# South Sudan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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

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

## Competitors

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

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. Both qualified via universality place. This was Guem's second appearance at the Olympics. 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. 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. 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.
Moris also made her second appearance at this Olympics. 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. 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.

### 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 | Heat/Preliminaries | Repechage/Round 1 | Repechage/Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucia Moris | Women's 100 m | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### 5×5 basketball

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. It was the first time that the nation had qualified for an Olympic football competition. 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. The tournament was won by the USA after beating France in the finals, 98–87.
Summary
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

#### Team roster

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

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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
* Boxscore
| 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)