Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Sri Lanka at the; 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	srilankaolympic.org
in Glasgow, Scotland
Competitors	103 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Sudesh Peiris
Medals; Ranked =29th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	; ; 1954; ; 1962; ; ; 1974; ; ; 1986; ; ; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Sri Lanka competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3, 2014.^[2] Sri Lanka's team consists of 103 athletes in 13 sports.^[3] was appointed as the chef de mission of the team on June 29, 2014.^[4]

Competitors[]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	4	10
Badminton	4	5	9
Boxing	7	3	10
Cycling	3	2	5
Gymnastics	2	3	5
Judo	2	1	3
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Shooting	6	5	11
Squash	3	3	6
Swimming	4	2	6
Table tennis	4	4	8
Weightlifting	10	1	11
Wrestling	7	0	7
Total	70	33	103

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Sudesh Peiris	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg	July 25

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Athletics[]

Christine Merrill represented the country in two events.

Sri Lanka's athletics team consists of ten athletes.^[5]

Key

Note– Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
*	4 x 400 metres relay	3:08.10	9	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
	Discus throw (F42/44)	36.74	9
	Discus throw (F42/44)	34.81	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Merrill	400 metres hurdles	58.65	14	N/A		Did not advance
	400 m	53.75	14 Q	52.67	13	Did not advance
	800 m	2:08.31	23	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Nadeeka Lakmali	Javelin throw	59.04	6

* Did not race.

Badminton[]

Niluka Karunaratne, pictured here at the 2012 Summer Olympics represented Sri Lanka in the men's singles event.

Sri Lanka's badminton team consisted of nine athletes.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dinuka Karunaratne	Men's Singles	(RSA) W W/O	(NZL) W 21–9, 21–18	Liew (MAS) L 19–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Niluka Karunaratne		(GHA) W 21–6, 21–14	(MDV) W 21–11, 21–4	Kidambi (IND) L 22–20, 16–21, 12–21	Did not advance
		(NZL) W 23–21, 21–17	Wei Feng (MAS) L 13–21, 10–21	Did not advance
	Women's Singles	(MDV) W 21–11, 21–12	Chan (NZL) L 21–17, 7–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Thilini Hendahewa		Bye	(NFI) W 21–3, 21–1	Sindhu (IND) L 14–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Nadeesha Murukkuwadura		Bye	Henry (JAM) W 21–10, 21–14	Jing Yi (MAS) L 9–21, 6–21	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's Doubles	Bye	Dewalkar / Chopra (IND) L 10–21, 9–21	Did not advance
Nadeesha Murukkuwadura	Women's Doubles	N/A	/ (BAR) W 21–5, 21–13	Fry / Le Grange (RSA) L 12–21, 21–15, 17–21	Did not advance
	Women's Doubles	N/A	/ (FAI) W 21–6, 21–5	/ (NZL) W 22–20, 18–21, 21–19	Ponnappa / Gutta (IND) L 10–21, 9–21	Did not advance
	Mixed Doubles	Triyachart / Yao (SIN) L 12–21, 15–21	Did not advance
	Mixed Doubles	/ Nankabirwa (UGA) W 21–10, 21–6	/ Bashir (PAK) W 22–20, 17–21, 21–15	Soon Chan / Pei Jing (MAS) L 13–21, 15–21	Did not advance

Mixed team

Pool A

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	GD	PW	PL	PD
Malaysia	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	202	+218
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	10	10	0	342	292	+50
Barbados	2	0	2	0	20	−20	152	420	−268

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Sri Lanka
5

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
25 July

Barbados
0

		1	2
1	Niluka Karunaratne / Thilini Hendahewa / Dakeil Thorpe	21 9	21 4
2	Dinuka Karunaratne	21 8	21 7
3	Thilini Hendahewa	21 11	21 9
4	Niluka Karunaratne / Dinuka Karunaratne / Dakeil Thorpe	21 5	21 7
5	/ /	21 12	21 10

Malaysia
5

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
26 July

Sri Lanka
0

		1	2
1	Liew Daren Niluka Karunaratne	21 17	21 12
2	Tee Jing Yi Thilini Hendahewa	21 14	21 6
3	Tan Wee Kiong / Goh V Shem Niluka Karunaratne / Dinuka Karunaratna	21 17	21 19
4	Lim Yin Loo / Vivian Hoo Kah Mun /	21 11	21 8
5	Chan Peng Soon / Lai Pei Jing Dinuka Karunaratna / Thilini Hendahewa	21 14	21 14

Quarterfinals

Sri Lanka
0

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
26 July

England
3

		1	2
1	Dinuka Karunaratna / Thilini Hendahewa Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock	13 21	10 21
2	Niluka Karunaratne Rajiv Ouseph	15 21	16 21
3	Thilini Hendahewa Sarah Walker	14 21	14 21

Boxing[]

Sri Lanka's boxing team consists of ten athletes.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Light flyweight	Singh (IND) L 0–3	Did not advance
Anurudha Rathnayake	Flyweight	Bye	(UGA) W 3–0	Omar (GHA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Manju Wanniarachchi	Bantamweight	Sonjica (RSA) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Lightweight	(LES) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Light welterweight	(NIR) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Welterweight	(PNG) W 3–0	(GUY) L 1–2	Did not advance
	Middleweight	(AUS) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Flyweight	Bye	Adams (ENG) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Lightweight	(WAL) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Middleweight	(LES) W TKO	Ogoke (NGR) L 0–3	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Sri Lanka's cycling team consists of four athletes.^[3]

Road[]

Event	Time	Rank
Men's road race	DNF
Men's road race	1:00:02.52	42
Men's time trial	DNF
Women's road race	DNF
Women's road race	54:33.67	30
Women's time trial	DNF

Gymnastics[]

5 gymnasts competed for Sri Lanka.^[3]

Artistic[]

Men

Event	Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	V	PH	R	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Men's qualification	11.391	12.500	10.700	5.530	11.566	11.066	62.573	31
Men's qualification	12.100	12.533	10.966	9.700	11.566	11.333	68.198	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
	Team	12.733	6.433	8.033	8.733	Did not advance
		12.443	6.600	8.733	9.766	Did not advance
		12.633	6.700	8.933	8.400	Did not advance
Total		37.799	19.733	25.699	26.899	110.130	13

Judo[]

Sri Lanka has entered three judokas.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chamara Repiyallage	Men's −73 kg	(VAN) W 1110-0000	Bensted (AUS) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
	Men's −90 kg	N/A	(TAN) W 0113-0000	(AUS) L 0002-1000	Did not advance	(SCO) L 0001-1000	Did not advance	7
Sachini Widanalage	Women's +78 kg	N/A	N/A	Ratugi (KEN) L 0000-1011	Did not advance	Bye	Laprovidence (MRI) L 0000-1000	5

Rugby sevens[]

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team. The roster of 12 is:^[3]

Roster

Fazil Marija
Shehan Pathirana
Srinath Sooriyabandara

Pool D

Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	120	19	101	9
England	3	2	1	104	15	89	7
Uganda	3	1	2	22	97	-75	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	21	136	-115	3

	Qualified for medal competition
	Qualified for bowl competition

26 July 2014
10:54

Australia	62–7	Sri Lanka
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
13:34

England	57–0	Sri Lanka
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
20:42

Sri Lanka	14–17	Uganda
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Bowl

27 July 2014
11:16

Papua New Guinea	17–12	Sri Lanka
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shield
Semifinals

27 July 2014
13:56

Sri Lanka	34–0	Barbados
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Final

27 July 2014
19:42

Trinidad and Tobago	7–43	Sri Lanka
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Finished in 13th place

Shooting[]

Sri Lanka's shooting team consists of six male and five female athletes.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 metre air pistol	567	10	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	602.0	29	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle three positions	1093	14	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	600.1	30	Did not advance
Mangala Samarakoon	10 metre air rifle	589.7	18	Did not advance
Mangala Samarakoon	50 metre rifle three positions	1110	11	Did not advance
Edirisinghe Senanayake	10 metre air pistol	550	22	Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	595.5	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 metre air pistol	364	19	Did not advance
	25 metre pistol	560	11	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	N/A		599.3	22
	50 metre rifle three positions	554	17	Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	401.2	22	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	N/A		591.5	27
	50 metre rifle three positions	540	21	Did not advance
	10 metre air pistol	354	22	Did not advance
	25 metre pistol	534	20	Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	404.3	18	Did not advance

Squash[]

Sri Lanka's squash team consists of six athletes.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Men's Singles	Bye	Walker (BOT) L 5–11, 4–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Ravindu Laksiri		Bye	(TRI) L 9–11, 6-11, 11–8, 11–6, 6-11	Did not advance
		Bye	Knight (NZL) L 0–11, 6–11, 3–11	Did not advance
	Women's Singles	N/A	(TRI) L 0–11, 12–10, 9-11, 9-11	Did not advance
Mihiliya Methsarani		N/A	Sultana (MLT) W 9–11, 10–12, 13–11, 11–9, 11–2	Grinham (AUS) L 6–11, 3–11, 1-11	Did not advance
		N/A	(SEY) W 11–1, 11–1, 11–3	Brown (AUS) L 3–11, 6–11, 3-11	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's doubles	Alexander / Cuskelly (AUS) L 3–11, 4–11	/ Graham (NFI) W 10–11, 11–10, 11–3	Beddoes / Coll (NZL) L 8–11, 0–11	3	Did not advance
Mihiliya Methsarani	Women's doubles	Chinappa / Pallikal (IND) L 3–11, 4–11	Craig / Lindsay (NZL) L 4–11, 1–11	David / Wern (MAS) L 2–11, 2–11	4	Did not advance
Ravindu Laksiri	Mixed doubles	Ghosal / Pallikal (IND) L 3–11, 4–11	Delierre / Cornett (CAN) L 0–11, 9–11	N/A	3	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Sri Lanka's swimming team consists of five athletes.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	21.34	=1	Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	100 m freestyle	55.08	=38	Did not advance
Heshan Unamboowe	50 m backstroke	27.86	21	Did not advance
Heshan Unamboowe	100 m backstroke	58.76	18	Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	50 m butterfly	25.86	24	Did not advance
Cherantha de Silva	100 m butterfly	59.25	25	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM8	3:22.11	5 Q	N/A		3:17.10	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m backstroke	32.31	22	Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem	50 m backstroke	31.14	16 Q	31.11	15	Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem	100 m backstroke	1:06.36	15 Q	1:06.33	16	Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem	200 m backstroke	2:24.63	12	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	36.52	31	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	32.05	45	Did not advance
Kimiko Raheem	50 m butterfly	30.44	34	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Sri Lanka's table tennis team consists of eight athletes.^[7]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/Bronze medal
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's singles	(GUY) W 4–1	(NZL) W 4–1	1 Q	(SCO) L 0–4	Did not advance
		(KIR) W 4–0	(SEY) W 4–0	1 Q	Ho (CAN) L 2–4	Did not advance
		(DMA) W 4–0	(SKN) W 4–0	1 Q	(JAM) W 4–1	(SIN) L 0–4	Did not advance
	Women's singles	(UGA) W 4–0	(VAN) W 4–0	1 Q	Patkar (IND) L 0–4	Did not advance
		(MDV) W 4–1	(GUY) L 0–4	2	Did not advance
		(TAN) W 4–1	(MAS) L 2–4	2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/Bronze medal
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's doubles	N/A	/ (SCO) L 2–3	Did not advance
	Men's doubles	N/A	Henzell / Powell (AUS) W 1–3	Did not advance
	Women's doubles	N/A	Edghill / (GUY) W 3–2	Drinkhall / Sibley (ENG) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Women's doubles	N/A	Loveridge / (GUE) L 1–3	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	/ (SCO) W 3–0	Miao / Henzell (AUS) L 2–3	Did not advance
		Li / Chew (SIN) L 0–3	Did not advance
		/ (MAS) L 0–3	Did not advance
		/ (TRI) L 2–3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/Bronze medal
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's team	Seychelles (SEY) W 3–0	Singapore (SIN) L 0–3	Ghana (GHA) W 3–1	=2	Did not advance
	Women's team	Singapore (SIN) L 0–3	Northern Ireland (NIR) W 3–1	N/A	2	Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Sri Lanka's weightlifting team consists of nine athletes.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	−56 kg	100	8	–	–	Did not finish
Thilanka Palangasinghe	−56 kg	105	6	–	–	Did not finish
Sudesh Peiris	−62 kg	123	2	150	3	273
Indika Dissanayake	−62 kg	120	5	–	–	Did not finish
Chinthana Vidanage	−69 kg	–	–	Did not finish
	−77 kg	115	14	145	18	260	14
	−85 kg	126	10	165	10	291	10
	−94 kg	125	10	170	10	295	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	−48 kg	–	–	Did not finish

Powerlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	-72kg	145.4	9
	-72kg	132.5	11

Wrestling[]

Sri Lanka's wrestling team consists of seven athletes.^[3]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−57 kg	N/A	Hussain (PAK) L 4–0 ^PO	Did not advance
	−61 kg	N/A	(RSA) L 4–0 ^PO	Did not advance
	−65 kg	N/A	(SLE) W 5–0 ^VT	Miller (NZL) W 4–1 ^PP	Dutt (IND) L 0–5 ^VT	N/A	(SCO) L 1–3 ^PP	5
	−74 kg	Bye	(MRI) W 5–0 ^VT	Kumar (IND) L 4–0 ^PO	Did not advance	(AUS) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance
	−86 kg	N/A	(PAK) 1–4 ^PP	Did not advance
	−97 kg	N/A	Kadian (IND) L 4–0 ^PO	Did not advance		Tamarau (NGR) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance
	−125 kg	N/A	Bye	(NZL) L 4–0 ^PO	Did not advance

References[]

^ Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "The Commonwealth Games Associations". www.glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Wasala, Chinthana (27 June 2014). "Nishanthe Piyasena appointed Chef-de Mission". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ Mackay, Duncan (29 June 2014). "Sri Lanka appoint Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2014". Insidethegames. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ "Athletics-Sri Lanka will field 13 competitors in Athletics for the 20th Commonwealth Games". www.srilankasports.com/. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ Weerawansa, Dinesh (17 July 2014). "Shooters on target - Manager". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ Abdeen, Jiffry (15 July 2014). "Sri Lanka table tennis team for Glasgow". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[flag-1] Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[2] "The Commonwealth Games Associations". www.glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

[a-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Wasala, Chinthana (27 June 2014). "Nishanthe Piyasena appointed Chef-de Mission". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[4] Mackay, Duncan (29 June 2014). "Sri Lanka appoint Chef de Mission for Glasgow 2014". Insidethegames. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[5] "Athletics-Sri Lanka will field 13 competitors in Athletics for the 20th Commonwealth Games". www.srilankasports.com/. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[6] Weerawansa, Dinesh (17 July 2014). "Shooters on target - Manager". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[7] Abdeen, Jiffry (15 July 2014). "Sri Lanka table tennis team for Glasgow". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 17 July 2014.

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