South Sudan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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South Sudan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Sudan.svg
IOC code SSD
NOC South Sudan National Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors2 in 1 sport
Flag bearers (opening) Lucia Moris
Abraham Guem
Flag bearer (closing) Abraham Guem
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (1960–)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)

South Sudan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] This was the nation's second appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 2016.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Total112

Athletics

South Sudan received the universality slots from the World Athletics to send two track and field athletes (one per gender) to the Olympics. [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Abraham Guem Men's 1500 m 3:40.86 PB13Did not advance
Lucia Moris Women's 200 m 25.246Did not advance

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References

  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.