Syria at the Olympics

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Syria at the
Olympics
IOC codeSYR
NOCSyrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Ranked 103rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer appearances
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[edit]

Medals by Summer Games[edit]

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[edit]

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics1001
Wrestling0101
Boxing0011
Weightlifting0011
Totals (4 entries)1124

List of medalists[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

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