Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8, 2023. This was Sri Lanka's 19th appearance at the Asian Games, having competed at every Games since the second edition in 1951.
Originally on July 26, 2023, a team of 96 athletes (62 men and 34 women) were named to the team competing in 21 sports. A total of 57 officials (including coaches) were also included in the final delegation. In September 2023, two track and field athletes withdrew due to injury, while a male artistic gymnast was added, bringing the final team to 95 athletes (61 men and 34 women). The 95 athletes marked a decline of 78 athletes from the 2018 Asian Games, because the country chose only athletes with medal winning possibilities.
On September 14, 2023 it was announced golfer Anura Rohana and athlete Gayanthika Abeyratne would be the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. At the age of 52, Rohana became the oldest flagbearer in Asian Games history.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
Officially competing under Sri Lanka SportMenWomenTotalArchery 2 1 3Athletics 68 14Badminton 1 0 1Beach volleyball 0 2 2Boxing 2 0 2Chess 1 0 1Cricket 15 15 30Esports 4 0 4Golf 4 0 4Gymnastics 1 0 1Judo 1 0 1Karate 1 1 2Rowing 2 2 4Sailing 1 1 2Squash 2 1 3Swimming 2 1 3Taekwondo 1 1 2Weightlifting 2 0 2Wushu 2 0 2Wrestling 0 1 1 Total 50 34 84
Competing under Independent Athletes SportMenWomenTotalRugby sevens 12 0 12 Archery
Sri Lanka entered three archers (two men and one woman).
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSajeev De SilvaMen's individual recurve61469L 5-6Did not advanceWasantha KumaraMen's individual compound55453W139-137L128-148Did not advanceAnuradha KarunaratneWomen's individual compound62351W135-127L132-145Did not advance
Athletics
Sri Lanka entered 16 athletes (eight per gender). Later Yupun Abeykoon and Ushan Thiwanka withdrew due to injury. This reduced the final team to 14 athletes (six men and eight women).
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankAruna DarshanaMen's 400 m46.073 q46.096Kalinga Kumarage45.571 Q46.227Aruna DarshanaDinuka DeshanPasindu KodikaraKalinga KumaragePabasara NikuRajitha RajakarunaMen's 4 × 400 m relay3:06.602 Q3:02.55Tharushi KarunarathnaNadeesha RamanayakeJayeshi UththaraLakshima MendisWomen's 4 × 400 m relaycolspan=2 3:30.88 Rumeshika RatnayakeWomen's 200 m24.513Did not advanceNadeesha RamanayakeWomen's 400 m52.672 Q52.725Gayanthika AbeyratneWomen's 800 m2:07.17Q2:05.878Tharushi Karunarathna2:05.48Q2:03.20Gayanthika AbeyratneWomen's 1500 mcolspan=2 4:18.774Aruna DarshanaKalinga KumarageRajitha RajakarunaGayanthika AbeyratneTharushi KarunarathnaNadeesha RamanayakeMixed 4 × 400 m relaycolspan=2 3:14.252nd
Field events Women AthleteEventFinalDistanceRankSarangi SilvaLong jump6.146Dilhani LekamgeJavelin throw61.57
Badminton
Sri Lanka entered one male badminton athlete.
Singles AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreViren NettasingheMen's W 2-0 W 2-0L0-2Did not advance
Beach volleyball
Sri Lanka entered one female pair.
AthletesEventPreliminary RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreDeepika BandaraChaturika WeerasingheWomen'sL 0–2 (5–21, 8–21)L 1–2 (12–21, 21–12, 8–15)W 2–0 (25–23, 21–12)L 0–2 (10–21, 17–21)4 QL 0–2 (10–21, 10–21)Did not advance9
Boxing
Sri Lanka entered two male boxers.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRukmal Prasanna−57 kgL 2–3Did not advanceNiraj Wijewardane−71 kgL 0–5Did not advance
Chess
Sri Lanka entered one male chess player.
Men Susal de Silva
Cricket
Sri Lanka entered one men's and women's teams (each consisting of 15 athletes) for a total of 30 competitors.
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQualifierQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSri Lanka women'sWomen's tournamentcolspan=2 Wby 8 wickets84/2–78/7Wby 6 wickets77/4–75/9Lby 19 runsSri Lanka Men'sMen's tournamentcolspan="3" Lby 8 runsDid not advance
Men's tournament
The Sri Lankan men's team consisted of 15 athletes. The team named was a second string team.
Roster
Lasith Croospulle Shevon Daniel Ashen Bandara Sahan Arachchige Ahan Wickramasinghe Lahiru Udara Ravindu Fernando Ranitha Liyanarachchi Nuwanidu Fernando Sachitha Jayatilaka Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Nimesh Vimukthi Lahiru Samarakoon Nuwan Thushara Isitha Wijesundera
Women's tournament
The Sri Lankan women's team consisted of 15 athletes.
Roster
Chamari Athapaththu Harshitha Samarawickrama Vishmi Gunaratne Nilakshi de Silva Kaveesha Dilhari Imesha Dulani Anushka Sanjeewani Oshadi Ranasinghe Sugandika Kumari Inoka Ranaweera Udeshika Prabodhani Hasini Perera Kaushini Nuthyangana Achini Kulasooriya Inoshi Fernando
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Esports
Sri Lanka entered four male esports competitors.
Men Chamuditha Watshan Rizny Azmy Riham Ramzi Ramesh Kavindu
Golf
Sri Lanka entered four male golfers.
Men Athlete(s)EventFinalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalTo parRankKandasamy PrabagaranIndividual7278Did not advance150 +6=59Thangaraja Nadaraja70 71 75 72288E=34Mithun Perera7273Did not advance145 +1=59Anura Rohana7174Did not advance145 +1=59Prabagaran KandasamyThangaraja NadarajaMithun PereraAnura RohanaTeam213218Did not advance431 -113
Gymnastics
Artistic Sri Lanka entered one male artistic gymnast after entries were closed.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankNadila NethviruAll-around11.86610.26610.86613.43312.80010.73369.96417 Q12.033 10.100 10.333 13.500 12.833 12.266 71.06517
Judo
Sri Lanka entered one judoka.
Men Chamara Repiyallage
Karate
Sri Lanka entered two karateka (one per gender).
Men Denetha Avihinsa
Women Heshani Hettiarachchi
Rowing
Sri Lanka entered four rowers (two per gender).
AthletesEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohamed NafiranMen's single sculls7:37.034 7:48.922 7:57.555 7:39.20 10Mohamed NafiranNuwan Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Men's double sculls7:01.924 7:23.07 4 colspan=2 7:05.089Maheshi BhadraWomen's single sculls8:53.683 colspan=2 8:57.65 5 8:36.9911Maheshi BhadraJayani HirunikaWomen's double sculls7:50.295 8:20.635 colspan=2 8:03.6610
Rugby sevens
Sailing
Sri Lanka entered two sailors (one per gender).
AthleteEventRaceTotalPointsNetPointsFinalRank12345678910Tharen NanayakkaraBoy's ICLA4111110111111Arianna TranchellGirl's ICLA4676367
Squash
Sri Lanka entered three squash athletes (two men and one woman).
Men Ravindu Laksiri Shamil Wakeel
Women Chanithma Sinaly
Swimming
Sri Lanka entered three swimmers (two men and one woman).
Men Matthew Abeysinghe Akalanka Peris
Women Ganga Seneviratne
Taekwondo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wushu
Non-participating sports Sri Lanka qualified both its men's and women's teams for the field hockey competitions. The National Sports Selection Committee of Sri Lanka (NSSC) decided to withdraw both teams due to the economic crisis facing Sri Lanka and lack of medal chances.
Notes
See also Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
References