advance
See also Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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