Syria at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Syria at the
1984 Summer Olympics

IOC code| SYR
NOC| Syrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors| 9 in 5 sports
Flag bearer | Joseph Atiyeh
Medals
Ranked 33rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Joseph Atiyeh won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver | Joseph Atiyeh | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 11 August

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2
Diving | 1 | 0 | 1
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1
Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2
Wrestling | 3 | 0 | 3
Total | 9 | 0 | 9

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Second round  | Third round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Mohamed Ali El-Dahan | Welterweight | BYE  |  Künzler (FRG)
L 0-5  | Did not advance
Naasan Ajjoub | Heavyweight |  Singh (IND)
L 0-5  | Did not advance

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Diver  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Alaeddin Soueidan | 10m platform | 317,88  | 25  | did not advance

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Open
Diver  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Mohamed Ragheb | Skeet | 185  | 38

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Salem Ajjoub | −90 kg | 135,0  | 23  | 180,0  | 20  | 315,0  | 20
Abuaihuda Ozon | −110 kg | 145,0  | 9  | 170,0  | 11  | 315,0  | 10

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Freestyle wrestling 100 kg medal ceremony, Syrian silver medalist Joseph Atiyeh first from left.

Men's freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Round 5  | Round 6  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Mohamed Zayar | −74 kg |  Houkreo Bambe (CMR)
L T 3:14  |  Rajinder Singh (IND)
L 3-4  | Did not advance  | 19
Joseph Atiyeh | −100 kg |  Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)
W T 4:42  |  Kartar Dhillon Singh (IND)
W T 0:33  |  Georgios Poikilidis (GRE)
W F 0:27  | —  |  Lou Banach (USA)
L T 1:01  |

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Round 5  | Round 6  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Mohamed Al-Nakdali | −68 kg |  Boris Goldstein (ARG)
W 12-0  |  Shaban Ibrahim (EGY)
W T 0:48  |  Tapio Sipilä (FIN)
L 0-12  |  James Martinez (USA)
L 7-9  | —  |  Dietmar Streitler (AUT)
L 4-8  | 6

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States

Africa|

* Algeria
* Benin
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zaire
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

America|

* Antigua-Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Burma
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* North Yemen

Europe|

* Andorra
* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Western Samoa

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