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Athletics

* Chintaki De Zoysa * Benny Fernando *

Susanthika Jayasinghe Deshabandu Kameradin Susanthika Jayasinghe (; Tamil: சுசந்திகா ஜயசிங்ஹ, born December 17, 1975) is a Sri Lankan retired sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the Olympic silver medal for t ...

* Sriyani Kulawansa * Mahesh Perera * Sugath Thilakaratne

Diving

* Janaka Biyanwila :Men's 3m Springboard ::* Preliminary Heat — 247.44 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Shooting

* Pushpamali Ramanayake * Malini Wickramasinghe * Luck Rajasinghe

Notes

References

Official Olympic ReportsSri Lanka at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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