# Sri Lanka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Sri Lanka's team consisted of 9 athletes (8 men and 1 woman) competing in four sports.
Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched an historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw F46 category with a new world record of 67.79 m. He claimed Sri Lanka's first ever Paralympic gold medal and also secured Sri Lanka's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Herath also served as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

The following is the list of athletes per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics (track and field) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Dinesh Priyantha Herath | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F46 | 30 August |
| Bronze | Dulan Kodithuwakku | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F64 | 30 August |

## Archery

Sri Lanka has entered one archer at Men's Individual Recurve Open.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sampath Bandara | Men's individual recurve open | 589 | 23 Q | Vivek (IND)L 2-6 | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA |

## Athletics

Sri Lanka qualified six athletes (five men and one woman).

### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Saman Subasinghe | Men's 400m T47 | 51.08 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kumudu Dissanayake | Women's 100m T47 | 13.31 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Dinesh Priyantha Herath | Men's javelin throw F46 | 67.79 WR | |
| Dulan Kodithuwakku | Men's javelin throw F64 | 65.61 PB | |
| Chaminda Hetti | Men's javelin throw F64 | 49.94 | 9 |
| Palitha Halgahawela | Men's shot put F63 | 13.40 | 5 |
| Kumudu Dissanayake | Women's long jump T47 | 4.92 PB | 9 |

## Rowing

Sri Lanka qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan. This will mark the country's sport debut at the Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mahesh Jayakody | Men's single sculls | 12:16.80 | 6 R | 11:21.31 | 5 FB | 13:12.33 | 12 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

## Wheelchair tennis

Sri Lanka qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis. Suresh Dharmasena qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Suresh Dharmasena | Men's singles | Cataldo (CHI) L (3–6, 4–6) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 33 |