Syria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Ghada Shouaa won the nation's first ever gold medal.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ghada Shouaa	Athletics	Women's heptathlon

Women

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Ghada Shouaa	Result	13.72	1.86	15.95	23.85	6.26	55.70	2:15.43	6.780
	Points	1018	1054	925	995	930	971	887

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khaled Falah	Flyweight	Phosuvan (THA) W 11-9	Daniel Reyes (COL) L 13-15	Did not advance
Adnan Khaddour	Light heavyweight	Bispo (BRA) L 4-9	Did not advance

Men

Men

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmad Al-Osta	−68 kg	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) L 1-9	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) W 4-1	Arsen Fadzayev (UZB) W 11-9	Küllo Kõiv (EST) L 1–4	Did not advance		Küllo Kõiv (EST) L 2-7	8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khaled Al-Faraj	−52 kg	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER) W 3-1	Lázaro Rivas (CUB) L 0-5	Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) L 0-10	Did not advance				15

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database