Sri Lanka at the World Athletics Championships

Sri Lanka at the World Championships in Athletics

WA code	SRI
National federation	Sri Lanka Athletics
Medals Ranked 0th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Championships in Athletics appearances
1983 1987–1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

Sri Lanka has participated in the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. Their first-ever medal was a silver and was won by Susanthika Jayasinghe at the 1997 World Championships in Women's 200 metres.^[1] She also won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Silver	Susanthika Jayasinghe	1997 Athens	Women's 200 metres
Bronze	Susanthika Jayasinghe	2007 Osaka	Women's 200 metres

By event


Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
200 metres	0	1	1	2
Totals (1 entries)	0	1	1	2

By gender


Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Women	0	1	1	2
Men	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Sri Lanka athletics dashing to a glorious century". Sunday Observer. 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
^ "2007 What was". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

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Medalists

By event

By gender

See also

References