| Noc: | SYR |
| Nocname: | Syrian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Competitors: | 67 (65 men and 2 women) |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer: | Jihad Naim |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1960) |
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.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Boxing | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Football | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Judo | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wrestling | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 2 | 67 |
See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Position | Result | Position | Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Nabil Nahri | 100 m | 10.67 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 22.14 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Mohamed El-Abed | 400 m | 50.47 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 800 m | 1:52.3 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 m | 4:00.4 | 10 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Saleh El-Ali | 5000 m | 15:08.2 | 12 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Akel Hamdan | 10,000 m | 31:21.9 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Maher Hreitani | 110 m hurdles | 15.45 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Amer Maaraoui | 400 m hurdles | 53.26 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Abdul Karim Joumaa | 3,000 m steeplechase | 9:29.4 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
| Ahmad Balkis | High jump | 2.05 | 29 | Did not advance | ||
| Adnan Houry | Discus throw | 47.52 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Position | Result | Position | Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Hala El-Moughrabi | 800 m | 2:17.6 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| 1500 m | DNS | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Dia Toutinji | Long jump | DNS | Did not advance | ||
| High jump | NM | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Adel Hammoude | Light Flyweight | L TKO | Did not advance | ||||||
| Talal Elchawa | Flyweight | L 0-5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Fayez Zaghloul | Bantamweight | W 5-0 | L 2-3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Nidal Haddad | Featherweight | L 0-5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Farez Halabi | Light-Welterweight | W 3-2 | L TKO | Did not advance | |||||
| Mohamed Ali El-Dahan | Welterweight | L 0-5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Imad Idriss | Light-Middleweight | L DSQ | Did not advance | ||||||
| Naasan Ajjoub | Heavyweight | L TKO | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| width=150 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
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See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Samir El-Najjar | −60kg | W 1000-0000 | L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | W 1000-0000 | L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Bassam El-Jabbin | −78kg | L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Said Achtar | Open | L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | |||||||
See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Diver | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Khalil Arbaji | Skeet | 172 | 46 | |
| Adnan Houjeij | Trap | 181 | 26 | |
| Jihad Naim | Skeet | 176 | 45 | |
| Nidal Nasser | Trap | 178 | 29 | |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Imade Kadro | −52 kg | 85 | 15 | 105 | 15 | 190 | 14 | |
| Faouaz Nadirin | −60 kg | 102.5 | 13 | 127.5 | 13 | 230 | 13 | |
| Salem Ajjoub | −82.5 kg | 127.5 | 16 | 175 | 12 | 302.5 | 14 | |
| Talal Najjar | −110 kg | 157.5 | 9 | 205 | 8 | 362.5 | 8 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.