Sri Lanka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Sri Lanka arrived in Manchester for their twelfth Commonwealth Games, bringing a total of 31 male and 25 female athletes competing in athletics, badminton, boxing, netball, rugby sevens, shooting squash, swimming and weightlifting.
This large team failed to win any medals, a disappointment compared to the previous two games and the following one in Melbourne.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Netball
Sri Lanka finished 8th in the netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. They lost to Fiji 80–42 in the 7th/8th playoff match.;Pool A
;Table
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 365 | 101 | +264 | 8 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 278 | 145 | +133 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 251 | -113 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 286 | -149 | 2 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 156 | 291 | -135 | 0 |
;7th/10th classification
;7th/8th playoff
;Squad