| Noc: | SYR |
| Nocname: | Syrian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 6 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Amre Hamcho & Alisar Youssef |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1960) |
Syria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
There were protests at the planned attendance of Omar al-Aroub, a senior official in the Syrian sporting federation who had been alleged to have participated in torture and other crimes during the Syrian civil war, leading to his removal from the event.
Syria debuted in the 1948 Summer Olympics. It did not compete in 1952 and 1956. It competed as part of the United Arab Republic in 1960 and 1964, before the United Arab Republic split into a Syrian team and the larger Egyptian team for Montréal 1976. The nation has participated in every Olympics since 1980.[1]
The following is the number of competitors representing Syria in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Syria sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]
See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Syria entered one rider in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).[6]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Syria qualified one gymnast for Paris 2024. Lais Najjar earned his spot through the allocation of Universality quota, and also marking the nation's debut in these sports.
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Syria qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Hasan Bayan (men's 73 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[7]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Syria sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Syria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Man Asaad (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
A campaign launched by Syrians days before the start of the Olympics led to the withdrawal from attendance of, Vice President of Syria's General Sports Federation and President of the Syrian Paralympic Committee, after an investigation showed he had committed crimes including torture during his leadership of t he the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) between 2011 and 2013. Al-Aroub had been officially welcomed in Paris in 2023 his Paralympic Committee role, but it was subsequently shown that he had been involved in the violent repression of protests in Aleppo in 2011 as second-in-command of the Ba’ath Brigades militia, leading to protests against his involvement in the Paris Olympics.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]