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Syria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSYR
NOC Syrian Olympic Committee
Website www.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors7 (6 men and 1 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Ghada Shouaa
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
Other related appearances
  United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Ghada Shouaa won the nation's first ever gold medal. [1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ghada Shouaa Athletics Women's heptathlon

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Women
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Ghada Shouaa Result 13.72 1.86 15.95 23.85 6.26 55.70 2:15.43 6.780
Points 1018 1054 925 995 930 971 887

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Khaled Falah Flyweight   Phosuvan ( THA)
W 11-9 		  Daniel Reyes ( COL)
L 13-15 		Did not advance
Adnan Khaddour Light heavyweight   Bispo ( BRA)
L 4-9 		Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final A
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hicham El-Masry 400 m freestyle 4:10.23 32 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 16:42.35 32 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Abdalla Al-Sebaei −70 kg 130.0 22 160.0 22 290.0 22

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ahmad Al-Osta −68 kg   Arayik Gevorgyan ( ARM)
L 1-9 		  Yüksel Şanlı ( TUR)
W 4-1 		  Arsen Fadzayev ( UZB)
W 11-9 		  Küllo Kõiv ( EST)
L 1–4 		Did not advance   Küllo Kõiv ( EST)
L 2-7 		8
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Khaled Al-Faraj −52 kg   Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan ( GER)
W 3-1 		  Lázaro Rivas ( CUB)
L 0-5 		  Ha Tae-yeon ( KOR)
L 0-10 		Did not advance 15

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Ghada Shouaa". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.


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