# Syria at the Asian Games

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 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1954 Manila | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1958 1958 Tokyo | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1962 Jakarta | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1966 1966 Bangkok | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1970 1970 Bangkok | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1974 1974 Tehran | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1978 Bangkok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 1982 1982 New Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 1986 1986 Seoul | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 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

| Event year | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 2006 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
| 2010 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
| 2014 | Ahed Joughili | Weightlifting |
| 2018 | Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi | Basketball |
| 2022 | Ahmad Ghousoon | Boxing |
* Since the 2006 Asian Games only