Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

competed at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Sudan Olympic Committee selected a squad of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete in athletics, swimming, and judo, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012. All of the athletes made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for middle-distance runner

Amina Bakhit Amina Barcham Bakhit (born 14 November 1990) is a Sudanese middle-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. She won gold at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in the 800 m and bronze in the 10,000 m at the 201 ...

(women's 800 m), the lone returning Olympian. Meanwhile, steeplechaser Abdalla Targan led the Sudanese delegation as the nation's team captain and flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Sudan, however, left Rio de Janeiro without receiving a single Olympic medal, failing to replicate its performance from the

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in Beijing, where

Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail (born 1 November 1984) is a Sudanese sprinter who represents Sudan in 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum. Ismail reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ...

earned a silver in the men's 800 metres, which marked the last time the country had won a medal at the

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Athletics (track and field)

Sudanese athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events

Judo

Sudan received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's middleweight category (90 kg) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since

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Swimming

Sudan received Universality invitations from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female).

References

External links

* {{Country at games navbox, Sudan, Summer Olympics Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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