SYRIA

Capital: Damascus

NOC Recognition Year: 1948

Asian Games Debut: 1978

Syria first participated at the Asian Games in 1978 in Bangkok and marked their debut appearance with a gold medal.

Talal Najar was crowned champion when he won the 110-kilogram weightlifting competition.

Syria joined fellow socialist nations Afghanistan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Mongolia and Vietnam in boycotting Seoul 1986 due to political tensions.

But since returning to the Asian Games stage at Beijing 1990, Syria has appeared at every edition.

Their best performance arrived at Doha 2006 where they claimed two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

After failing to win a single medal at Incheon 2014, Syria returned to the podium at Jakarta-Palembang 2018 courtesy of Majd Eddin Ghazal's bronze in the men's high jump.

They won another solitary bronze medal at Hangzhou 2022.