# Syria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Syria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | – | 1 |
| Boxing | 3 | – | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wrestling | 8 | – | 8 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 13 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Position | Result | Position |
| Hafez Al-Hussein | Javelin throw | 63.34 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohamed Haddad | Light flyweight | BYE | Maina (KEN) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hamed Halbouni | Flyweight | Bredahl (DEN) W RSC-2 | Agosto (PUR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Khanji | Light welterweight | BYE | Myrberg (SWE) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Mohamed Fayad | −90 kg | 135.0 | 19 | 185.0 | 11 | 320.0 | 15 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohamed El-Messouti | −48 kg | BYE | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) W 10-3 | Tim Vanni (USA) L 1-13 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) L 0-15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Amar Wattar | −68 kg | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) W 17-2 | Gustavo Manzur (ESA) W 16-3 | Essam El-Khodary (EGY) W 14-3 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) L 1-17 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) L 0-12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Mohamad Zayar | −82 kg | Ubaldo Rodríguez (PUR) W 11-0 | Martin Doyle (GBR) W 6-1 | Victor Kodei (NGR) L 1-7 | Jouni Ilomäki (FIN) L 5:08 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ahmed Al-Shamy | −90 kg | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) L 2-8 | Bakary Sanneh (GAM) W TF 1:55 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) L TF 2:47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Dennis Atiyeh | −130 kg | David Gobezhishvili (URS) L 0-17 | BYE | Atanas Atanassov (BUL) L 0-15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Khaled Al-Faraj | −48 kg | Víctor Capacho (COL) W TF 5:11 | Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS) L 4-16 | Goun Duk-Yong (KOR) W 8-5 | Andrzej Głąb (POL) L 5-10 | — | — | Markus Scherer (FRG) W 16-6 | 5 |
| Zouheir Hory | −68 kg | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) L 4:25 | Francisco Barcia (ESP) W 15-0 | Morten Brekke (NOR) L 5:24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 |
| Zouheir Al-Balah | −74 kg | Kim Young-Nam (KOR) L 0-8 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) L 4:19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |