Lebanon at the Olympics

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Lebanon at the
Olympics
Flag of Lebanon.svg
IOC code LBN
NOC Lebanese Olympic Committee
Website www.lebolymp.org
Medals
Ranked 120th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Lebanon's first appearance in the Olympics was in 1936 when a "delegation of officials" attended the Summer Olympics in Berlin. [1] Following the formation of the Lebanese Olympic Committee in 1947, Lebanon participated for the first time at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one Summer Olympic Games since then. Lebanon was one of four nations to boycott the 1956 Games in protest of the British and French involvement in the Suez Crisis. [2] Lebanon has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since 1948, missing only the 1994 and 1998 Winter Games. [3]

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Lebanon also participated at the 1st Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore. [4]

Lebanese athletes have won four medals, three in Greco-Roman wrestling and one in weightlifting.

The Lebanese Olympic Committee, i.e. the National Olympic Committee for Lebanon, was created in 1947 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948. [5]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
1948 London 8 0000 -
1952 Helsinki 9 0112 32
1956 Melbourne did not participate
1960 Rome 19 0000 -
1964 Tokyo 5 0000 -
1968 Mexico City 3 0000 -
1972 Munich 19 0101 33
1976 Montreal 3 0000 -
1980 Moscow 15 0011 35
1984 Los Angeles 22 0000 -
1988 Seoul 21 0000 -
1992 Barcelona 12 0000 -
1996 Atlanta 1 0000 -
2000 Sydney 5 0000 -
2004 Athens 5 0000 -
2008 Beijing 6 0000 -
2012 London 10 0000 -
2016 Rio de Janeiro 9 0000 -
2020 Tokyo 6 0000 -
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total0224 118

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
1948 St. Moritz 2 0000 -
1952 Oslo 1 0000 -
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 0000 -
1960 Squaw Valley 2 0000 -
1964 Innsbruck 4 0000 -
1968 Grenoble 3 0000 -
1972 Sapporo 1 0000 -
1976 Innsbruck 1 0000 -
1980 Lake Placid 3 0000 -
1984 Sarajevo 4 0000 -
1988 Calgary 4 0000 -
1992 Albertville 4 0000 -
1994 Lillehammer did not participate
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City 2 0000 -
2006 Turin 3 0000 -
2010 Vancouver 3 0000 -
2014 Sochi 2 0000 -
2018 Pyeongchang 3 0000 -
2022 Beijing 3 0000
2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total0000 -

Medals by summer sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling 0123
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 0101
Totals (2 entries)0224

Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zakaria Chihab 1952 Helsinki Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Khalil Taha 1952 Helsinki Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohamed Traboulsi 1972 Munich Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hassan Bechara 1980 Moscow Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg

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