Syria at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Syria at the Olympics
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 109th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4
Summer appearances
1948 1952–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948. Syrian diver Zouheir Shourbagi, the sole competitor, 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.

History

Freestyle wrestling 100 kg medal ceremony at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Syrian silver medalist Joseph Atiyeh first from left.

Syria first participated as an independent nation at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At Rome in 1960, it participated as part of the United Arab Republic. It split its alliance with Egypt in 1961 and did not compete in Tokyo in 1964.

Syria returned to the Olympics in Mexico in 1968 for the first time and missed only at Montreal in 1976. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Syria had won its first Olympic medal when Joseph Atiyeh won silver in the freestyle wrestling. During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ghada Shouaa won Syria's first gold medal in heptathlon with a total of 6,780 points.

Syria also achieved the third medal in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and it was a bronze medal by the national boxer Nasser al-Shami in the sport of boxing. Finally, the fourth medal was achieved by national weightlifter Man Asaad in the weightlifting competitions, as it was a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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	9	0	1	0	1	33
1988 Seoul	13	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	9	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	6	0	0	0	0	-
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		1	1	2	4	107

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Atiyeh, JosephJoseph Atiyeh	1984 Los Angeles	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
1 Gold	Shouaa, GhadaGhada Shouaa	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
3 Bronze	Al Shami, NasserNasser Al Shami	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Asaad, ManMan 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	Ahmad Hamcho Hend Zaza	Equestrian Table tennis
2024 Paris	Amre Hamcho Alisar Youssef	Equestrian Athletics

See also

In Spanish: Siria en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Syria at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Syria
• Syrian Olympic Committee
• Syria at the Paralympics
• Syria at the Mediterranean Games
• Syria at the Asian Games
• Tiberius Claudius Patrobius