Syria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Syria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org (Arabic) (English)
in Moscow
Competitors	67 (65 men and 2 women) in 7 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The country returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Nabil Nahri

• Heat — 10.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Nabil Nahri

• Heat — 22.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Mohamed Makhlouf

• Heat — 1:52.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Mohamed Makhlouf

• Heat — 4:00.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Akel Hamdan

• Heat — 31:21.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Maher Hreitani

• Heat — 15.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Amer Maaraoui

• Heat — 53.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Abdul Karim Joumaa

• Heat — 9:29.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Ahmad Balkis

• Qualification — 2.05 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Adnan Houry

• Qualification — 47.52 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Hala El-Moughrabi

• Heat — 2:17.6 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Hala El-Moughrabi

• Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Dia Toutounji

• Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Dia Toutounji

• Qualifying Round — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Adel Hammoude

• First Round — Lost to Dumitru Şchiopu (Romania) after knock-out in second round

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Talal Elchawa

• First Round — Lost to Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Fayez Zaghloul

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Souneat Ouphaphone (Laos) on points (5-0)
• Third Round — Lost to Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (2-3)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Nidal Haddad

• First Round — Lost to Carlos González (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Farez Halabi

• First Round — Defeated Kampanath (Laos) on points (3-2)
• Second Round — Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Imad Idriss

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Leonidas Njunwa (Tanzania) after being disqualified in third round

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Naasan Ajjoub

• First Round — Lost to Petr Stoimenov (Bulgaria) after referee stopped contest in second round

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference