Syria first competed at the Asian Games in 1978 and is also a member of the West Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The National Olympic Committee for Syria is the Syrian Olympic Committee, founded in 1948.[1][2] Syria got its first gold medal in 1978 Asian Games, when Talal Najjar won the weightlifting 110 kg event.[3]
Syria at the Asian Games | |
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IOC code | SYR |
NOC | Syrian Olympic Committee |
Medals Ranked 27th |
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Summer appearances | |
Medal tables
editMedals by Asian Games
edit Peach colour indicates best performance
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1951 New Delhi | Did not participate | ||||
1954 Manila | |||||
1958 Tokyo | |||||
1962 Jakarta | |||||
1966 Bangkok | |||||
1970 Bangkok | |||||
1974 Tehran | |||||
1978 Bangkok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
1982 New Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
1986 Seoul | Did not participate | ||||
1990 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
1994 Hiroshima | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
1998 Bangkok | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
2002 Busan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
2006 Doha | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 |
2010 Guangzhou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
2014 Incheon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 Jakarta–Palembang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
2022 Hangzhou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
Total | 9 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 27 |
Medals by West Asian Games
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 Tehran | 16 | 22 | 13 | 51 | 3 |
2002 Kuwait City | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 4 |
2005 Doha | 20 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 4 |
Total | 44 | 46 | 49 | 139 |
Medals by Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Indoor Games | |||||
2005 Bangkok | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
2007 Macau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2009 Hanoi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
Asian Martial Arts Games | |||||
2009 Bangkok | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | |||||
2013 Incheon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
2017 Ashgabat | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
Total | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 |
Medals by Asian Beach Games
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 Bali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
2010 Muscat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
2012 Haiyang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 Phuket | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
2016 Da Nang | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
Total | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
Medals by Asian Youth Games
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2013 Nanjing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Medals by sport
editAsian Games
editSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Weightlifting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Boxing | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
Swimming | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Karate | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wrestling | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Bodybuilding | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
List of flag bearers
editEvent year | Flag bearer | Sport |
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2006 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
2010 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
2014 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
2018 | Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi[4] | Basketball |
2022 | Ahmad Ghousoon | Boxing |
- Since the 2006 Asian Games only
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic | Syrian Olympic Committee | National Olympic Committee". Olympic.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "لاعبنا الحموي حمل العلم السوري" [Indonesian President officially opens the 18th Asian Games "Jakarta 2018"]. tishreen.news.sy/ (in Arabic). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.