Egypt at the Olympics

Participation of athletes from Egypt in the Olympic Games

Egypt was first at the Olympic Games in 1912.

Egypt at the
Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
10
Bronze
15
Total
32
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Egypt is EGY.[1]

History change

Egypt has sent athletes to most of the Summer Olympic Games since then. Egypt did was not at the 1976 Summer Olympics because of the African boycott. Egypt was at the Winter Olympic Games with a single alpine skier in 1984.

Egyptian athletes have won a total of 24 medals.

The National Olympic Committee for Egypt was formed in 1910.[2]

Medalists change

Medal Name Games Sport Event
1  Gold El Sayed Nosseir   1928 Amsterdam Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
1  Gold Ibrahim Moustafa   1928 Amsterdam Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
2  Silver Farid Simaika   1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 10 m platform
3  Bronze Farid Simaika   1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 3 m springboard
1  Gold Anwar Mesbah   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's lightweight
1  Gold Khadr El Touni   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's middleweight
2  Silver Saleh Soliman   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
3  Bronze Ibrahim Shams   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
3  Bronze Ibrahim Wasif   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
1  Gold Mahmoud Fayad   1948 London Weightlifting Men's featherweight
1  Gold Ibrahim Shams   1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
2  Silver Attia Hamouda   1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
2  Silver Mahmoud Hassan Ali   1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
3  Bronze Ibrahim Orabi   1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
3  Bronze Abdel Al-Rashid   1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
2  Silver Osman Sayed   1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
3  Bronze Abdel El Gindy   1960 Rome Boxing Men's flyweight
2  Silver Mohamed Ali Rashwan   1984 Los Angeles Judo Men's open
1  Gold Karam Gaber   2004 Athens Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman
2  Silver Mohamed Aly   2004 Athens Boxing Men's super heavyweight
3  Bronze Ahmed Ismail   2004 Athens Boxing Men's light heavyweight
3  Bronze Mohamed Elsayed   2004 Athens Boxing Men's heavyweight
3  Bronze Tamer Bayoumi   2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
3  Bronze Hesham Mesbah   2008 Beijing Judo Men's −90 kg
2  Silver Alaaeldin Abouelkassem   2012 London Fencing Men's foil
2  Silver Karam Gaber   2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

Related pages change

References change

  1. "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-16.
  2. "Egyptian Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

Other websites change

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