Syria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Syria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Syria.svg
IOC code SYR
NOC Syrian Olympic Committee
Website www.syriaolymp.org  (in Arabic and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors6 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Amre Hamcho & Alisar Youssef
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

There were protests at the planned attendance of Omar al-Aroub, a senior official in the Syrian sporting federation who had been alleged to have participated in torture and other crimes during the Syrian civil war, leading to his removal from the event.

Background

Syria debuted in the 1948 Summer Olympics. It did not compete in 1952 and 1956. It competed as part of the United Arab Republic in 1960 and 1964, before the United Arab Republic split into a Syrian team and the larger Egyptian team for Montréal 1976. The nation has participated in every Olympics since 1980. [1]

Competitors

The following is the number of competitors representing Syria in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 011
Equestrian 101
Gymnastics 101
Judo 101
Swimming 101
Weightlifting 101
Total516

As well as the country's official representatives, a number of Syrians participated in the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, including judoka Muna Dahouk [2] [3] and swimmer Alaa Maso. [4]

Athletics

Syria sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5]

Key
Track events
AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Alisar Youssef Women's 100 m 12.93 PB8Did not advance

Equestrian

Syria entered one rider in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East). [6]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Amre Hamcho Vagabon Des Forets Individual Withdrawn

Gymnastics

Artistic

Syria qualified one gymnast for Paris 2024. Lais Najjar earned his spot through the allocation of Universality quota, and also marking the nation's debut in these sports.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Lais Najjar All-around 13.266——13.90013.83312.40053.399—Did not advance

Judo

For the first time since 2016, Syria qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Hasan Bayan (men's 73 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hasan Bayan Men's –73 kg Flag of Austria.svg  Gassner  (AUT)
L 00–10		Did not advance

Swimming

Syria sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Omar Abbass Men's 200 m freestyle 1:53.0124Did not advance

Weightlifting

Syria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Man Asaad (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Man Asaad Men's +102 kg 197524154385

Controversy over Syrian Paralympic Committee

A campaign launched by Syrians days before the start of the Olympics led to the withdrawal from attendance of Omar al-Aroub  [ fr ], Vice President of Syria's General Sports Federation and President of the Syrian Paralympic Committee, after an investigation showed he had committed crimes including torture during his leadership of t he the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) between 2011 and 2013. Al-Aroub had been officially welcomed in Paris in 2023 his Paralympic Committee role, but it was subsequently shown that he had been involved in the violent repression of protests in Aleppo in 2011 as second-in-command of the Ba’ath Brigades militia, leading to protests against his involvement in the Paris Olympics. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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  4. ↑ Hincks, Mike (1 August 2024). "Paris 2024 swimming: Alaa Maso makes second Olympics appearance for Refugee team in 50m freestyle heats". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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  6. ↑ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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