South Sudan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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South Sudan at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Sudan.svg
IOC code SSD
NOC South 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
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (1960–)
Olympic flag.svg  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.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Basketball 12012
Total13114

Athletics

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

Key
Track events
AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Abraham Guem Men's 800 m 1:48.7491:49.458Did not advance
Lucia Moris Women's 100 m DNFDid Not Advance

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Summary

TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
South Sudan men's Men's tournament Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
W 90–79
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 86–103
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
L 85–96
3Did not advance9

Men's tournament

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Carlik Jones 26 – (1997-12-23)23 December 19971.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Partizan Flag of Serbia.svg
F 5 Nuni Omot 29 – (1994-10-03)3 October 19942.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ningbo Rockets Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
C 6 Khaman Maluach 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 20062.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Duke Blue Devils Flag of the United States.svg
SF 7 Bul Kuol 27 – (1997-01-10)10 January 19972.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sydney Kings Flag of Australia (converted).svg
SF 8 Kuany Kuany  (C)30 – (1994-07-08)8 July 19942.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Free agent
F/C 9 Wenyen Gabriel 27 – (1997-03-26)26 March 19972.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg
PF 10 JT Thor 21 – (2002-08-26)26 August 20022.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Charlotte Hornets Flag of the United States.svg
SG 11 Marial Shayok 29 – (1995-07-26)26 July 19951.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
PG 12 Jackson Makoi 24 – (2000-07-03)3 July 20001.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cairns Taipans Flag of Australia (converted).svg
PF 13 Majok Deng 31 – (1993-03-01)1 March 19932.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Tasmania JackJumpers Flag of Australia (converted).svg
SG 14 Peter Jok 30 – (1994-03-30)30 March 19941.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ottawa BlackJacks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
G 15 Sunday Dech 30 – (1994-01-01)1 January 19941.95 m (6 ft 5 in) East Perth Eagles Flag of Australia (converted).svg
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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg United States 330317253+646 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 321287261+265
3Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 312261278174
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 303228301733
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  Flag of South Sudan.svg9079Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  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 Flag of the United States.svg10386Flag of South Sudan.svg  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 Flag of Serbia.svg9685Flag of South Sudan.svg  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)

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