Egypt at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	85 in 12 sports
Medals Rank: 16	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 5
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960* 1964* 1968* 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 * As the United Arab Republic
Winter Games
1984 1988–2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Egypt competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 85 competitors, all men, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Ibrahim Shams — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Mahmoud Fayad - Weightlifting, Featherweight

Silver

• Attia Hamouda — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Mahmoud Hassan — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

• Ibrahim Orabi — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Diving

Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1948.

Men's foil

• Osman Abdel Hafeez
• Hassan Hosni Tawfik
• Mahmoud Younes

Men's team foil

• Osman Abdel Hafeez, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik, Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin

Men's épée

• Mahmoud Younes
• Jean Asfar
• Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's team épée

• Salah Dessouki, Jean Asfar, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Osman Abdel Hafeez

Men's sabre

• Salah Dessouki
• Ahmed Abou-Shadi
• Mohamed Zulficar

Men's team sabre

• Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Zulficar, Mahmoud Younes, Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Egypt at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.