Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, USSR. The country returned to the Olympic Games after missing the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

in Montreal. The youngest participant was the wrestler

Mohamed Moutei Nakdali Mohamed Nakdali ( ar, محمد نكدلي; born 15 February 1962) is a Syrian former wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and al ...

, the oldest was the sports shooter Adnan Houjeij. The Syrian team did not win any medals.

Competitors

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

Athletics

;Men ;Track events ;Field events ;Women ;Track events ;Field events

Boxing

;Men

Football

First round

Group C

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Judo

;Men

Shooting

;Open

Weightlifting

;Men

Wrestling

References

Official Olympic Reportssports-referenceOlympedia
{{Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Olympics, Summer