Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

first participated at the

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in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in most

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since then. The nation did not attend the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan, boycotted the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

along with most African nations, and participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has never participated in the

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. Ismail Ahmed Ismail, who came second in the men's 800 m in 2008, was the first Sudanese athlete to win an Olympic medal. The

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for Sudan was created in 1956 and recognized by the

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Medals by Summer Games

Medals by sport

List of medalists

See also

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