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Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	SRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
in Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia 18 August – 2 September
Competitors	173 in 28 sports
Flag bearer	Dinusha Gomes (opening)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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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. The Sri Lankan team will compete in 28 sports, marking its debut in the sports of baseball, canoeing, roller sports and triathlon. Approximately, 60 officials and coaches were also a part of the contingent, making the total team size 245. 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. Further changes made the final team size at 173 athletes (131 men and 42 women). Sri Lanka will also have an athlete competing in the demonstration event of esports.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. Two athletes were given exceptions to the trials as they were training overseas: Indunil Herath and Hiruni Wijayaratne. The final team consisted of 14 athletes. 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. 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.

Men

Track & road events

• Ruwan was the reserve and did not compete in the heats or final.

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Badminton

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

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. Sri Lanka's baseball squad consisted of 18 athletes. Sri Lanka won its debut match by beat Laos 15 to 10. 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.

• 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

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.

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

China	21–14	Sri Lanka
Pts: Zeng B.Q. 9		Pts: Brent 6

Thailand	20–10	Sri Lanka
Pts: Jakrawan, Chungyampin 8		Pts: Brent 4

Sri Lanka	21–7	Vietnam
Pts: Brent 20		Pts: Triệu H.M. 4

Sri Lanka	12–18	Indonesia
Pts: Brent 7		Pts: Goantara 6

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

Sri Lanka	9–21	Indonesia
Pts: Perera, Thathsarani 3		Pts: Febiananda 7

South Korea	21–8	Sri Lanka
Pts: Kim J.Y. 10		Pts: Perera 5

Sri Lanka	15–12	Syria
Pts: Thathsarani 6		Pts: Bshara 7

Beach volleyball

Sri Lanka entered one male beach volleyball pair. 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.

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).

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.

Sprint

Men

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. 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. The Sri Lankan team finished in eighth place, after losing the 7th place match to Oman.

Men's tournament

Roster

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.

1. Chamilka Mahabaduge (GK)
2. Dhammika Ranasingha
3. Ishanka Doranegala (C)
4. Pushpa Hendeniya
6. Harindra Dharmarathna
7. Tharanga Gunawardana
9. Sanjeewe Malegodagamage
10. Vipul Warnakula
11. Sandaruwan Sudusinghe
12. Nalantha Karunamunige
13. Rajitha Kulathunga
15. Gihan Rathnayake
17. Ravidu Bothale
20. Pramudya Fernando
22. Dinesh Don Abraham
23. Lahiru Panthie
29. Tharindu Hendeniya (GK)
30. 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

20 August 2018 14:00 Japan  11–0  Sri Lanka Zendana  2' Ke. Tanaka  9', 19' Yamashita  11' Yamasaki  13', 28' Mitani  14' Murata  32', 34', 54' Kirishita  52' Report Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Salim Lucky (BAN)

22 August 2018 12:00 South Korea  8–0  Sri Lanka Kim Se.  5' Kim J.  7' Hwang W.  9' Bae J.  14' Jang  32', 42', 44' Hwang T.  52' Report Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)

24 August 2018 18:00 Sri Lanka  4–1  Hong Kong Kulathunga  7' Rathnayake  26' Sudusinghe  51' Gedara  55' Report Iu  54' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Saleh Al-Balushi (OMA)

26 August 2018 10:00 Sri Lanka  3–1  Indonesia Sudusinghe  24' Ranasinghe  42', 54' Report Hakim  38' Umpires: Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) Salim Lucky (BAN)

28 August 2018 16:00 India  20–0  Sri Lanka Rupinder  2', 52', 53' Harmanpreet  6', 22', 33' Akashdeep  10', 11', 18', 23', 33', 43' Prasad  32' Mandeep  36', 44', 59' Amit  38' Dipreet  53' Lalit  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  14' Rathnayake  55' Report M. Al-Hasani  5' Al-Fazari  23', 40' Al-Shibli  29' Shamaiaa  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. 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. All three were replaced with Joseph De Soysa, Sachin De Silva, and Kumara Patrick.

Men

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Sri Lanka entered one rhythmic gymnast.

Individual Qualification

• For qualification, the top three of four scores counted towards a gymnast's total.

Individual final

Judo

Sri Lanka entered two male judokas.

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). The women's team will participate for the first time ever. The president of the Sri Lankan Kabaddi federation, Anura Pathirana, resigned after both teams failed to win a medal.

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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.

Speed

Rowing

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

Men

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.

• Sudarshana Muthuthanthri
• Danushka Ranjan
• Jason Dissanayake
• Danush Dayan
• Srinath Sooriyabandara
• Kavindu Perera
• Sudam Sooriyarachchi
• Gayan Weeraratne
• Tarinda Ratwatte
• Buddhima Piyarathane
• Reeza Raffaideen
• Rehan Silva

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

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)

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)

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)

Quarterfinal

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)

Semifinal

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)

Bronze medal match

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)

Sailing

Sri Lanka entered one male sailor in the laser standard event.

Men

Squash

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

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. Matthew Abeysinghe broke the national record in the men's 200 m freestyle event. Sri Lankan swimmers advanced to only one final, through Matthew Abeysinghe's sixth-place finish in the 100 metres freestyle event. The sixth-place finish, was the best swimming result for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games.

Men

Table Tennis

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

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).

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).

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.

Individual

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.

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.

• 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

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).

Wrestling

Sri Lanka entered one male wrestler.

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).

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.

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

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games

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