Egypt and Syria, as the United Arab Republic, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Syria was a constituent of the United Arab Republic in 1960, but almost all 74 competitors for the Olympic team were from Egypt. 74 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 12 sports.
Avadis Nazarkoukian from Damascus (Damas) was a member of the United Arab Republic (RAU) team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome (Italy), but he did not compete. There were 80 athletes, 9 of whom did not compete.http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf (pages 828-830)
United Arab Republic Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Osman Sayed Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight (−52 kg) Abdel Moneim El-Guindi Boxing Men's flyweight (−51 kg)
Athletics
Boxing
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankAhmed Moharran3 m springboard42.9828Did not advanceAli Muheeb35.7932Did not advanceAhmed Moharran10 m platform45.1024Did not advanceMoustafa Hassan43.8225Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
Six fencers represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.
Men's foil Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini Moustafa Soheim Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi
Men's team foil Farid El-Ashmawi, Moustafa Soheim, Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi, Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini, Sameh Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Zein El-Abidin
Football
Gymnastics
Rowing
United Arab Republic had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's eight Abdallah Gazi Abdel Sattar Abdel Hadj Mohamed Abdel Sami Abdel Fattah Abou-Shanab Taha Hassouba Saleh Ibrahim Ibrahim Abdulhalim Abdel Mohsen Saad Abbas Khamis
Shooting
Three shooters represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.
25 m pistol Ali El-Kashef
Trap Hussam El-Badrawi Hassan Moaffi
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database