Sri Lanka competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first Olympic medal since 1948. Sri Lanka has sent their ever largest number of competitors (18) for an Olympic game in this event. Medalists Athletics Sugath Thilakaratne Men's 400m Round 1 – 45.48 Round 2 – 45.54 (did not advance) Rohan Pradeep Kumar Round 1 – 46 (did not advance) Arijan Raja Ratnayake Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – 50.43 (did not advance) Ratna Kumar, Rohan Pradeep Kumar, Lanka Perera Manura, Sugath Thilakaratne, Ranga Wimalawansa Men's 4x400m Round 1 – 03:06.25 Semifinal – 03:02.89 (did not advance) Sarath Prasanna Gamage Men's Marathon Final – 2:34:39 (73rd place) Susanthika Jayasinghe Women's 100m Round 1 – 11.15 Round 2 – 11.23 Semifinal – 11.33 (did not advance) Women's 200m Round 1 – 22.53 Round 2 – 22.54 Semifinal – 22.45 Final – 22.28 (Silver medal) Damayanthi Darsha Women's 400m Round 1 – 52.13 Round 2 – 52.35 (did not advance) Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 – 13.10 Round 2 – 13.19 (did not advance) Damayanthi Darsha, Nimmi De Zoysa, Tamara Saman Deepika, Kumari Herath Pradeepa Women's 4x100m Round 1 – 44.51 (did not advance) Sailing Lalin Jirasinha Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) Race 1 – 23 Race 2 – 25 Race 3 – 25 Race 4 – (26) RET Race 5 – (26) DNC Race 6 – (26) DNC Race 7 – (26) DNC Race 8 – (26) DNC Race 9 – (26) DNC Race 10 – 25 Race 11 – 22 Final – 224 (25th place) Shooting Ruwani Abeymanne Malini Wickramasinghe Swimming Conrad Francis Men's 100m Butterfly Preliminary Heat – 57.44 (did not advance) Theekshana Ratnasekera Women's 50m Freestyle Preliminary Heat – 29.88 (did not advance) References Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site Sri Lanka at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics