Syria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Syria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	7 (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)
1948 1952–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
United Arab Republic (1960)

Medalists

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

Athletics

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

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

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

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

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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database