Syria at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSYR
NOCSyrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
in Seoul
Competitors13 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Hafez El-Hussein
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 – 1
Boxing 3 – 3
Weightlifting 1 – 1
Wrestling 8 – 8
Total 13 0 13

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Position Result Position
Hafez Al-Hussein Javelin throw 63.34 36 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohamed Haddad Light flyweight BYE  Maina (KEN)
L 1-4 		Did not advance
Hamed Halbouni Flyweight  Bredahl (DEN)
W RSC-2 		 Agosto (PUR)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Ahmed Khanji Light welterweight BYE  Myrberg (SWE)
L 1-4 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mohamed Fayad −90 kg 135.0 19 185.0 11 320.0 15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 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
Mohamed El-Messouti −48 kg BYE  Alfredo Marcuño (ESP)
W 10-3 		 Tim Vanni (USA)
L 1-13 		 Takashi Kobayashi (JPN)
L 0-15 		Did not advance 10
Amar Wattar −68 kg  Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)
W 17-2 		 Gustavo Manzur (ESA)
W 16-3 		 Essam El-Khodary (EGY)
W 14-3 		 Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)
L 1-17 		 Jukka Rauhala (FIN)
L 0-12 		Did not advance 10
Mohamad Zayar −82 kg  Ubaldo Rodríguez (PUR)
W 11-0 		 Martin Doyle (GBR)
W 6-1 		 Victor Kodei (NGR)
L 1-7 		 Jouni Ilomäki (FIN)
L 5:08 		Did not advance 14
Ahmed Al-Shamy −90 kg  Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
L 2-8 		 Bakary Sanneh (GAM)
W TF 1:55 		 Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
L TF 2:47 		Did not advance 16
Dennis Atiyeh −130 kg  David Gobezhishvili (URS)
L 0-17 		BYE  Atanas Atanassov (BUL)
L 0-15 		Did not advance 12
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 −48 kg  Víctor Capacho (COL)
W TF 5:11 		 Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS)
L 4-16 		 Goun Duk-Yong (KOR)
W 8-5 		 Andrzej Głąb (POL)
L 5-10 		—  Markus Scherer (FRG)
W 16-6 		5
Zouheir Hory −68 kg  Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)
L 4:25 		 Francisco Barcia (ESP)
W 15-0 		 Morten Brekke (NOR)
L 5:24 		Did not advance 18
Zouheir Al-Balah −74 kg  Kim Young-Nam (KOR)
L 0-8 		 Hiromichi Ito (JPN)
L 4:19 		Did not advance 19

References

  1. ^ Syrian Arab Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics


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