Syria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Ghada Shouaa | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |

## Athletics

### 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 | |
| Ghada Shouaa | Points | 1018 | 1054 | 925 | 995 | 930 | 971 | 887 | 6.780 | |

## Boxing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adnan Khaddour | Light heavyweight | Bispo (BRA) L 4-9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final A | Final A |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hicham El-Masry | 400 m freestyle | 4:10.23 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hicham El-Masry | 1500 m freestyle | 16:42.35 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
