# Sri Lanka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sri Lanka participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Sri Lanka made its Youth Olympics (and Olympics) debut in three sports it qualified in: archery, basketball and gymnastics. Sri Lanka also made its Youth Olympics debut in the sport of shooting.
Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's first ever Youth Olympics medal, a bronze in the girls' 2000 metre steeplechase athletics event.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 8 | 13 |

## Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage | Badminton | Mixed teams | 12 October |
| Bronze | Parami Wasanthi Maristela | Athletics | Girls' 2000 metre steeplechase | 15 October |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medals by day :
| Day | | | | Total |
| 15 October | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Archery

Sri Lanka qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ravien Dalpatadu | Boys' singles | 667 | 14 Q | Hazael Jesus Rodríguez Valero (CUB) W 6–5 | Feng Hao (CHN) W 6–5 | Artem Ovchynnikov (UKR) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ravien Dalpatadu (SRI) Isabella Bassi (CHI) | Mixed team | 1298 | 20 Q | Hendrik Õun (EST) Nicole Marie Tagle (PHI) L 4–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |

## Athletics

Sri Lanka qualified two athletes. On the first day of the Asian trials held in Bangkok, Thailand, Sri Lanka won two quotas. Dilan Bogoda took first place in the boys' 400 metres event, while Parami Wasanthi Maristela won the 2000 metres steeplechase in a world leading team to qualify. On the second day of trials, high jumper Seniru Amarasinghe qualified in second place with the third ranked jump in the world (in the age category), while sprinter Shelinda Jansen qualified in third position.

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Dilan Bogoda | Boys' 400 m | 48.52 PB | 5 | 48.81 | 7 | 1:37.33 | 7 |
| Shalinda Jansen | Girls' 200 m | 25.00 | 11 | 24.07 PB | 9 | 49.07 | 9 |
| Parami Wasanthi Maristela | Girls' 2000 metre steeplechase | 6:33.06 PB | 3 | 13:47 | 17 (4) | 7 | |
* Total refers to the placement of round 1 added to the placement in round 2 in the women's 2000 m steeplechase event. The second round will be held as part of the cross-country race.

### Field event

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position | Total | Rank |
| Seniru Amarasinghe | Boys' high jump | 2.05 | =4 | 2.14 | 4 | 4.19 | 4 |

## Badminton

Sri Lanka qualified a girls' quota after it was reallocated to the country from an unused tripartie commission universality spot.

### Girl

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage | Singles | Jiménez (DOM) W 2–0 (21–14, 21–16) | Chaiwan (THA) L 0–2 (5–21, 12–21) | Ilori (NGR) W 2–0 (21–8, 21–9) | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Team Alpha Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage (SRI) Lakshya Sen (IND) Giovanni Toti (ITA) Vannthoun Vath (CAM) Brian Yang (CAN) Maria Delcheva (BUL) Jennie Gai (USA) Ashwathi Pillai (SWE) | Mixed Teams | Epsilon (MIX) W 110–98 | Delta (MIX) L 99–110 | Zeta (MIX) W 110–103 | 2 Q | Gamma (MIX) W 110–94 | Theta (MIX) W 110–90 | Omega (MIX) W 110–106 | |

## Basketball

Sri Lanka qualified a girls' basketball team of four athletes. This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Youth Olympics.

### Girls' tournament

| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Leia Hamza Fathima Morseth Rashmi Perera Nihari Perera | Girls' tournament | Egypt (EGY) W 17–15 | United States (USA) L 8–21 | Ukraine (UKR) L 6–18 | Venezuela (VEN) L 10–21 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Skills Competition

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
| Leia Hamza | Shoot-out Contest | 3 | 28.3 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rashmi Perera | Shoot-out Contest | 1 | 29.5 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Sri Lanka qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.

#### Individual Qualification

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Milka Gehani | Individual | 12.833 | 8.966 | 11.333 | 11.266 | 44.298 | 28 |

### Multidiscipline

| Team | Athlete | Acrobatic | Artistic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Total points | Rank |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Anastassiya Arkhipova (KAZ) Dmitriy Nemerenko (KAZ) | 15 | — | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Uri Zeidel (ISR) | — | 105 | — | — | | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Sergey Naidin | — | 31 | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Mathys Cordule (FRA) | — | 21 | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Zarith Imaan Khalid (MAS) | — | 41 | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Lisa Zimmermann (GER) | — | 36 | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Milka Dona (SRI) | — | 33 | — | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Natalie Garcia (CAN) | — | — | 19 | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Ioanna Magopoulou (GRE) | — | — | 28 | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Ketevan Arbolishvili (GEO) | — | — | 42 | — | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Takumi Fujimoto (JPN) | — | — | — | 20 | 410 | 9 |
| Team Nadia Comăneci (Yellow) | Michelle Mares (MEX) | — | — | — | 19 | 410 | 9 |

## Shooting

Sri Lanka received a reallocated spot in the boys' 10 m air rifle event.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Chanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage | 10m air rifle | 610.6 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chanidu Seanayake Mudiyanselage (SRI) Anna Janssen (GER) | Mixed 10 m air rifle | 819.0 | 14 Q | Hayk Babayan (ARM) Victoria Rossiter (AUS) L 9–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Sri Lanka qualified one male swimmer. Akalanka Peiris met the A or B standard times for all of his events.

### Boy

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Akalanka Peiris | 50 m backstroke | 26.33 NR | 9 Q | 26.36 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Akalanka Peiris | 100 m backstroke | 57.34 | 16 Q | 57.35 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Akalanka Peiris | 50 m butterfly | 25.18 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |