Template:Infobox Olympics Syria

Syria is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. Due to the ongoing 2011-2012 uprising in Syria there were concerns about the participation of Syria in the Olympic games. On April 2012 Abdelbasset Saroot, the former Syria international goalkeeper, said his country's athletes do not want to compete in this year's London Olympics because "they don't want to play for a flag that they have no pride or faith in". The president of Syria's National Olympic Committee General Mowaffak Joumaa, told ITV News: "There is no question about it- we are taking part".[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Syrian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[2][3]

Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A Standard
Qualified two athletes at the A Standard
Qualified one athlete at the A Standard
Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B Standard

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Jumping

References

  1. ^ "Olympics-Syrians don't want to take part in London Games-Saroot", Yahoo Sports, April 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "iaaf.org - Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
  4. ^ "London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Equestrian". BBC. January 2, 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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