Lebanon at the Olympics

Lebanon at the Olympic Games
Flag of Lebanon IOC code  LIB NOC Lebanese Olympic Committee Website www.lebolymp.org
Olympic history
Summer Games
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Lebanon's first appearance in the Olympics was in 1940 when a "delegation of officials" attended the Summer Olympics in Berlin.^[1] Following the formation of the Lebanese Olympic Committee in 1947, Lebanon participated for the first time at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one Summer Olympic Games since then. Lebanon was one of three nations to boycott the 1956 Games in protest of the British and French involvement in the Suez Crisis. Lebanon has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since 1948, missing only the 1994 and 1998 Winter Games.

Lebanon also participated at the 1st Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore.

Lebanese athletes have won a total of four medals, three in Greco-Roman wrestling and one in weightlifting.

The National Olympic Committee for Lebanon was created in 1947 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.

Lebanon medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Zakaria Chihab	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
03 ! Bronze	Khalil Taha	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
02 ! Silver	Mohamed Tarabulsi	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
03 ! Bronze	Hassan Bechara	1980 Moscow	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight

Medals by sport

See also

• Sport in Lebanon
• Category:Olympic competitors for Lebanon

References

1. ↑ Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan By Britannica Educational Publishing

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
• "Lebanese Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-08-08.