Syria at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | SYR |
NOC | Syrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 6 in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Amre Hamcho & Alisar Youssef |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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.
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.
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]
The following is the number of competitors representing Syria in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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]
Syria sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Alisar Youssef | Women's 100 m | 12.93 PB | 8 | Did not advance |
Syria entered one rider in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East). [6]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
Amre Hamcho | Vagabon Des Forets | Individual | Withdrawn |
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.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Lais Najjar | All-around | 13.266 | — | — | 13.900 | 13.833 | 12.400 | 53.399 | — | Did not advance |
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]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Hasan Bayan | Men's –73 kg | Gassner (AUT) L 00–10 | Did not advance |
Syria sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Omar Abbass | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:53.01 | 24 | Did not advance |
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.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Man Asaad | Men's +102 kg | 197 | 5 | 241 | 5 | 438 | 5 |
A campaign launched by Syrians days before the start of the Olympics led to the withdrawal from attendance of Omar al-Aroub , 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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