Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka  at the Commonwealth Games
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Commonwealth Games history (summary)
British Empire Games
1938* 1950*
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958* 1962* 1966*
British Commonwealth Games
1970* 1974
Commonwealth Games
1978 1982 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 *As Ceylon

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 ten 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

Medals

Overall Medal Tally Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1930 Hamilton did not attend 1934 London did not attend 1938 Sydney[1] 1 0 0 1 1950 Auckland[2] 1 2 1 4 1954 Vancouver did not attend 1958 Cardiff[2] 0 0 0 0 1962 Perth[2] 0 0 0 0 1966 Kingston[2] 0 0 0 0 1970 Edinburgh[2] 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 Total 4 7 3 14

List of medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event  Gold Barney Henricus 1938 Sydney Boxing Featherweight (57 kg)  Gold Duncan White 1950 Auckland Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles  Gold Pushpamali Ramanayake Malee Wickremasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle – Pairs  Gold Chinthana Vidanage 2006 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 62 kg  Silver K. Edwin 1950 Auckland Boxing Flyweight  Silver Albert Perera 1950 Auckland Boxing Bantamweight  Silver Dodangoda Chandrasiri Lakshman Rajasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Men's Small Bore Rifle, Prone – Pairs  Silver Malee Wickremasinghe 1994 Victoria Shooting Women's Air Rifle  Silver Sriyani Kulawansha 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles  Silver Chinthana Vidanage 2010 Delhi Weightlifting Men's 69 kg  Bronze Alex Obeyesekera 1950 Auckland Boxing Welterweight  Bronze Sugath Thilakaratne 1998 Kuala Lumpur Athletics Men's 400 m  Bronze Sudesh Peiris 2010 Deilh Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Source:[3]

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	1	2	1	4
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Athletics	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	1	1	1	3
Total	4	6	3	13

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.

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Year	Athletes	Male	Female	Sports
2010	93	73	20	14
2006	67
2002	56	31	25
1998
1994
1990
1982
1978
1970
1966
1962
1958
1950
1938

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

Notes

1. This participation was as British Ceylon.
2. This participation was as Dominion of Ceylon.
3. http://sundaytimes.lk/101017/Sports/spt01.html

References

• Official results by country