Sri Lanka competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.The Sri Lankan olympic committee confirmed 4 males and three females have been selected to compete in 5 sports.

[3] Susanthika Jayasinghe has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2008 summer olympics in Athletics.

Anurudha Rathnayake earned a spot in the Olympic flyweight competition with his performance at the 2007 World Championships.

Mayumi Raheem and Daniel Lee have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Swimming.

Chinthana Vidanage was given a Tripartite commission invitation to participate in the men's 69 kg class.