Sudan (SUD)

Overview

NOCSudan Olympic Committee
Flagbearers32

Participants

Olympic Games 84
Youth Olympic Games 15

Description

Sudan formed a National Olympic Committee on 16 August 1956, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 25 May 1959, at the IOC Session in München. Since making its Olympic début in 1960, Sudan has missed only the Olympic Games of 1964, 1976, and 1980. It has never competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

The country won its first and Olympic medal (through 2022) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when runner Ismail Ahmed Ismail placed second in the men’s 800 metres. Their first female athlete appeared only in 2000, runner Awmima Mohamed in the 400 metres. The country’s best female performance happened in 2004, when Yamilé Aldama finished 5th in the final of the triple jump contest.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1960 Summer Olympics Sudan 10 0 10 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Sudan 5 0 5 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Sudan 26 0 26 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Sudan 7 0 7 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Sudan 8 0 8 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Sudan 6 0 6 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Sudan 4 0 4 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Sudan 2 1 3 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Sudan 3 1 4 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Sudan 5 4 9 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Sudan 4 2 6 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Sudan 4 2 6 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Sudan 2 2 4 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Sudan 6 2 8 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sudan 4 1 5 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sudan 1 1 2 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 28 6 34 Results
Boxing 17 0 17 Results
Football (Football) 14 0 14 Results
Judo 3 0 3 Results
Rowing 0 1 1 Results
Shooting 3 0 3 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 5 2 7 Results
Table Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Weightlifting 4 0 4 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 9 3 12 Results
Rowing 1 1 2 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 1 0 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ismail Ahmed Ismail SUD 0 1 0 1

IOC Members

Abdel Mohamed Halim 1968—1982
Zein El-Abdin Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Gadir 1983—1987
Abdel Mohamed Halim 1989—2009
Zein El-Abdin Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Gadir 1990—1999