Sri Lanka at the World Athletics Championships

Sri Lanka at the
World Championships in Athletics
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


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


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

^ "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.