Syria at the Olympics

Syria at the Olympics
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
Medals Ranked 103rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer appearances
1948 1952–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 <i>2024</i>
Other related appearances
United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria, officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, when the diver Zouheir Al-Shourbagi was the sole competitor at the 1948 London games and placed 10th in the men's platform. Syria then missed the next four Olympiads (though in 1960 the nation competed with Egypt as part of the United Arab Republic). Syria returned to the Games in 1968, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one Summer Olympic Games, missing the 1976 Games. Syria has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee of Syria was created in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 31 January 1948, at the IOC Session in Sankt Moritz. Syrian athletes have won a total of four medals, in four sports: Athletics, Freestyle wrestling, Weightlifting and Boxing.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1948 London	1	0	0	0	0	-
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome	as part of  United Arab Republic (RAU)
1964 Tokyo	did not participate
1968 Mexico City	2	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Munich	5	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	67	0	0	0	0	-
1984 Los Angeles	7	0	1	0	1	33
1988 Seoul	16	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	10	0	0	0	0	-
1996 Atlanta	7	1	0	0	1	49
2000 Sydney	8	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	6	0	0	1	1	71
2008 Beijing	8	0	0	0	0	-
2012 London	10	0	0	0	0	-
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7	0	0	0	0	-
2020 Tokyo	6	0	0	1	1	86
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		1	1	2	4	101

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)	1	1	2	4

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Joseph Atiyeh	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Gold	Ghada Shouaa	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
Bronze	Nasser Al Shami	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Man Asaad	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's 109+kg

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport
1948 London	Zouheir Shourbagi	Diving
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome	as part of  United Arab Republic (RAU)
1964 Tokyo	did not participate
1968 Mexico City	Mahmoud Balah	Wrestling
1972 Munich	Mounzer Khatib	Shooting
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	Jihad Naim	Shooting
1984 Los Angeles	Joseph Atiyeh	Wrestling
1988 Seoul	Hafez El-Hussein	Athletics
1992 Barcelona	Dennis Atiyeh	Wrestling
1996 Atlanta	Ghada Shouaa	Athletics
2000 Sydney	Moutassem Ghotouq	Head of mission
2004 Athens	Mohammad Hazzory	Athletics
2008 Beijing	Ahed Joughili	Weightlifting
2012 London	Majd Eddin Ghazal	Athletics
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Majd Eddin Ghazal	Athletics
2020 Tokyo	Hend Zaza Ahmad Hamcho	Table tennis Equestrian

See also

• List of flag bearers for Syria at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Syria
• Syrian Olympic Committee

External links

• "Syrian Arab Republic". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Syria". Olympedia.com.
• "Syria (Antocheia)". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/SYR". olympanalyt.com.

This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 19:53