Sri Lanka at the 2012 Summer Olympics 50 metre rifle prone competitions in the qualifying round but did not score enough points to advance. Neither Unamboowe nor Udugampola, competing in the men's 100 metre backstroke and women's 100 metre freestyle, were fast enough to advance beyond their initial heats. Sri Lanka participated in sixteen Olympic Games between its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and the 2012 Olympic Games held in the same city. The sole exception was the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Though it was widely believed the country was participating in a boycott relating to the tour of South Africa
Guadalajara bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Guadalajara bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Guadalajara 2018 was a bid by the city of Guadalajara and the Comité Olímpico Mexicano to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On February 16, 2012, Guadalajara's bid was selected over Monterrey's bid to bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by an inner voting from the Mexico National Olympic Committee It was reported in August 2012 that the bid may be in danger due to the debt created by the 2011 Pan American Games. Guadalajara failed to become a Candidate City for the games when the IOC selected the Candidate