Sri Lankan Olympic Athletes in Athletics*

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Event Athletes
 Athletics 1948
200 m M SRI Duncan White
John de Saram
400 m M SRI John de Saram
400 m hurdles M SRI Duncan White
Long jump M SRI G. Peiris
Triple jump M SRI G. Peiris
 Athletics 1952
High jump M SRI Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
 Athletics 1956
High jump M SRI Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
 Athletics 1960
Marathon M SRI Linus Diaz
 Athletics 1964
5000 m M SRI Ranatunge Karunananda
10000 m M SRI Ranatunge Karunananda
Marathon M SRI Ranatunge Karunananda
 Athletics 1968
Marathon M SRI Wimalasena Perera
 Athletics 1972
100 m M SRI Sunil Gunawardene
200 m M SRI Sunil Gunawardene
400 m M SRI Wickrema Winmaladase
10000 m M SRI Lucien Rosa
Marathon M SRI Lucien Rosa
 Athletics 1980
4x400 m M SRI Appunidage Premachandra
Newton Perera
Dharmasena Samararatne
Kosala Sahabandu
 Athletics 1988
Marathon M SRI Vithanakande Samarasinghe
100 m hurdles W SRI Tilaka Jinadasa
 Athletics 1992
100 m M SRI Sriyantha Dissanayake
200 m M SRI Sriyantha Dissanayake
Marathon M SRI Kuruppu Karunaratne
100 m W SRI Damayanthi Darsha
200 m W SRI Damayanthi Darsha
400 m W SRI Jayamini Ileperuma
800 m W SRI Dhammika Menike
1500 m W SRI Dhammika Menike
100 m hurdles W SRI Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka
Javelin throw W SRI Vijitha Amerasekera
 Athletics 1996
100 m M SRI Chintaha De Soyza
400 m M SRI Sugath Thilakaratne
110 m hurdles M SRI Mahesh Perera
Long jump M SRI Benny Fernando
100 m W SRI Susanthika Jayasinghe
100 m hurdles W SRI Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka
 Athletics 2000
400 m M SRI Sugath Thilakaratne
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Marathon M SRI Sarath Gamage
400 m hurdles M SRI Arijan Ratnayake
4x400 m M SRI Ranga Wimalawansa
Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Vellasamy Kumara
Manura Perera
Sugath Thilakaratne
100 m W SRI Susanthika Jayasinghe
200 m W SRI Susanthika Jayasinghe
400 m W SRI Damayanthi Darsha
100 m hurdles W SRI Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka
4x100 m W SRI Nimmi Zoysa
Damayanthi Dharsha
Pradeepa Herath
Tamara Samandeepika
 Athletics 2004
400 m M SRI Rohan Pradeep Kumara
Marathon M SRI Anuradha Cooray
High jump M SRI Wijesekara Kumara
400 m W SRI Damayanthi Dharsha
 Athletics 2008
200 m W SRI Susanthika Jayasinghe
Javelin throw W SRI Nadeeka Lakmali
 Athletics 2012
Marathon M SRI Anuradha Cooray
400 m hurdles W SRI Christine Sonali Merrill
 Athletics 2016
Marathon M SRI Anuradha Indrajith Cooray
Javelin throw M SRI Sumeda Ranasinghe
Marathon W SRI Niluka Rajasekara
 Athletics 2020
100 m M SRI Yupun Abeykoon Mudiyanselage
800 m W SRI Nimali Waliwarsha
* The list above only shows a selection of Sri Lankan athletics athletes - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about Sri Lankan athletics athletes at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database
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