Syria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Syria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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)
Competitors	6 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Amre Hamcho & Alisar Youssef
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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
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]

Track events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
			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Amre Hamcho	Vagabon Des Forets	Individual	Withdrawn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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		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
		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
		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
		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 [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]}