The team consisted of 484 athletes (257 men and 227 women) in all 23 sports.

[1] Athlete Manjula Kumara was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.

[2] Kyle Abeysinghe Shehan De Silva, Mathew Abeysinghe Sri Lanka's team consists of 69 athletes (41 men and 28 women)[3] Sri Lanka's women's team was announced on 3 February 2016.

Sri Lanka's team consists of eight athletes (four men and four women).

[5] Sri Lanka's team consists of fifteen athletes (eight men and seven women).