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Syria first competed at the Asian Games in 1978 and is also a member of the West Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The National Olympic Committee for Syria is the Syrian Olympic Committee, founded in 1948. Syria is yet to make its debut at the Asian Winter Games. Syria got its first gold medal in 1978 Asian Games, when Talal Najjar won the weightlifting 110 kg event.

Medal tables

Medals by Asian Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1951 1951 New Delhi	Did not participate
1954 Manila
1958 1958 Tokyo
1962 Jakarta
1966 1966 Bangkok
1970 1970 Bangkok
1974 1974 Tehran
1978 Bangkok	1	0	0	1	15
1982 1982 New Delhi	1	1	1	3	14
1986 1986 Seoul	Did not participate
1990 1990 Beijing	1	0	2	3	14
1994 1994 Hiroshima	3	3	1	7	13
1998 1998 Bangkok	0	2	4	6	26
2002 2002 Busan	0	0	3	3	32
2006 2006 Doha	2	2	2	6	23
2010 2010 Guangzhou	1	0	1	2	29
2014 2014 Incheon	0	0	0	0	–
2018 2018 Jakarta–Palembang	0	0	1	1	37
2022 2022 Hangzhou	0	0	1	1	38
Total	9	8	16	33	27

Medals by West Asian Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1997 Tehran	16	22	13	51	3
2002 Kuwait City	8	11	19	38	4
2005 Doha	20	13	17	50	4
Total	44	46	49	139

Medals by Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Asian Indoor Games
2005 2005 Bangkok	0	1	0	1	22
2007 2007 Macau	0	0	0	0	–
2009 2009 Hanoi	0	1	1	2	30
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok	2	1	3	6	17
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 2013 Incheon	0	0	3	3	25
2017 2017 Ashgabat	1	0	5	6	28
Total	3	3	12	18

Medals by Asian Beach Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2008 2008 Bali	2	0	0	2	13
2010 2010 Muscat	1	1	0	2	12
2012 2012 Haiyang	0	0	0	0	–
2014 2014 Phuket	1	1	6	8	24
2016 2016 Da Nang	0	1	2	3	30
Total	4	3	8	15

Medals by Asian Youth Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2009 2009 Singapore	0	0	0	0	–
2013 2013 Nanjing	1	0	0	1	17
Total	1	0	0	1

Medals by sport

Asian Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	3	0	0	3
Boxing	2	1	8	11
Swimming	2	1	1	4
Karate	1	2	2	5
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Wrestling	0	3	4	7
Bodybuilding	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)	9	8	16	33

List of flag bearers

• Since the 2006 Asian Games only

See also

• Syria at the Olympics
• Syria at the Mediterranean Games

References

1. "Syrian Arab Republic". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
2. "Syrian Arab Republic | Syrian Olympic Committee | National Olympic Committee". Olympic.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
3. "Bangkok 1978". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
4. "لاعبنا الحموي حمل العلم السوري" [Indonesian President officially opens the 18th Asian Games "Jakarta 2018"]. tishreen.news.sy/ (in Arabic). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

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