List of Sri Lankan records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Sri Lanka maintained by Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
Awaiting ratification
Record not kept by SLA
Not ratified or later rescinded by SLA
Men
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref.
|
100 m
|
10.06 (−0.2 m/s)
|
Yupun Abeykoon
|
25 May 2022
|
International Athletics Meeting "Anhalt 2022"
|
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
|
[1]
|
9.96 (+1.6 m/s)
|
Yupun Abeykoon
|
3 July 2022
|
Resisprint International
|
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
|
[2]
|
150 m (bend)
|
15.16 (+1.4 m/s)
|
Yupun Abeykoon
|
24 April 2022
|
Perseo Trophy
|
Rieti, Italy
|
[3]
|
200 m
|
20.37 (+0.1 m/s)
|
Yupun Abeykoon
|
22 May 2022
|
12th Castiglione International Meeting
|
Grosseto, Italy
|
[4]
|
400 m
|
44.61
|
Sugath Thilakaratne
|
20 July 1998
|
Asian Championships
|
Fukuoka, Japan
|
|
800 m
|
1:47.13 A
|
Indunil Herath
|
16 June 2018
|
Kenyan President's Cup
|
Nairobi, Kenya
|
[5]
|
1500 m
|
3:39.61
|
Chaminda Wijekoon
|
30 August 2011
|
World Championships
|
Daegu, South Korea
|
[6]
|
3000 m
|
8:02.91
|
Chaminda Wijekoon
|
12 June 2011
|
Meeting di Primavera
|
Mondovì, Italy
|
[7]
|
5000 m
|
14:08.5 h
|
Kathan A. Chandradas
|
20 February 2004
|
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
|
10,000 m
|
29:18.0 h
|
Lucien Sellapuliage B. Rosa
|
13 May 1975
|
|
Arkansas City, United States
|
|
10 km (road)
|
29:44
|
Anuradha Cooray
|
20 May 2012
|
Bristol 10K
|
Bristol, United Kingdom
|
[8]
|
Half marathon
|
1:04:45
|
Anuradha Cooray
|
10 May 2015
|
Run Hackney Half Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
[9]
|
25 km (road)
|
1:19:24+
|
Anuradha Cooray
|
26 April 2015
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
[10]
|
30 km (road)
|
1:35:13+
|
Anuradha Cooray
|
26 April 2015
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
[10]
|
Marathon
|
2:13:47
|
Anuradha Cooray
|
26 April 2015
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
[10]
|
110 m hurdles
|
13.89 (+1.6 m/s)
|
Roshan Dhammika
|
30 October 2021
|
Sri Lankan Championships
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[11]
|
13.82 (+0.4 m/s)
|
Janidu Lakvijaya
|
20 March 2023
|
National Trials
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[12]
|
400 m hurdles
|
49.44
|
Harijan Ratnayake
|
31 August 2000
|
Asian Championships
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
|
3000 m steeplechase
|
8:45.53
|
Shanta Mendis
|
28 June 1998
|
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
|
High jump
|
2.30 m
|
Ushan Thiwanka
|
8 May 2021
|
Lone Star Conference Championships
|
Canyon, United States
|
[13]
|
Pole vault
|
5.11 m
|
M.H. Ishara Sandaruwan
|
1 June 2017
|
National Trials
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[14]
|
5.16 m
|
Sachin Eranga Sanith
|
30 March 2023
|
58th National Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[15]
|
5.17
|
Arunthavarasa Puvitharan
|
31 March 2024
|
59th Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[16]
|
Long jump
|
8.15 m NWI
|
W. P. Amila Jayasiri
|
16 August 2016
|
Defense Service Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[17]
|
Triple jump
|
16.71 m (−0.5 m/s)
|
Greshan Dananjaya
|
22 February 2019
|
National Trials
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[18]
|
16.72 m (+1.5 m/s)
|
Greshan Dananjaya
|
31 March 2023
|
58th National Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[19]
|
Shot put
|
17.55 m
|
Charith Kapukotuwa
|
1 June 2017
|
National Trials
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[14]
|
Discus throw
|
56.40 m
|
Gayan Jayawardane
|
3 August 2018
|
96th National Championship
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[20]
|
Hammer throw
|
52.53 m
|
Charith Kapukotuwa
|
1 May 2015
|
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships
|
Pueblo, United States
|
[21]
|
Javelin throw
|
83.04 m
|
Sumeda Ranasinghe
|
3 December 2015
|
South Asian Games athletic trials
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[22]
|
85.45 m
|
Rumesh Tharanga
|
15 June 2024
|
Asian Throwing Championships
|
Mokpo, South Korea
|
[23]
|
Decathlon
|
7096 pts h
|
Ajith Kumara Karunathilaka
|
31 August–1 September 2017
|
95th National Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[24]
|
100 m (wind)
|
Long jump (wind)
|
Shot put
|
High jump
|
400 m
|
110 m h (wind)
|
Discus
|
Pole vault
|
Javelin
|
1500 m
|
11.09 NWI
|
7.12 m
|
9.85 m
|
1.89 m
|
49.8 h
|
15.10
|
31.01 m
|
4.60 m
|
56.02 m
|
4:48.96
|
|
|
7356 pts h[a]
|
Ajith Karunathilaka
|
3–4 August 2018
|
96th National Championships
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[25]
|
100 m (wind)
|
Long jump (wind)
|
Shot put
|
High jump
|
400 m
|
110 m h (wind)
|
Discus
|
Pole vault
|
Javelin
|
1500 m
|
11.14 (NWI)
|
7.35 m (NWI)
|
10.83 m
|
1.90 m
|
49.36 (ht)
|
14.79 (NWI)
|
36.14 m
|
4.40 m
|
58.89 m
|
4:49.83
|
|
|
10,000 m walk (track)
|
45:12.22
|
P.H.S.L.Fernando
|
30 March 2023
|
58th National Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[26]
|
20 km walk (road)
|
1:30:10
|
Shamila Chandika
|
19 February 2017
|
Indian Racewalking Championships
|
New Delhi, India
|
|
50 km walk (road)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
39.08
|
Sri Lanka Himasha Eashan Shehan Ambepitiya Vinoj De Silva Mohamed Ashrafu
|
14 April 2018
|
Commonwealth Games
|
Gold Coast, Australia
|
[27]
|
4 × 200 m relay
|
1:22.93
|
Armed Forces Team P. Niku P.L. Kodikara A. Darshana A.S.M. Safan
|
13 March 2024
|
59th Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[28]
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:02.71
|
Sri Lanka Manura Lanka V Ratnakumara Ranga Wimalawansa Rohan Pradeepkumara
|
31 August 2000
|
Asian Championships
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
|
3:01.56
|
Sri Lanka Aruna Dharshana Ranjith Niranjan Pabasara Niku Kalinga Kumarage
|
16 July 2023
|
Asian Championships
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
[29]
|
4 × 1500 m relay
|
15:51.3 h
|
Gamunu Watch H.K.P. Kumara M.S.R. Wijeewickrama G.I. Dharshana Lanka G.R. Chathuranga
|
4 October 2017
|
Army Athletics Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[30]
|
Women
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref.
|
100 y
|
11.14+ (−0.1 m/s)
|
Anoma Sooriyaarachchi
|
31 May 2011
|
Golden Spike Ostrava
|
Ostrava, Czech Republic
|
[31]
|
100 m
|
11.04 (−0.3 m/s)
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
9 September 2000
|
|
Yokohama, Japan
|
|
150 m (bend)
|
16.82+ (+1.7 m/s)
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
31 August 2007
|
World Championships
|
Okaka, Japan
|
|
200 m
|
22.28 (+0.7 m/s)
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
28 September 2000
|
Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
|
400 m
|
51.05
|
Damayanthi Dharsha
|
30 August 2000
|
Asian Championships
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
|
600 m
|
1:24.84
|
Tharushi Karunarathna
|
18 June 2024
|
XIX Reunión Internacional Villa de Bilbao
|
Bilbao, Spain
|
[32]
|
800 m
|
2:01.44
|
Gayanthika Abeyrathne
|
March 2022
|
Centenary National Athletics Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[33]
|
2:01.20
|
Gayanthika Abeyrathne
|
2 August 2022
|
Commonwealth Games
|
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
[34]
|
2:00.66
|
Tharushi Karunarathna
|
16 July 2023
|
Asian Championships
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
[35][36]
|
1500 m
|
4:09.12
|
Gayanthika Abeyratne
|
30 October 2021
|
Sri Lankan Championships
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[37]
|
Mile
|
5:01.57
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
19 April 2013
|
Kentucky Heart of Bluegrass Classic
|
Lexington, United States
|
[38]
|
3000 m
|
9:41.44
|
Kusumalatha Samarakoon
|
22 October 1995
|
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
|
5000 m
|
15:55.84
|
Gayanthika Abeyratne
|
31 October 2021
|
Sri Lankan Championships
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[37]
|
5 km (road)
|
17:34+
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 February 2018
|
Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
|
Mesa, United States
|
[citation needed]
|
16:02+ A [b]
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 July 2019
|
Deseret News Marathon 10K run
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[39]
|
10,000 m
|
33:55.06
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
9 June 2018
|
Portland Track Festival
|
Portland, United States
|
[40]
|
10 km (road)
|
35:09+
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 February 2018
|
Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
|
Mesa, United States
|
[citation needed]
|
33:31.6 A a [c]
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 July 2019
|
Deseret News Marathon 10K run
|
Salt Lake City, United States
|
[39]
|
15 km (road)
|
52:44+
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 February 2018
|
Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
|
Mesa, United States
|
[citation needed]
|
Half marathon
|
1:14:07
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
24 February 2018
|
Phoenix Mesa Half Marathon
|
Mesa, United States
|
[41]
|
25 km (road)
|
1:32:53+
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
14 January 2018
|
Houston Marathon
|
Houston, United States
|
[42]
|
30 km (road)
|
1:48:20+
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
28 April 2019
|
Düsseldorf Marathon
|
Düsseldorf, Germany
|
[43]
|
Marathon
|
2:34:10
|
Hiruni Wijayaratne
|
28 April 2019
|
Düsseldorf Marathon
|
Düsseldorf, Germany
|
[44]
|
100 m hurdles
|
12.91 (+1.2 m/s)
|
Sriyani Kulawansa
|
29 July 1996
|
Olympic Games
|
Atlanta, United States
|
|
400 m hurdles
|
56.45
|
Christine Merrill
|
8 June 2013
|
Imperial USATF Association Championships
|
Chula Vista, United States
|
[45]
|
2000 m steeplechase
|
6:33.06
|
Parami Wasanthi Maristela
|
12 October 2018
|
Youth Olympic Games
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
[46]
|
3000 m steeplechase
|
9:40.24
|
Nilani Ratnayake
|
9 April 2022
|
Centenary National Athletics Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[47]
|
High jump
|
1.85 m
|
Priyangika Madumanthi
|
8 March 2008
|
South Asian Championships
|
Kochi, India
|
|
Pole vault
|
3.65 m
|
Sachini Perera
|
10 February 2022
|
1st Selection Trials Meeting
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[48]
|
Long jump
|
6.65 m (−1.4 m/s)
|
Sarangi de Silva
|
12 February 2022
|
1st Selection Trials Meeting
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[49]
|
Triple jump
|
13.66 m (+1.6 m/s)
|
H.D. Vidusha Lakshani
|
18 August 2019
|
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
|
Shot put
|
15.25 m
|
Tharika Fernando
|
30 September 2016
|
National Sports Festival
|
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
|
[50]
|
Discus throw
|
49.67 m
|
Emma De Silva
|
7 April 2018
|
|
Berkeley, United States
|
|
Hammer throw
|
48.76 m
|
A.W.A.S.M. Amarasinghe
|
24 September 2017
|
43rd National Sports Festival
|
Matara, Sri Lanka
|
|
Javelin throw
|
60.64 m
|
Nadeeka Lakmali
|
16 July 2013
|
Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces Inter-Regiment Athletics Championship
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[51]
|
60.93 m
|
Dilhani Lekamge
|
12 July 2023
|
Asian Championships
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
[52]
|
61.57 m
|
Dilhani Lekamge
|
3 October 2023
|
Asian Games
|
Hangzhou, China
|
[53]
|
Heptathlon
|
4879 pts h
|
W.V. Lakshika Sugandhi
|
31 August–1 September 2017
|
Sri Lankan Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
|
100m H (wind)
|
High jump
|
Shot put
|
200m (wind)
|
Long jump (wind)
|
Javelin
|
800m
|
14.47 NWI
|
1.51 m
|
9.56 m
|
25.22 NWI
|
5.68 m NWI
|
29.40 m
|
2:25.7 h
|
|
|
4906 pts h
|
Lakshika Sugandhi
|
3–4 August 2018
|
96th National Championship
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
[54]
|
100m H (wind)
|
High jump
|
Shot put
|
200m (wind)
|
Long jump (wind)
|
Javelin
|
800m
|
14.30 NWI
|
1.45 m
|
8.83 m
|
24.82 NWI
|
5.85 m NWI
|
30.70 m
|
2:25.25 h
|
|
|
10,000 m walk (track)
|
49:25.97
|
U. V. Kalhari Madirika
|
30 March 2023
|
58th National Army Championships
|
Diyagama, Sri Lanka
|
[55]
|
20 km walk (road)
|
1:39:12
|
Gallage Geetha Nandana
|
11 February 2006
|
|
Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
43.89
|
Sri Lanka Susanthika Jayasinghe Anoma Sooriyaarachchi Nimmi de Zoysa Damayanthi Dharsha
|
11 August 2001
|
World Championships
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
[56]
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:35.06
|
Sri Lanka Nadeesha Ramanayake Dilshi Kumarasinghe U Rathnakumari Nimali Liyanaarachchi
|
24 April 2019
|
Asian Championships
|
Doha, Qatar
|
[57]
|
3:33.27
|
Sri Lanka Nadeesha Ramanayake Lakshima Mendis Nishendra Harshani Fernando Tharushi Dissanayaka
|
16 July 2023
|
Asian Championships
|
Bangkok, Thailand
|
[58]
|
3:30.88
|
Sri Lanka Nadeesha Ramanayake Jayeshi Uththara Lakshima Mendis Tharushi Karunarathna
|
4 October 2023
|
Asian Games
|
Hangzhou, China
|
[59]
|
Mixed
Indoor
Men
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref.
|
60 m
|
6.59
|
Yupun Abeykoon
|
24 January 2021
|
|
Ancona, Italy
|
[64]
|
200 m
|
22.20
|
Manura Lanka Perera
|
30 January 2005
|
|
Genova, Italy
|
|
23.15
|
Kathan Yohanathan
|
3 March 2013
|
|
Rud, Iran
|
|
24.03
|
Chamika Thalagalage Don
|
3 January 2016
|
|
Eaubonne, France
|
|
400 m
|
46.76
|
Sugath Tillakaratne
|
12 February 2001
|
|
Vienna, Austria
|
|
800 m
|
1:49.45
|
Indunil Herath Ekanayaka
|
20 September 2017
|
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
|
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
|
[65]
|
1500 m
|
4:18.59
|
Prince Satkunarajah
|
18 January 2015
|
|
Eaubonne, France
|
|
3000 m
|
9:45.71
|
Anusan Rajeentan
|
14 March 2010
|
|
Hanau, Germany
|
|
60 m hurdles
|
8.02
|
Supun Viraj Randeniya
|
11 March 2016
|
|
Pittsburgh, United States
|
|
7.90
|
Chaminda Fonseka
|
14 February 1998
|
|
Sindelfingen, Germany
|
|
High jump
|
2.26 m
|
Ushan Thiwanka
|
12 March 2021
|
NCAA Division II Championships
|
Birmingham, United States
|
[66]
|
2.27 m
|
Ushan Thiwanka
|
25 February 2022
|
Lone Star Conference Championships
|
Lubbock, United States
|
[67]
|
Pole vault
|
3.00 m [d]
|
Lucas Saint George Carington Raj
|
24 November 2001
|
|
Amiens, France
|
|
Long jump
|
7.75 m
|
Benildus Fernando
|
24 February 1995
|
|
Lincoln, United States
|
|
Triple jump
|
15.25 m A
|
Manjula Wijesekara
|
21 January 2006
|
|
Albuquerque, United States
|
|
Shot put
|
17.75 m[68]
|
Charith Kapukotuwa
|
15 March 2014
|
NCAA Division II Championships
|
Winston-Salem, United States
|
[69]
|
Weight throw
|
18.63 m
|
Charith Kapukotuwa
|
25 January 2014
|
Stadium Sports Grill
|
Spearfish, United States
|
[70]
|
Heptathlon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
60m
|
Long jump
|
Shot put
|
High jump
|
60m H
|
Pole vault
|
1000m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5000 m walk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:11.29
|
Sri Lanka Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara Rohitha Pushpakumara Shivantha. M. Weerasooriya Ashok K. Jayasundara
|
1 November 2007
|
Asian Games
|
Macau
|
|
Women
Event
|
Record
|
Athlete
|
Date
|
Meet
|
Place
|
Ref.
|
50 m
|
6.31+
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
25 February 2001
|
Meeting Pas de Calais
|
Liévin, France
|
|
60 m
|
7.09
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
7 February 1999
|
Sparkassen Cup
|
Stuttgart, Germany
|
|
200 m
|
22.99
|
Susanthika Jayasinghe
|
9 March 2001
|
World Championships
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
[71]
|
400 m
|
54.61
|
Damayanthi Dharsha
|
14 March 2003
|
|
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
|
800 m
|
2:04.88
|
Nimali Liyanarachchi
|
21 February 2016
|
Asian Championships
|
Doha, Qatar
|
|
1500 m
|
4:37.10
|
Eranga Rasika Dulakshi
|
19 February 2016
|
Asian Championships
|
Doha, Qatar
|
[72]
|
Mile
|
5:04.51
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Hiruni Wijayaratne
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7 February 2014
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Blacksburg, United States
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5:03.25 OT
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Hiruni Wijayaratne
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18 January 2014
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Kentucky Invitational
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Lexington, United States
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[73]
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3000 m
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9:46.35 OT
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Hiruni Wijayaratne
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26 January 2013
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Rod McCravy Memorial Meet
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Lexington, United States
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60 m hurdles
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High jump
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1.75 m
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Priyangika Madumanthi
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2 November 2009
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Asian Games
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Pole vault
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Long jump
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6.06 m
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C.D.Priyadharshani Nawanage
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13 March 2010
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World Championships
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Doha, Qatar
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[75]
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Triple jump
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12.51 m
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Vidusha Heenatimullage
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19 September 2017
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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
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Shot put
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Pentathlon
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60m H
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800m
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4 × 400 m relay
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Notes
- ^ not ratified by SLA but recognized by World Athletics
- ^ not legal by IAAF source
- ^ not legal by IAAF source
- ^ exhibition
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