Syria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Syria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The country returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The youngest participant was the wrestler Mohamed Moutei Nakdali, 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. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 10 2 12Boxing 8 0 8Football 15 0 15Judo 7 0 7Shooting 4 0 4Weightlifting 4 0 4Wrestling 17 0 17 Total 65 2 67

Athletics

Men Track events AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultPositionResultPositionResultPositionResultPositionNabil Nahri100 m10.675Did not advance200 m22.145Did not advance Mohamed El-Abed400 m50.475Did not advanceMohamed Makhlouf 800 m1:52.36Did not advance1500 m4:00.410Did not advanceSaleh El-Ali5000 m15:08.212Did not advanceAkel Hamdan10,000 m31:21.99Did not advanceMaher Hreitani110 m hurdles15.45 7Did not advance Amer Maaraoui400 m hurdles53.267Did not advanceAbdul Karim Joumaa3,000 m steeplechase9:29.410Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultPositionResultPositionAhmad BalkisHigh jump2.05 29Did not advanceAdnan HouryDiscus throw47.5216Did not advance

Women Track events AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultPositionResultPositionResultPositionResultPosition Hala El-Moughrabi800 m2:17.66Did not advance1500 mDNSDid not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultPositionResultPositionDia ToutinjiLong jumpDNSDid not advanceHigh jumpNMDid not advance

Boxing

Men AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAdel HammoudeLight FlyweightL TKODid not advanceTalal ElchawaFlyweightL 0-5Did not advanceFayez ZaghloulBantamweightcolspan=1 W 5-0L 2-3Did not advanceNidal HaddadFeatherweightL 0-5Did not advanceFarez HalabiLight-WelterweightW 3-2L TKODid not advanceMohamed Ali El-DahanWelterweightL 0-5Did not advanceImad IdrissLight-Middleweightcolspan=1 L DSQDid not advanceNaasan AjjoubHeavyweightL TKODid not advance

Football

First round Group C Team321071+65311142+2330302203301208−81

Judo

Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Repechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSamir El-Najjar−60kgW 1000-0000L 0000-1000Did not advanceW 1000-0000L 0000-1000Did not advance7Bassam El-Jabbin−78kgL 0000-1000Did not advanceElias Kobti−95kgL 0000-1000Did not advanceSaid AchtarOpencolspan=1 colspan=1 L 0000-1000Did not advance

Shooting

Open DiverEventFinalResultRankKhalil ArbajiSkeet17246Adnan HoujeijTrap18126 Jihad NaimSkeet17645 Nidal NasserTrap17829

Weightlifting

Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankImade Kadro−52 kg85151051519014 Faouaz Nadirin−60 kg102.513127.51323013 Salem Ajjoub−82.5 kg127.5 1617512302.514Talal Najjar−110 kg157.5 9205 8362.58

Wrestling

References Official Olympic Reports sports-reference Olympedia