South Sudan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

South Sudan at the
2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code| SSD
NOC| South Sudan National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors| 14 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)| Kuany Kuany & Lucia Moris
Flag bearer (closing)| Abraham Guem
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Other related appearances
Sudan (1960–)
Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)

South Sudan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 2016. The delegation consisted of 14 athletes: Abraham Guem and Lucia Moris in athletics, and a team of 12 basketball players. The South Sudan National Olympic Committee was formed and recognised by the IOC in 2015.

South Sudan did not win any medals during the Paris Olympics. Kuany Kuany and Moris were the flagbearers in the opening ceremony, and Guem was the flagbearer at the closing ceremony.

## Background

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South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in 2011, but the South Sudanese Civil War made it difficult for the nation to garner the support of five sport federations as required for its National Olympic Committee to gain recognition by the International Olympic Committee.[1] Guor Marial, a South Sudanese refugee living in the United States, competed in the men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did so as an Independent Olympic Athlete after refusing to compete for Sudan.[2] South Sudan became the 206th IOC member in August 2015, with the affiliations of track and field, basketball, association football, handball, judo, table tennis, and taekwondo.[1]

The 2024 Summer Olympics were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in Paris, France.[3] South Sudan sent a delegation of 14 athletes.[4] Kuany Kuany and Lucia Moris served as the team's flagbearers in the 2024 opening ceremony,[5] while Abraham Guem was the sole flagbearer in the closing ceremony.[6]

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2[7]
Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12[8]
Total | 13 | 1 | 14

## Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Sudan was represented by one male and one female athlete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in athletics: Guem in the men's 800 metres run and Moris in the women's 100 metres run.[7] Both qualified via universality place.[9][10][a] This was Guem's second appearance at the Olympics.[9] On 7 August, he participated in the heats of the men's 800 metre race in heat one. He finished the race in 1:48.74 seconds, last out of nine competitors in his heat, and failed to advanced to the semi-finals, however he did qualify for the repechage round.[12] In the repechage round, which took place on 8 August, Guem was put into heat four. He finished the race with a time of 1:49.45 seconds, eighth out of nine athletes in his heat, and failed to advance to the semifinals.[13] The gold medal was eventually won in 1:41.19 seconds by Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya; the silver was won by Marco Arop of Canada, and the bronze was earned by Djamel Sedjati of Algeria.[14]

Moris also made her second appearance at this Olympics.[15] On 2 August, she participated in the preliminaries of the women's 100 metres race in heat one. She did not finish the race, and failed to advance to the first round.[16] The gold medal was won in 10.72 seconds by Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, the silver by Sha'Carri Richardson of America, and the bronze by Melissa Jefferson of America.[17]

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* DNF = Did not finish

Track events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat/Preliminaries  | Repechage/Round 1  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Abraham Guem | Men's 800 m | 1:48.74  | 9  | 1:49.45  | 8  | Did not advance
Lucia Moris | Women's 100 m | DNF | Did not advance

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

### 5×5 basketball

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Main articles: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The South Sudan men's national basketball team qualified for the men's basketball tournament by being the highest rank from the African zone in 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[18] It was the first time that the nation had qualified for an Olympic football competition.[19] In the group stage they defeated Puerto Rico, 90–79 on 28 July, lost to the USA, 86–103 on 31 July, and lost again to Serbia, 85–96 on 3 August. They failed to advance to the quarterfinals.[20] The tournament was won by the USA after beating France in the finals, 98–87.[21]

Summary

Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
South Sudan men's | Men's tournament |  Puerto Rico
W 90–79  |  United States
L 86–103  |  Serbia
L 85–96  | 3  | Did not advance  | 9

Team roster

A 50-player roster was announced on 30 April 2024.[22] It was cut to 25 players on 3 June 2024.[23] The roster was announced on 24 July 2024.[24][25]

South Sudan men's national basketball team – 2024 Olympics roster

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | No. | Name | Age – Date of birth | Height | Club | Ctr.

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PG | 4  | Carlik Jones | 26 – (1997-12-23)23 December 1997  | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  | Partizan |
F | 5  | Nuni Omot | 29 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Ningbo Rockets |
C | 6  | Khaman Maluach | 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006  | 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)  | Duke Blue Devils |
SF | 7  | Bul Kuol | 27 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997  | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  | Sydney Kings |
SF | 8  | Kuany Kuany (C)  | 30 – (1994-07-08)8 July 1994  | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  | Free agent |
F/C | 9  | Wenyen Gabriel | 27 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997  | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
PF | 10  | JT Thor | 21 – (2002-08-26)26 August 2002  | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Charlotte Hornets |
SG | 11  | Marial Shayok | 29 – (1995-07-26)26 July 1995  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin |
PG | 12  | Jackson Makoi | 24 – (2000-07-03)3 July 2000  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Cairns Taipans |
PF | 13  | Majok Deng | 31 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993  | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | Tasmania JackJumpers |
SG | 14  | Peter Jok | 30 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994  | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | Ottawa BlackJacks |
G | 15  | Sunday Dech | 30 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | East Perth Eagles |

Head coach

* Royal Ivey[26]

Assistant coach(es)

* /  Luol Deng[27]
* Fortune Solomon[28]

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Club – describes last
club before the tournament
* Age – describes age
on 27 July 2024

Group play

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 317  | 253  | +64  | 6  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Serbia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 287  | 261  | +26  | 5
3  |  South Sudan | 3  | 1  | 2  | 261  | 278  | −17  | 4  |
4  |  Puerto Rico | 3  | 0  | 3  | 228  | 301  | −73  | 3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

28 July 2024
11:00

Boxscore

South Sudan | 90-79 |  Puerto Rico

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Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 28–26, 23–15, 19–10
Pts: Jones 19
Rebs: Gabriel 9
Asts: Jones 6 |  | Pts: Alvarado 26
Rebs: Conditt IV, Romero 6
Asts: Alvarado 5

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,021
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Takaki Kato (JPN), Martin Vulić (CRO)

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31 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

United States | 103-86 |  South Sudan

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Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–22, 18–21, 30–29
Pts: Adebayo 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Booker 6 |  | Pts: Omot 24
Rebs: Gabriel 10
Asts: Jones 7

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,056
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Takaki Kato (JPN)

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3 August 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Serbia | 96-85 |  South Sudan

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Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18
Pts: Bogdanović 30
Rebs: Jokić 13
Asts: Bogdanović 8 |  | Pts: Jones, Shayok 17
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Jones 10

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,916
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG)

## Notes

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1. ^ Universality places are places awarded to countries that send small delegations to the Olympics. They let the nations' best athlete qualify for the Olympics.[11]

## References

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1. ^ a b "South Sudan to compete in Rio after becoming 206th Olympic nation". The Guardian. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. ^ Chodos, Ben (27 July 2012). "Guor Marial: South Sudanese Runner Is Not a Man Without a Country". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
3. ^ "When the 2024 Paris Olympics start, end this summer". NBC Chicago. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. ^ Cunningham, Mary; Johnston, Taylor (30 July 2024). "How many athletes compete in the Olympics, and more details by the numbers for the 2024 Paris Games". CBS. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
5. ^ "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
6. ^ "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 closing ceremony including Alex Yee and Katie Ledecky". The Independent. 11 August 2024. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
7. ^ a b "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
8. ^ "South Sudan announces final roster for Paris Olympics". basketnews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
9. ^ a b "Abraham GUEM". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
10. ^ "Lucia MORIS". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
11. ^ "What are Olympic universality places and how many countries will be represented in Paris?".
12. ^ "OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHM800M

--RND1000100--.pdf" (PDF). International Olympic Committee.
13. ^ "OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHM800M

--REP-000400--.pdf" (PDF). International Olympic Committee.
14. ^ "OG2024_ATH_C73C1_ATHM800M

--FNL-000100--.pdf" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
15. ^ "MORIS Lucia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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--PREL000100--.pdf" (PDF). International Olympic Committee.
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--FNL-000100--.pdf" (PDF). International Olympic Committee.
18. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023: South Sudan clinch historic Paris 2024 Olympic berth". International Olympic Committee. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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20. ^ "South Sudan Team Profile - Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
21. ^ "France vs USA - Final - Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
22. ^ "50 names, huge potential for South Sudan Olympic team". fiba.basketball. May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
23. ^ @SSBFed (3 June 2024). "SSBF social update" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 June 2024 - via Twitter.
24. ^ "South Sudan announces final roster for Paris Olympics". BasketballNews.com. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
25. ^ South Sudan Basketball [@SSBFed] (24 July 2024). "Olympics Roster" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
26. ^ "Team roster: South Sudan" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. p. 10. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
27. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: South Sudan's basketball revolution and its boundless potential". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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