Syria at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SYR
NOC	Syrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.syriaolymp.org (in Arabic and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	9 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Joseph Atiyeh
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
United Arab Republic (1960)

Syria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Joseph Atiyeh won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Joseph Atiyeh	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	11 August

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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 Ali El-Dahan	Welterweight	BYE	Künzler (FRG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Naasan Ajjoub	Heavyweight	Singh (IND) L 0-5	Did not advance

Open

Men

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 Zayar	−74 kg	Houkreo Bambe (CMR) L T 3:14	Rajinder Singh (IND) L 3-4	Did not advance					19
Joseph Atiyeh	−100 kg	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) W T 4:42	Kartar Dhillon Singh (IND) W T 0:33	Georgios Poikilidis (GRE) W F 0:27	—			Lou Banach (USA) L T 1:01

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
Mohamed Al-Nakdali	−68 kg	Boris Goldstein (ARG) W 12-0	Shaban Ibrahim (EGY) W T 0:48	Tapio Sipilä (FIN) L 0-12	James Martinez (USA) L 7-9	—		Dietmar Streitler (AUT) L 4-8	6

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