Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2008 summer olympics in Swimming. Daniel Lee will compete in the 50 m Freestyle, Heat 6 on Thursday, August 14. Chinthana Vidanage was given a Tripartite commission invitation to participate in the men's 69 kg class. The main rights to Olympic coverage in Sri Lanka are held by Rupavahini. Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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
1984 Summer Olympics 140 National Olympic Committees took part, which was a record at the time. The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics and serve as an example of how to run the model Olympic Games. As a result of low construction costs, coupled with a heavy reliance on private corporate funding, the 1984 Olympic Games generated a profit of more than $200 million. On July 18, 2009, a 25th anniversary celebration was held in the main Olympic Stadium. The celebration included a speech by the former president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee,