Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SUD | ||||||||
| NOC | Sudan Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 6 in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Abdalla Targan | ||||||||
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Sudan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Sudan Olympic Committee selected a squad of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete only in athletics, swimming, and judo at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012. All of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for middle-distance runner Amina Bakhit (women's 800 m), the lone returning Olympian from the previous Games. 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 reproduce it since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Ismail Ahmed Ismail earned a silver in the men's 800 metres.
Sudanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Sudan has 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 1992.
Sudan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
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