Syria at the Olympics

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Syria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Syria
IOC code  SYR
NOC Syrian Olympic Committee
Website www.syriaolymp.org (Arabic) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
Other related appearances
 United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria 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 edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1976 Games. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Syria was created in 1948.

Syrian athletes have won a total of three medals, in three different sports.

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 1984 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1
United States 1996 Atlanta 1 0 0 1
Greece 2004 Athens 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 1 0 0 1
Wrestling 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Joseph Atiyeh United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight
 Gold Ghada Shouaa United States 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's heptathlon
 Bronze Nasser Al Shami Greece 2004 Athens Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's heavyweight

See also

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