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South Sudan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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South Sudan at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSSD
NOCSouth Sudan National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors14 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Kuany Kuany & Lucia Moris
Flag bearer (closing)Abraham Guem
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Basketball 12 0 12
Total 13 1 14

Athletics

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South Sudan sent two middle-distance runners to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

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 Preliminary Heat Semifinal Final
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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5×5 basketball

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Summary

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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

Men's tournament

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For the first time in the history, the South Sudan men's basketball team, the youngest basketball nation in Olympic history, qualified for Paris, through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, as the highest rank from African zone.[2]

Team roster

A 50-player roster was announced on 30 April 2024.[3] It was cut to 25 players on 3 June 2024.[4] The roster was announced on 24 July 2024.[5][6]

South Sudan men's national basketball team – 2024 Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Carlik Jones 26 – (1997-12-23)23 December 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Partizan Serbia
F 5 Nuni Omot 29 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ningbo Rockets China
C 6 Khaman Maluach 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Duke Blue Devils United States
SF 7 Bul Kuol 27 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sydney Kings Australia
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 Israel
PF 10 JT Thor 21 – (2002-08-26)26 August 2002 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Charlotte Hornets United States
SG 11 Marial Shayok 29 – (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin China
PG 12 Jackson Makoi 24 – (2000-07-03)3 July 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cairns Taipans Australia
PF 13 Majok Deng 31 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Tasmania JackJumpers Australia
SG 14 Peter Jok 30 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ottawa BlackJacks Canada
G 15 Sunday Dech 30 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) East Perth Eagles Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 July 2024
Group play

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
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)


References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023: South Sudan clinch historic Paris 2024 Olympic berth". International Olympic Committee. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "50 names, huge potential for South Sudan Olympic team". fiba.basketball. May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ @SSBFed (3 June 2024). "SSBF social update" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 June 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "South Sudan announces final roster for Paris Olympics". BasketballNews.com. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ South Sudan Basketball [@SSBFed] (24 July 2024). "Olympics Roster" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Team roster: South Sudan" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 10. Retrieved 25 July 2024.