Egypt at the Olympics

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Egypt was first at the Olympic Games in 1912.

Egypt at the
Olympics
Flag of Egypt.svg
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

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

Medal Name Games Sport Event
1  Gold Nosseir, El SayedEl Sayed Nosseir   1928 Amsterdam Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
1  Gold Moustafa, IbrahimIbrahim Moustafa   1928 Amsterdam Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
2  Silver Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika   1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 10 m platform
3  Bronze Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika   1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 3 m springboard
1  Gold Mesbah, AnwarAnwar Mesbah   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's lightweight
1  Gold El Touni, KhadrKhadr El Touni   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's middleweight
2  Silver Soliman, SalehSaleh Soliman   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
3  Bronze Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
3  Bronze Wasif, IbrahimIbrahim Wasif   1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
1  Gold Fayad, MahmoudMahmoud Fayad   1948 London Weightlifting Men's featherweight
1  Gold Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams   1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
2  Silver Hamouda, AttiaAttia Hamouda   1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
2  Silver Hassan Ali, MahmoudMahmoud Hassan Ali   1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
3  Bronze Orabi, IbrahimIbrahim Orabi   1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
3  Bronze Al-Rashid, AbdelAbdel Al-Rashid   1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
2  Silver Sayed, OsmanOsman Sayed   1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
3  Bronze El Gindy, AbdelAbdel El Gindy   1960 Rome Boxing Men's flyweight
2  Silver Rashwan, Mohamed AliMohamed Ali Rashwan   1984 Los Angeles Judo Men's open
1  Gold Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber   2004 Athens Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman
2  Silver Aly, MohamedMohamed Aly   2004 Athens Boxing Men's super heavyweight
3  Bronze Ismail, AhmedAhmed Ismail   2004 Athens Boxing Men's light heavyweight
3  Bronze Elsayed, MohamedMohamed Elsayed   2004 Athens Boxing Men's heavyweight
3  Bronze Bayoumi, TamerTamer Bayoumi   2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
3  Bronze Mesbah, HeshamHesham Mesbah   2008 Beijing Judo Men's −90 kg
2  Silver Abouelkassem, AlaaeldinAlaaeldin Abouelkassem   2012 London Fencing Men's foil
2  Silver Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber   2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

Related pages

References

  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

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