Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation
Sri Lanka at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeSRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
in Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia
18 August – 2 September
Competitors173 in 28 sports
Flag bearer Dinusha Gomes (opening)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

The Sri Lankan team was scheduled to consist of 185 athletes (138 men and 47 women), marking the large contingent the country has sent to a single edition of the Asian Games.[1][2] The Sri Lankan team will compete in 28 sports, marking its debut in the sports of baseball, canoeing, roller sports and triathlon.[1][3] Approximately, 60 officials and coaches were also a part of the contingent, making the total team size 245.[4] However, the athletics team was cut to 14 athletes (from 25), making the team size 174 (128 men and 46 women), which would still make this the biggest team the country has sent to the games.[5] Further changes made the final team size at 173 athletes (131 men and 42 women).[6] Sri Lanka will also have an athlete competing in the demonstration event of esports.[7]

On August 17, 2018, weightlifter Dinusha Gomes was announced as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[8]

The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka declined to enter any athletes for the games because the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka refused a request for a coach to go with the team.[9]

Sri Lanka failed to win a medal, being jointly ranked with eight other countries for last place. The country's highest placement was two fourth-place finishes for the men's 4 × 400 m track and field relay team and the men's rugby sevens team.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 7 5 12
Badminton 4 2 6
Baseball 18 0 18
Basketball 4 4 8
Beach volleyball 2 0 2
Boxing 3 3 6
Canoeing 1 0 1
Field hockey 18 0 18
Golf 4 0 4
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 2 0 2
Kabaddi 12 12 24
Karate 4 2 6
Roller sports 2 2 4
Rowing 4 0 4
Rugby sevens 12 0 12
Sailing 1 0 1
Squash 2 2 4
Swimming 5 0 5
Table tennis 1 1 2
Taekwondo 3 3 6
Tennis 2 2 4
Triathlon 1 0 1
Volleyball 14 0 14
Weightlifting 2 2 4
Wrestling 1 0 1
Wushu 1 1 2
Total 131 42 173

Archery

Sri Lanka originally had five archers (three men and two women), who met the qualification standards. However, the Sri Lankan Olympic Committee approved only one male archer.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sajeev De Silva Individual recurve 613 64  Roshan Nagarkoti (NEP)
W 6–0 		 Wei Chun-heng (TPE)
L 2–6 		did not advance

Athletics

Sri Lanka originally entered a team of 25 athletes (18 men and seven women), however the team would only be finalized after the National Championships, held in Colombo from August 3 to 5, 2018.[11] Two athletes were given exceptions to the trials as they were training overseas: Indunil Herath and Hiruni Wijayaratne.[12] The final team consisted of 14 athletes.[5][13] The team was later reduced to 12 athletes (seven men and five women), after the entries of Ushan Thiwanka and Upamali Ratnakumari were rejected by organizers due to the national organization forgetting to enter their names on time.[14][15] The track and field team failed to win a medal for the third straight Asian Games. The top placing performance was fourth by the men's 4 × 400 m relay team who finished with a time that was off the Sri Lankan record by 0.03 seconds.[16]

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aruna Darshana 400 m 46.97 1 Q 46.53 3 did not advance
Kalinga Kumarage 45.99 PB 3 Q 46.21 3 q 46.49 8
Indunil Herath 800 m 1:47.54 3 q — 1:51.36 8
Aruna Darshana
Kalinga Kumarage
Ajith Premakumara
Pasindu Kodikara
Dilip Ruwan 		4 × 400 m relay 3:06.66 3 Q — 3:02.74 4
  • Ruwan was the reserve and did not compete in the heats or final.
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri Long jump 7.56 11 q 7.86 7
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rumeshika Rathnayake 200 m 23.79 3 Q 24.05 6 did not advance
Gayanthika Abeyratne 800 m 2:06.31 3 q — 2:05.50 6
Nimali Liyanarachchi 2:06.74 4 — did not advance
Hiruni Wijayaratne 10,000m — DNF
Nilani Rathnayaka 3000 m steeplechase — 9:54.65 6

Badminton

Sri Lanka entered six badminton athletes (four men and two women).[17][18] The team's best performance was a quarterfinals finish by the men's doubles pairs team of Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka.[19]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Dinuka Karunaratne Men's Bye  Pui (MAC)
W 2–0 (21–14, 21–15) 		 Ng (HKG)
L 0–2 (6–21, 14–21) 		did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne Bye  Phetpradab (THA)
L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21) 		did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa Women's —  Fitriani (INA)
L 0–2 (6–21, 4–21) 		did not advance
Kavidi Sirimannage —  Almutairi (KSA)
W 2–0 (21–4, 21–4) 		 Jindapol (THA)
L 0–2 (4–21, 14–21) 		did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Sachin Dias
Buwaneka Goonethilleka 		Men's  Che / Pui (MAC)
W 2–0 (21–11, 21–8) 		 Azam / Ali (PAK)
W 2–0 (21–12, 21–13) 		 Li / Liu (CHN)
L 0–2 (12–21, 15–21) 		did not advance
Dinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne 		 Choi / Kang (KOR)
L 0–2 (16–21, 16–21) 		did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa
Kavidi Sirimannage 		Women's  Tang / Zheng (CHN)
L 0–2 (13–21, 12–21) 		did not advance
Sachin Dias
Thilini Hendahewa 		Mixed  Do / Pham (VIE)
L 1–2 (21–13, 12–21, 13–21) 		did not advance

Baseball

Sri Lanka made its Asian Games debut in the sport of baseball. The team first competed in the a preliminary qualification group to qualify to compete in group A.[20][21] Sri Lanka's baseball squad consisted of 18 athletes.[22] Sri Lanka won its debut match by beat Laos 15 to 10.[23] However, a loss to Thailand the next day meant the team was eliminated.

Summary
Team Event Round 1 Round 2 Super / Consolation Final / BM
Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sri Lanka men's Men's tournament  Laos: W 15–10
 Sri Lanka: L 3–14 (F/7) 		2 did not advance 9
Roster

Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 6, 2018. The team consists of 18 athletes. The position of the player is listed in parentheses.[24]

  • Akalanka Ranasinghe (OF)
  • Sameera Rathnayake (OF)
  • Saliya Wijesinghe (OF)
  • Tharindu Madumal (P)
  • Sanjeewa Jayarathne (P)
  • Shasika Dulshan (P)
  • Chirath Karunarathne (P)
  • Chamika Yasas (P)
  • Nelanka Karunarathna (C)
  • Isara Gunasiri (C)
  • Amila Pushpa Kumara (OF)
  • Naween Anuradha (P)
  • Sanjeewa Manna (INF)
  • Sandun Madushanka (INF)
  • Krishna Hapuarachchi (INF)
  • Sahan Avishka (INF)
  • Iresh Kosala (C)
  • Kaushala Prabuddha (OF)
Legend
C = Catcher
INF = Infielder
OF = Outfielder
P = Pitcher
Round 1
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  Thailand 2 2 0 29 3 1.000 — Preliminary
2  Sri Lanka 2 1 1 18 24 .500 1
3  Laos 2 0 2 10 30 .000 2
Source: OCA


22 August
14:00 		Laos  10–15  Sri Lanka Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 400
Umpires: Yang Jae-man (KOR)
LP: Cola Phouangkeo WP: Chirath Karunarathne
HR: Nalor Gniatou (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Sri Lanka 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 15 16 1
 Laos 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 10 13 3
23 August
14:00 		Sri Lanka  3–14 (F/7)  Thailand Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 150
Umpires: Yoshinori Koide (JPN)
LP: Sanjeewa Jayarathne WP: Kevin Irwin
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Thailand 1 6 0 1 0 5 1 — — 14 21 1
 Sri Lanka 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 — — 3 9 2

Basketball

Sri Lanka entered both a men's and women's 3-on-3 teams. Each team consisted of four athletes.[25]

Men's 3-on-3 tournament

Roster
  • Sinna Fernando
  • Pawan Gamage
  • Arnold Thevakumar
  • Kisal Wijewarnasooriya
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 86 49 +37 Quarterfinals
2  Thailand 4 3 1 74 53 +21
3  Indonesia 4 2 2 67 59 +8
4  Sri Lanka 4 1 3 57 66 −9
5  Vietnam 4 0 4 28 85 −57
Source: OCA
21 August
15:00
China  21–14  Sri Lanka
Pts: Zeng B.Q. 9 Pts: Brent 6
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ito (JPN), Rulyov (KAZ)
21 August
16:00
Thailand  20–10  Sri Lanka
Pts: Jakrawan, Chungyampin 8 Pts: Brent 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Tan (SGP), Ito (JPN)
24 August
17:50
Sri Lanka  21–7  Vietnam
Pts: Brent 20 Pts: Triệu H.M. 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ibragimow (TKM), Al-Harthi (OMA)
24 August
19:20
Sri Lanka  12–18  Indonesia
Pts: Brent 7 Pts: Goantara 6
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Tan (SGP), Rulyov (KAZ)

Women's 3-on-3 tournament

Roster
  • Imesha Durage
  • Fathima Moreseth
  • Anne Ravindran
  • Rashmi Don
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 59 32 +27 Quarterfinals
2  Indonesia 3 2 1 46 46 0
3  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 32 54 −22
4  Syria 3 0 3 42 47 −5
Source: OCA
22 August
21:10
Sri Lanka  9–21  Indonesia
Pts: Perera, Thathsarani 3 Pts: Febiananda 7
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Ho (HKG)
25 August
15:40
South Korea  21–8  Sri Lanka
Pts: Kim J.Y. 10 Pts: Perera 5
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Ito (JPN)
25 August
16:50
Sri Lanka  15–12  Syria
Pts: Thathsarani 6 Pts: Bshara 7
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Tan (SGP)

Beach volleyball

Sri Lanka entered one male beach volleyball pair.[26] The pair won one match and lost two, placing them third in the group. With that result, the pair did not advance out of their group.[27]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Asanka Pradeep
Sashimal Yapa 		Men's Pool B
 Yakovlev – Bogatu (KAZ)
L 0–2 (21–23, 11–21)
 Junyoung – Hongchan (KOR)
W 2–0 (21–15, 21–10)
 Janko – Samba (QAT)
L 0–2 (12–21, 11–21) 		3 did not advance

Boxing

Sri Lanka's boxing team consisted of six athletes (three men and three women).[25][28]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Thiwanka Ranasinghe Men's −49 kg  Mario Blasius Kali (INA)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Vidanalange Bandara Men's −52 kg Bye  Yuttapong Tongdee (THA)
L RSC 		did not advance
Dinindu Saparamadu Men's −64 kg  Bakhodur Usmonov (TJK)
L RSC 		did not advance
Anusha Koddithuwakku Women's −51 kg Bye  Wada Madoka (JPN)
L 1–4 		did not advance
Keshani Hansika Women's −57 kg —  Saniya Sultankyzy (KAZ)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Krishmi Dharmathilake Women's −60 kg —  Shoira Zulkaynarova (TJK)
L 0–5 		did not advance

Canoeing

Sri Lanka entered one male kayaker.[25]

Sprint

Men
Athletes Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ranhoti Wijerathne K-1 200 metres 45.121 6 SF 41.821 8 did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; SF=Semifinals

  • Results given are within the heat.

Field hockey

Sri Lanka qualified a men's field hockey team after winning the bronze medal at the qualifying tournament in Muscat, Oman.[29] With the win against Hong Kong, the Sri Lankan men's field hockey team won its first game in 40 years at the Asian Games. The win in 1978 also came against Hong Kong.[30] The Sri Lankan team finished in eighth place, after losing the 7th place match to Oman.[31]

Men's tournament

Roster
This section is transcluded from Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's team squads. (edit | history)

The following is the Sri Lanka roster in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games. The team consists of 18 athletes.[32][33]

  2. Chamilka Mahabaduge (GK)
  4. Dhammika Ranasingha
  6. Ishanka Doranegala (C)
  8. Pushpa Hendeniya
  10. Harindra Dharmarathna
  12. Tharanga Gunawardana
  14. Sanjeewe Malegodagamage
  16. Vipul Warnakula
  18. Sandaruwan Sudusinghe
  20. Nalantha Karunamunige
  22. Rajitha Kulathunga
  24. Gihan Rathnayake
  26. Ravidu Bothale
  28. Pramudya Fernando
  30. Dinesh Don Abraham
  32. Lahiru Panthie
  34. Tharindu Hendeniya (GK)
  36. Anuradha Rathnayake
Pool A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 5 5 0 0 76 3 +73 15 Semi-finals
2  Japan 5 4 0 1 30 11 +19 12
3  South Korea 5 3 0 2 39 8 +31 9 Fifth place game
4  Sri Lanka 5 2 0 3 7 41 −34 6 Seventh place game
5  Indonesia (H) 5 1 0 4 5 40 −35 3 Ninth place game
6  Hong Kong 5 0 0 5 3 57 −54 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts


20 August 2018
14:00
Japan  11–0  Sri Lanka
Zendana field hockey ball 2'
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 9', 19'
Yamashita field hockey ball 11'
Yamasaki field hockey ball 13', 28'
Mitani field hockey ball 14'
Murata field hockey ball 32', 34', 54'
Kirishita field hockey ball 52' 		Report
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Salim Lucky (BAN)
22 August 2018
12:00
South Korea  8–0  Sri Lanka
Kim Se. field hockey ball 5'
Kim J. field hockey ball 7'
Hwang W. field hockey ball 9'
Bae J. field hockey ball 14'
Jang field hockey ball 32', 42', 44'
Hwang T. field hockey ball 52' 		Report
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
24 August 2018
18:00
Sri Lanka  4–1  Hong Kong
Kulathunga field hockey ball 7'
Rathnayake field hockey ball 26'
Sudusinghe field hockey ball 51'
Gedara field hockey ball 55' 		Report Iu field hockey ball 54'
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
26 August 2018
10:00
Sri Lanka  3–1  Indonesia
Sudusinghe field hockey ball 24'
Ranasinghe field hockey ball 42', 54' 		Report Hakim field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Salim Lucky (BAN)
28 August 2018
16:00
India  20–0  Sri Lanka
Rupinder field hockey ball 2', 52', 53'
Harmanpreet field hockey ball 6', 22', 33'
Akashdeep field hockey ball 10', 11', 18', 23', 33', 43'
Prasad field hockey ball 32'
Mandeep field hockey ball 36', 44', 59'
Amit field hockey ball 38'
Dipreet field hockey ball 53'
Lalit field hockey ball 58', 59' 		Report
Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)
Seventh place match
30 August 2018
15:00
Sri Lanka  2–5  Oman
Sudusinghe field hockey ball 14'
Rathnayake field hockey ball 55' 		Report M. Al-Hasani field hockey ball 5'
Al-Fazari field hockey ball 23', 40'
Al-Shibli field hockey ball 29'
Shamaiaa field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Gus Soteriades (USA)
Narongtuch Subboonsung (THA)
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Seventh place match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sri Lanka men's Men's tournament  Japan
L 0–11 		 South Korea
L 0–8 		 Hong Kong
W 1–4 		 Indonesia
W 1–3 		 India
L 0–20 		4  Oman
L 2–5 		8

Golf

Sri Lanka entered four male golfers.[34] Before the competition began, 20 teams put in complaints to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, disputing the eligibility of three of the golfers: Mithun Perera, Nadaraja Thangarajah and Anura Rohana. The event is open to amateurs, and all three were considered professionals. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against excluding them from the games. However, the team went ahead and still replaced the three golfers.[35] All three were replaced with Joseph De Soysa, Sachin De Silva, and Kumara Patrick.[36]

Men
Athlete(s) Event Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Rank
Sachin De Silva Individual 74 82 84 83 323 (+35) =72
Joseph De Soysa 79 73 76 73 301 (+13) =41
Lalith Kumara did not start
Kumara George Patrick 73 77 79 77 306 (+18) =47
Sachin De Silva
Joseph De Soysa
Kumara Patrick 		Team 226 232 239 233 930 (+66) 15

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast.[37][38]

Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
Anna-Marie Ondaatje Qualification 11.45 12.45 11.70 10.35 35.600 24 Q
  • For qualification, the top three of four scores counted towards a gymnast's total.
Individual final
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
Anna-Marie Ondaatje Qualification did not start

Judo

Sri Lanka entered two male judokas.[39]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Chamara Repiyallage −73 kg  Bektur Rysmambetov (KGZ)
L 1s1–10 		did not advance
Rajitha Pushpakumara −81 kg  Harshdeep Brar (IND)
L 0s1–10 		did not advance

Kabaddi

Sri Lanka entered a men's and women's team of 12 athletes each (24 total).[40] The women's team will participate for the first time ever.[1][41] The president of the Sri Lankan Kabaddi federation, Anura Pathirana, resigned after both teams failed to win a medal.[42]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sri Lanka men's Men  India
L 28−44 		 Thailand
W 46−29 		 Bangladesh
L 25−29 		 South Korea
L 22−33 		4 did not advance 7
Sri Lanka women's Women  Thailand
L 15−41 		 Indonesia
W 34−17 		 Japan
W 22−17 		 India
L 12−38 		3 did not advance 5

Men's tournament

The men's team consisted of 12 athletes.[43]

Roster
  • Chamara Haputhanthri
  • Milinda Chathuranga
  • Sajith Indrakumara
  • Chaminda Samarakoon
  • Lahiru Kuruppu
  • Lahiru Sampath
  • Dilan Sanjaya
  • Rathnapala
  • Asiri Sadaruwan
  • Aslam Sajah
  • Pushpakumara
  • Nishantha Gunawardhana
Pool A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 147 84 +63 8 Semifinals
2  India 4 3 0 1 166 103 +63 6
3  Bangladesh 4 2 0 2 102 135 −33 4
4  Sri Lanka 4 1 0 3 121 135 −14 2
5  Thailand 4 0 0 4 102 181 −79 0
Source: OCA


19 August
19:00 		India  44–28  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(27–13)
20 August
18:00 		Sri Lanka  46–29  Thailand Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(26–10)
21 August
15:00 		Bangladesh  29–25  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(17–10)
23 August
9:00 		South Korea  33–22  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(15–8)

Women's tournament

The women's team consisted of 12 athletes.[43]

Roster
  • Madhushani Chaturika
  • Kokila Edirisinghe
  • Indika Damyanthi
  • Thilini Kanchana
  • Madhurika Hansmali
  • Methusala Thilakshani
  • Nimesha Dilrukshi
  • Thilakshi Wijethilaka
  • Gothami Kaushalya
  • Sajini Jayasinghe
  • Indiwari Wejethunga
  • Sithumini Manojini
Pool A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 4 4 0 0 168 69 +99 8 Semifinals
2  Thailand 4 3 0 1 142 75 +67 6
3  Sri Lanka 4 2 0 2 83 113 −30 4
4  Indonesia 4 1 0 3 84 145 −61 2
5  Japan 4 0 0 4 63 138 −75 0
Source: OCA


19 August
10:40 		Sri Lanka  15–41  Thailand Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(7–24)
20 August
9:00 		Indonesia  17–34  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(6–17)
20 August
12:20 		Japan  17–22  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(10–8)
21 August
9:00 		India  38–12  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(23–4)

Karate

Sri Lanka entered six karatekas (four men and two women).[39]

Kata
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Niyon Sampaya Men's kata  Park (KOR)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Kumite
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Prasanga Sadaruwan Men's 60 kg Bye  Osmani (AFG)
W 4–2 		 Selvam (MAS)
L 1–3 		did not advance
Akihiro Lokukaluge Men's 67 kg Bye  Shinohara (JPN)
W 6–2 		 Amirali (KAZ)
L 0–10 		Did not advance Bye  Al Hadhrami (UAE)
L 1–5 		Did not advance =7
Kavindu Jayakody Men's 84 kg —  Ma (CHN)
L 0–2 		did not advance
Dinusha Kumari Women's 50 kg —  Sukatendel (INA)
L 0–8 		did not advance
Tharika Mukudam Wasam Women's 61 kg —  Jaber (JOR)
L 0–8 		did not advance

Roller Sports

Sri Lanka entered four athletes in the speed discipline (two men and two women). This marks the first time the country will compete in the sport at the Asian Games.[25]

Speed

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lasantha Waradana Men's 20000 metres elimination DNF
Kavindu Wijesinghe DNF
Samithri Koralalage Women's 20000 metres elimination DNF
Dasuni Sosya DNF

Rowing

Sri Lanka entered four rowers.[44][45] The team finished in last place in all three races in competed in and therefore ranked eighth (and last) in the quadruple sculls.

Men
Athletes Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Budhika Chaturanga
Tharanga Rupasinghe
Sugath Senarathne
Udara Udawaththa 		Quadruple sculls 7:13.98 4 R 7:17.91 6 FB 6:57.41 8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

  • Results given are within the heat.

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka entered a men's team.

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sri Lanka men's Men's tournament  United Arab Emirates
W 68–0 		 South Korea
L 26–31 		 Afghanistan
W 36–0 		2 Q  China
W 17–12 		 Japan
L 10–12 		 South Korea
L 14–36 		4

Men's tournament

Sri Lanka announced their squad on August 9, 2018. The team consists of 12 athletes.[46][47]

Group C

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 124 31 +93 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1 130 31 +99 7
3  Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 41 78 −37 5 Ranking round 9–12
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 0 155 −155 3
Source: Results
30 August
13:56
Sri Lanka 68–0 United Arab Emirates
Try: Sooriyabandara (2) 1' c, 7' c
Muthuthanthri 3' c
Piyarathna 6' c
Dayan (2) 8' c, 14' c
Perera (3) 10' m, 11' c, 12' c
Sooriyarachchi 14+' c
Con: Sooriyabandara (1/1)
Ratwatte (5/6)
Muthuthanthri (1/1)
Sooriyarachchi (2/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)
30 August
17:58
South Korea 31–26 Sri Lanka
Try: Jang S.M. (2) 1' m, 3' m
Han K.K. (2) 7' c, 14' c
Lee J.B. 8' c
Con: Lee J.B. (3/4)		Try: Sooriyabandara 5' c
Raffaideen 10' c
Piyarathna 12' m
Sooriyarachchi 14+' c
Con: Sooriyabandara (1/2)
Raffaideen (1/1)
Sooriyarachchi (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)
31 August
14:18
Sri Lanka 36–0 Afghanistan
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m
Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c
Perera 10' m
Raffaideen 11' m
Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3)
Sooriyarachchi (1/1)
Ratwatte (0/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)
Quarterfinal
31 August
17:36
Sri Lanka 17–12 China
Try: Sooriyarachchi 5' c
Sooriyabandara 6' m
Raffaideen 7+' m
Con: Sooriyarachchi (1/1)
Sooriyabandara (0/2)		Try: Zhang C. 2' m
Shan C.S. 10' c
Con: Shan C.S. (1/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)
Semifinal
1 September
16:56
Japan 12–10 Sri Lanka
Try: Hashino 4' m
Sakai 7+' c
Con: Sakai (1/2)		Try: Perera 2' m
Muthuthanthri 7' m
Con: Sooriyabandara (0/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)
Bronze medal match
1 September
20:14
Sri Lanka 14–36 South Korea
Try: Ratwatte 8' c
Dissanayake 12' c
Con: Ratwatte (2/2)		Try: Chang Y.H. 3' c
Kim J.M. 6' m
Jang J.M. 7' c
Kim H.S. 10' c
Kim J.H. 13' m
Hwang I.J. 14+' m
Con: Lee J.B. (1/1)
Kim N.U. (2/4)
Kim S.S. (0/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

Sailing

Sri Lanka entered one male sailor in the laser standard event.[48][25]

Men
Athlete Event Race Total
Points 		Net
Points 		Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Roshil Weerathunga Laser (15) 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 DNQ 177 162 15

Squash

Sri Lanka entered four squash players (four per gender).[49][50] All four squash players lost their first matches three sets to zero, and did not advance further in the competition.[51]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Ravindu Laksiri Men's  Adnan (MAS)
L 0–3 (8–11, 7–11, 9–11) 		did not advance
Shamil Wakeel  Ghosal (IND)
L 0–3 (2–11, 2–11, 1–11) 		did not advance
Fathoum Issadeen Women's  Watanabe (JPN)
L 0–3 (7–11, 9–11, 6–11) 		did not advance
Mihiliya Methsarani  Subramaniam (MAS)
L 0–3 (6–11, 6–11, 6–11) 		did not advance

Swimming

Sri Lanka's swimming team consisted of five male swimmers.[52] Matthew Abeysinghe broke the national record in the men's 200 m freestyle event.[53] Sri Lankan swimmers advanced to only one final, through Matthew Abeysinghe's sixth-place finish in the 100 metres freestyle event.[54] The sixth-place finish, was the best swimming result for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games.[55]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kyle Abeysinghe 50 m freestyle 23.36 20 did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe 22.88 =12 did not advance
Kyle Abeysinghe 100 m freestyle 50.14 13 did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe 49.48 4 Q 49.28 6
Matthew Abeysinghe 200 m freestyle 1:50.97 NR 12 did not advance
Kavindra Nugawela 1:56.01 26 did not advance
Akalanka Peiris 50 m backstroke 26.57 17 did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.20 25 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:12.14 16 did not advance
Cherantha de Silva 50 m butterfly 25.36 26 did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:05.90 14 did not advance
Matthew Abeysinghe
Akalanka Peiris
Kyle Abeysinghe
Cherantha de Silva
Kavindra Nugawela 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay DSQ did not advance

Table Tennis

Sri Lanka entered two table tennis players (one male and one female).[56]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Imesh Ranasinghe Men's singles  Sonpasith Mosangsinh (LAO)
L 1–4 (12–14, 11–8, RET) 		did not advance
Ishara Madurangi Women's singles  Fatima Khan (PAK)
W 4–0 (11–8, 11–2, 11–8, 11–5) 		 Wang Manyu (CHN)
L 0–4 (8–11, 5–11, 8–11, 1–11) 		did not advance
Imesh Ranasinghe
Ishara Madurangi 		Mixed doubles Bye  Tanviriyavechakul / Sawettabut (THA)
L 0–3 (1–11, 2–11, 5–11) 		did not advance

Taekwondo

Sri Lanka entered six taekwondo practitioners (three per gender).[39]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Thisara Dharmapriya Men's −58 kg  Võ Quốc Hưng (VIE)
L 11–40 		did not advance
Chalinda Liyanage Men's −63 kg  Masanojo Honma (JPN)
W 21–18 		 Sardor Toirov (UZB)
L 6–22 		did not advance
Sheron Fernando Men's +80 kg —  Akshay Kumar (IND)
L 8–13 		did not advance
Kumudu Wijerathna Women's −49 kg Bye  Sidra Batool (PAK)
W 28–14 		 Miyu Yamada (JPN)
L 8–32 		did not advance
Nisansala Jahinge Women's −67 kg —  Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR)
L 0–38 		did not advance
Ranuri Wickramasinghe Women's +67 kg —  Sorn Seavmey (CAM)
L WDN 		did not advance

Tennis

Sri Lanka's tennis team consisted of four athletes (two men and two women).[57]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Sharmal Dissanayake Men's  Abdulla (MDV)
W 2–0 (6–1, 6–3) 		 Uchiyama (JPN)
L 0–2 (3–6, 1–6) 		did not advance
Yasitha De Silva  Habib (LBN)
L 0–2 (2–6, 1–6) 		did not advance
Anjalika Kurera Women's Bye  Kato (JPN)
L 0–2 (0–6, 1–6) 		did not advance
Anika Seneviratne  Erdenebileg (MGL)
W 2–0 (6–1, 6–2) 		 Zhang (CHN)
L 0–2 (1–6, 2–6) 		did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Sharmal Dissanayake
Yasitha De Silva 		Men's Bye  Nedovyesov / Khabibulin (KAZ)
L 0–2 (4–6, 2–6) 		did not advance
Anjalika Kurera
Anika Seneviratne 		Women's —  Han / Kim (KOR)
L 0–2 (1–6, 0–6) 		did not advance
Yasitha De Silva
Anika Seneviratne 		Mixed  Al-Nabhani / Al-Nabhani (OMA)
L 0–2 (4–6, 3–6) 		did not advance
Sharmal Dissanayake
Anjalika Kurera 		Bye  Fayziev / Amanmuradova (UZB)
L 0–2 (4–6, 3–6) 		did not advance

Triathlon

Sri Lanka entered one male triathlete. This also marked the country's Asian Games debut in the sport.[25][58]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Lakruwan Dewa Men's 24:55 0:31 1:03:06 0:31 42:25 2:11:28 24

Volleyball

Sri Lanka will be returning to the Asian Games for the first time since 1966. The Sri Lankan team finished in 13th place (out of 20 teams) after defeating Vietnam in the 13th place match.[59]

Indoor volleyball

Team Event Group Stage Playoffs Quarterfinals / Pl. Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sri Lanka men's Men's tournament  Thailand: L 1–3
 Vietnam: W 3–0
 China: L 1–3 		3 Did not advance  Maldives
W 3–1 		   Nepal
W 3–1 		 Vietnam
W 3–0 		13

Men's tournament

Roster

Sri Lanka's men's volleyball team consisted of 14 athletes.[60]

  • Chamara Mihiran
  • Deepthi Romesh
  • Gayan Madushanka
  • Lasindu Wasanthapriya
  • Janitha Surath
  • Malith Chamara
  • Shamil Silva
  • Ayesh Perera
  • Wasantha Lakmal
  • Kasun Fernando
  • Danushka Fernando
  • Sehan Sagara
  • A.W. Lakmal
  • Pramesh Sudasingha
Pool E
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Thailand 3 2 1 7 8 5 1.600 301 284 1.060
2  China 3 2 1 6 8 6 1.333 313 301 1.040
3  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 3 5 6 0.833 240 244 0.984
4  Vietnam 3 1 2 2 4 8 0.500 260 285 0.912
Source: OCA


20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)
12:30 UTC+7 		Thailand  3–1  Sri Lanka Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Aidos Akhmetov (KAZ), Keiko Tanemoto (JPN)
(13–25, 25–21, 25–23, 27–25)
Report
23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)
16:30 UTC+7 		Vietnam  0–3  Sri Lanka Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Ebrahim Ali J Mahmoud (QAT)
(23–25, 18–25, 18–25)
Report
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)
10:00 UTC+7 		Sri Lanka  1–3  China GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Referees: Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI), Khaled Al-Zughaibi (KSA)
(15–25, 25–20, 14–25, 17–25)
Report
13th–20th quarterfinal
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
10:00 UTC+7 		Sri Lanka  3–1  Maldives Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 350
Referees: Nguyễn Quốc Huy (VIE), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI)
(16–25, 25–18, 27–25, 25–15)
Report (AG18)
Report (AVC)
13th–16th semifinal
30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)
16:30 UTC+7 		Sri Lanka  3–1    Nepal Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 800
Referees: Choi Jae-hyo (KOR), Indra Muflih (INA)
(23–25, 25–16, 26–24, 25–21)
Report
13th place game
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
19:30 UTC+7 		Sri Lanka  3–0  Vietnam Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Hsu Keng-hao (TPE), Agung Purwantoro (INA)
(25–21, 25–21, 25–20)
Report

Weightlifting

Sri Lanka entered four weightlifters (two per gender).[61][62]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Thilanka Palangasinghe Men's −62 kg NM DNF
Indika Dissanayake Men's −69 kg 130 15 NM DNF
Dinusha Gomes Women's −48 kg NM DNF
Chamari Warnakulasuriya Women's −53 kg 73 11 96 10 169 10

Wrestling

Sri Lanka entered one male wrestler.[63]

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Charles Divoshan −57 kg Bye  Eko Roni Saputra (INA)
L 0–10 		did not advance 15

Wushu

Sri Lanka entered two wushu athletes (one man and one woman).[64]

Sanda
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Pethum Balawardana Men's −60 kg Bye  Noukhith Latsaphao (LAO)
W 2–0 		 Nghiêm Văn Ý (VIE)
L 0–2 		did not advance
Maleesha Pathirage Women's −52 kg —  Chen Wei-ting (TPE)
L 0–2 		did not advance

Demonstration sport

eSports

Sri Lanka qualified one athlete in e-sports.[65]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Amruth Alfred StarCraft II  Huang Yu-Hsiang (TPE)
L 0–3 		did not advance

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