Sri Lanka at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athletics

100 metres, Men John De Saram DNS
Duncan White DNS
200 metres, Men John De Saram 6 h2 r2/4
Duncan White 4 h6 r1/4
400 metres, Men John De Saram 3 h9 r1/4
Duncan White DNS
400 metres Hurdles, Men Duncan White 2 Silver
Long Jump, Men Gallage Peiris AC r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Gallage Peiris AC r1/2

Boxing

Flyweight, Men Leslie Handunge =9
Bantamweight, Men Albert Perera =5
Lightweight, Men Eddie Gray =9
Welterweight, Men Alex Obeysekera =9