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Sri Lanka at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

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Sri Lanka at the
2022 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeSRI
National federationSri Lanka Aquatics Sports Union
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors6 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
Other related appearances
 FINA athletes (2015)

Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July. Five of the six entered swimmers could not compete due to their visa's being rejected. Aniqah Gaffoor was able to compete as she was a FINA Scholarship holder.[1]

Open water swimming

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Sri Lanka entered one male and one female open water swimmers.[2][3]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Dilanka Bandisaththamge Men's 5 km DNS
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Seneshi Herath Women's 5 km DNS

Swimming

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Sri Lanka entered four swimmers.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Akalanka Peiris 50 m backstroke Withdrawn Did not advance
100 m backstroke Withdrawn Did not advance
Dhinal Weerasinghe 50 m freestyle Withdrawn Did not advance
100 m freestyle Withdrawn Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aniqah Gaffoor 50 m butterfly 29.79 48 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:07.79 27 Did not advance
Ganga Senavirathne 100 m backstroke Withdrawn Did not advance
200 m backstroke Withdrawn Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Sivakumar, Pranaveesh (19 June 2022). "Big blow for Sri Lankan swimmers". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (PDF). Omega Timing. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (PDF). Omega Timing. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ "19th FINA World Championships Swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.