Egypt at the Olympics

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Egypt was first at the Olympic Games in 1912.

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

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

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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. http://www.olympic.org/egypt. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

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