Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. Sri Lanka was represented by 94 athletes (73 male, 21 female)[1] in 14 sports, with Diving, Lawn Bowls, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics and Netball not being represented. The 94 athletes represented an increase of 28 from Melbourne in 2006. Also the contingent consisted of 45 officials.[2]Chinthana Vidanage was the flag bearer.[3]

Sri Lanka at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSRI
CGANational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Websitesrilankaolympic.org
in Delhi, India
Competitors94 in 14 sports
Flag bearersOpening:Chinthana Vidanage
Closing:
Officials45
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Medals

               Total
Sri Lanka0112

Medalists

Archery

Sri Lanka will send 4 archers to the 2010 commonwealth games.[4]

Men

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Nipun SeneviratneRecurve individual
Hewa PereraRecurve individual
Lakmal RajasingheRecurve individual
Nipun Seneviratne
Hewa Perera
Lakmal Rajasinghe
Team Recurve

Women

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Dilhara SalgadoRecurve individual

Athletics

Sri Lanka sent a team of 15 athletes to the 2010 Commonwealth games.[5]

Men

Athlete(s)EventsRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Shehan Abepitiya100 m--------
200 m--------
K.P. JayathilakaT-46 100 m--------
Thanuja VidurangaT-46 100 m--------
Prasanna Amarasekera400 m--------
Chaminda Wijekoon1500 m--------
Prasanna Amarasekera
Uditha Wickramasinghe
Shalitha Ramanayake
Kasun Seneviratne
Nalin Karunarathna
Rohitha Pushpakumara
4x400 metre relay--------
Manjula KumaraHigh Jump----
Nalin Ratnasiri[6]High Jump----

Women

Athlete(s)EventsRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Chandrika Subashani400 m--------
Nadeeka LakmaliJavelin----
C.D. PriyadarshaniLong jump----

Badminton

Sri Lanka will send 6 shuttlers.[4] The mixed doubles and women's doubles teams are currently unannounced.

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Dinuka KarunaratneSingles
Niluka KarunaratneSingles
Lasitha KarunathilakaSingles
Dinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne
Doubles

Women

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Thilini JayasingheSingles
Chandrika de SilvaSingles
Subodha DahanayakeSingles

Mixed Team

Sri Lanka was ranked 12th in the draw and drew #3 Singapore, #5 New Zealand, #13 Jamaica and tied for #20 (last place) Northern Ireland.

Group B
TeamPtsPldWL
 Singapore0000
 New Zealand0000
 Sri Lanka0000
 Jamaica0000
 Northern Ireland0000

Boxing

Sri Lanka will send 7 boxers.[4]

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Chaminda ThennakoonLight Flyweight
D.M. SamarasekaraFlyweight
Manju WanniarachchiLightweight
Kamal SameeraLight Welterweight
Asanka RajapakshaWelterweight
Suranga MudannayakaMiddleweight
Ranil JayathilakaLight heavyweight

Cycling

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 5 cyclists.[4]

Men

Road

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lakshman WijeratneRoad race
Time trial
Janaka KumaraRoad race
Time trial
Dane NugeraRoad race
Time trial
Ishan SandakelumRoad race
Time trial

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lasanthi GunathilakaRoad race
Time trial

Gymnastics

Sri Lanka will send a gymnastics team of 5 for the 2010 Commonwealth games.[7]

Artistic

Men

  • Tharindu Paththapperuma[1]
  • Prasad Sameera Ekanayake

Women

  • Ganesha Abeysundara[1]
  • Amindha Rathnayake[1]

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team will consist of 12 athletes.[8]





Squash

Sri Lanka competed in squash at the 2010 Commonwealth games.[10]

Men

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Navin SamarasingheSingles  B Hindle (MLT)

Women

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Sharya GurugeSingles  S Madhani (KEN)
Mixed
Pool 6
RankTeamPtsPldWLPFPA
1  WatersGrant (ENG)000000
2  ChinappaSandhu (IND)000000
3  GurugeSamarasinghe (SRI)000000
4  Curgenven – Birch (GUE)000000

Shooting

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 3 shooters to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4]

Men

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sunil Amarasinghe50 m freestyle S9
Niluka Thilakaratne50 m freestyle S10
Heshan Unamboowe50 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
Matthew Abeysinghe100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
Conrad Francis50 m breaststroke
200 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Madhawee Weerathunga50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
Lihini Dias50 m freestyle
50 m breaststroke
Sachini Amarasinghe50 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke

Synchronized swimming

Sri Lanka competed in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.[11]

AthleteEventTechnical RoutineFree Routine (Preliminary)Free Routine (Final)
PointsRankPointsRankTotal PointsRankPointsRankTotal PointsRank
Dehara KatipearachchiSolo
Elisha Gomes
Dehara Katipearachchi
Duet

Table tennis

Sri Lanka will send 6 paddlers.[4]

Men
  • Rohan Sirisena[3]
  • Dinesh Deshappriya
  • Nirmala Bandara Jayasinghe
Women
  • Nuwani Nawodya[3]
  • Ishara Mudurangi
  • Kavindi Rukmali Sahabandu

Tennis

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Thangarajah DineshkanthanSingles
Harshana GodamannaSingles
Amresh JayawickremaSingles David (BER)
W 6-1 6-2
Rajeev RajapakseSingles
Harshana Godamanna
Rajeev Rajapakse
Doubles

Women

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Amritha MuttiahSingles

Mixed

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Harshana Godamanna
Amritha Muttiah
Mixed doubles

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka sent a team of 10 weightlifters.[12]

Men

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Kamal Bandara-56 kg------
Sangeth Wijesooriya-56 kg------
Sudesh Peiris-62 kg-----  Bronze
Romesh Samarasekara-62 kg------
Chinthana Vidanage-69 kg------
Indika Dissanayake-85 kg------
Thusitha Abeykoon-94 kg------
Manjula Wijerathna-105+ kg------
Men – EAD (Powerlifting)
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Kamal Bandara-48 kg------
Sanath Kumara-52 kg------

Wrestling

[3]

Sri Lanka will send 3 wrestlers to New Delhi[4]

[1]

Men's Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Round 1Repechage Round 2Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Yaparathna Kumara−55 kg
Saman Kumara−60 kg
Roshan Indika−66 kg

See also

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