2012 Summer Olympics / Independent Olympians

IOA

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Three athletes from Curaçao (former Netherlands Antilles ) and one from South Sudan took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London as independent Olympic participants .

The NOK of the Netherlands Antilles wanted to continue its activities after the dissolution of the overseas territory and its partial incorporation into the Netherlands in October 2010. But the IOC Executive Council withdrew its membership from the NOK during the 123rd IOC session, which took place in Durban in July 2011 , as there was no longer any legal basis for an independent NOK. Athletes from the former overseas territory who qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games were given the opportunity to compete as independent Olympic participants.

In South Sudan, which gained independence in 2011, the IOC had not recognized any organization as a NOK before the Olympic Games, and a sports infrastructure was only being developed. The South Sudanese Guor Marial , who lives in the United States , therefore also started as an independent Olympian and competed in the marathon.

Participants by sport

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Reginald de Windt (Curacao)	Class up to 81 kg	Ivan Nifontov	004 - 100	eliminated												32

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Liemarvin Bonevacia (Curacao)	400 m	45.60	3	1: 36.42	8th	eliminated		24
Guor Marial (South Sudan)	marathon	-		-		2:19:32	47	47

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Philipine van Aanholt (Curacao)	Laser Radial	291	36	eliminated		291	36

Individual evidence

1. ^ Curtain comes down on the 123rd IOC Session. International Olympic Committee, July 9, 2011, accessed July 23, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Olympia instead of civil war. FOCUS, February 15, 2012, accessed on July 23, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Olympic encouragement for the youngest country. Courier , July 23, 2012, accessed July 23, 2012 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Results marathon men. london2012.com, August 12, 2012, accessed August 14, 2012 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results for the 400 m men. london2012.com, August 4, 2012, accessed August 5, 2012 .