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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan Athletics Men's 200m T42/T6308 Oct Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan Athletics Men's 100m T42/T6309 Oct Buddika Indrapala Athletics Men's Long Jump T42/T61/T6310 Oct Dinesh PriyanthaAthletics Men's Javelin Throw F4611 Oct Amara Indumathi Athletics Women's Long Jump T45/46/4708 Oct Hetti Arachchige Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F42-44/61-6408 Oct Chuladasa Abarana Athletics Men's 200m T42/T6308 Oct Chuladasa Abarana Athletics Men's 100m T42/T6309 Oct Bandara Halgahawela Athletics Men's Shot Put F42/61/6311 Oct Indika Maththaka Athletics Men's Long Jump T44, T62/6412 Oct Kumudu Priyanka Athletics Women's Long Jump T45/46/4708 Oct Buddika Indrapala Athletics Men's 200m T42/T6308 Oct Bandara Rathnahenakralalage Athletics Men's 100m T42/T6309 Oct Pushpakumara Pattiwila Athletics Men's High Jump T44/64 10 Oct Lasantha RanaweeraSuresh Dharmasena Wheelchair tennisMen's Doubles11 Oct Sri Lanka medalistsWheelchair tennis results
Medals by sport
Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 4 6 3 13 Wheelchair tennis 0 0 1 1Total 4 6 414
Medals by day
Medals by dayDayDate Total1October 7 0 0 002October 8 1 3 153October 9 1 1 134October 10 1 0 125October 11 1 1 136October 12 0 1 017October 13 0 0 00Total 4 6 414
See also Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
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