| South Sudan at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SSD |
| NOC | South Sudan National Olympic Committee |
| inParis, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) | |
| Competitors | 14 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Kuany Kuany &Lucia Moris |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Abraham Guem |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Sudan (1960–) Independent Olympic Athletes (2012) | |
South Sudan competed at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in2016. The delegation consisted of 14 athletes:Abraham Guem andLucia Moris in athletics, and a team of 12 basketball players. TheSouth 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 theopening ceremony, and Guem was the flagbearer at theclosing ceremony.
South Sudan gained its independence fromSudan in 2011, but theSouth Sudanese Civil War made it difficult for the nation to garner the support of five sport federations as required for itsNational Olympic Committee to gain recognition by theInternational Olympic Committee.[1]Guor Marial, a South Sudanese refugee living in the United States, competed in themen's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did so as anIndependent Olympic Athlete after refusing to compete forSudan.[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 andLucia Moris served as the team's flagbearers in the2024 opening ceremony,[5] whileAbraham Guem was the sole flagbearer in the closing ceremony.[6]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2[7] |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12[8] |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 14 |
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 byEmmanuel Wanyonyi ofKenya; the silver was won byMarco Arop ofCanada, and the bronze was earned byDjamel Sedjati ofAlgeria.[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 byJulien Alfred ofSaint Lucia, the silver bySha'Carri Richardson of America, and the bronze byMelissa Jefferson ofAmerica.[17]
| 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 | ||||||
TheSouth Sudan men's national basketball team qualified for themen's basketball tournament by being the highest rank from the African zone in2023 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 RicoW 90–79 |  United StatesL 86–103 |  SerbiaL 85–96 | 3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
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]
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| Pos | Team | 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 |
28 July 2024 11:00 |
| South Sudan | 90–79 | Puerto Rico |
| 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) |
31 July 2024 21:00 |
| United States | 103–86 | South Sudan |
| 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) |
3 August 2024 21:00 |
| Serbia | 96–85 | South Sudan |
| 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) |
