Rose Lokonyen, also from South Sudan, was 21 years of age at the time of the Rio Olympics. She raced in the 800 meters and was seventh in her heat with a time of 2 minutes and 16.64 seconds. In this race, the top two from each heat, as well as the next eight fastest overall qualified to move on, but Lokonyen's time was not fast enough to do so. Anjelina Lohalith was 23 at the time of these Olympics and was also originally from South Sudan. She ran in the women's 1500 meters race, and finished 14th and last in her heat with a time of 4 minutes and 47.38 seconds, eliminating her from the competition. Paulo Lokoro ran the men's 1500 meters; he was 24 years old and originally from South Sudan. He finished 11th in his heat with a time of 4 minutes and 3.96 seconds, out of 12 classified finishers of his heat. This was not sufficient to advance him to the semi-finals.