Egypt at the Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games
Flag of Egypt IOC code  EGY NOC Egyptian Olympic Committee Website www.egyptianolympic.org (Arabic) (English)
Olympic history
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 first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912, and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then. Along with Iraq and Lebanon, Egypt boycotted the 1956 Games in protest of the tripartite Israeli, British, and French invasion of Egypt in the Suez War. However, the equestrian events for the 1956 Games were held in Stockholm, Sweden five months earlier (because of Australian quarantine regulations), and three Egyptian riders competed there. Egypt withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of New Zealand, who still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa. Egypt also participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Egypt's lone participation at the Winter Olympic Games was a single alpine skier in 1984.

Egyptian athletes have won a total of 26 medals, with weightlifting as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Egypt is the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and was created in 1910.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912 Stockholm	1	0	0	0	0	–
1920 Antwerp	22	0	0	0	0	–
1924 Paris	33	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	32	2	1	1	4	17
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin	54	2	1	2	5	15
1948 London	85	2	2	1	5	16
1952 Helsinki	106	0	0	1	1	40
1956 Melbourne	3	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	74	0	1	1	2	30
1964 Tokyo	73	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	30	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	23	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	29	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	114	0	1	0	1	33
1988 Seoul	49	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	75	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	29	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	89	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	97	1	1	3	5	46
2008 Beijing	103	0	0	1	1	80
2012 London	113	0	2	0	2	58
Total		7	9	10	26	53

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1984 Sarajevo	1	0	0	0	0	–
1988–2010	did not participate
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	5	2	2	9
Wrestling	2	3	2	7
Boxing	0	1	3	4
Diving	0	1	1	2
Judo	0	1	1	2
Fencing	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	7	9	10	26

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Nosseir, El SayedEl Sayed Nosseir	1928 Amsterdam	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Gold	Moustafa, IbrahimIbrahim Moustafa	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Silver	Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika	1928 Amsterdam	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Bronze	Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika	1928 Amsterdam	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Gold	Mesbah, AnwarAnwar Mesbah	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Gold	El Touni, KhadrKhadr El Touni	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Silver	Soliman, SalehSaleh Soliman	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Wasif, IbrahimIbrahim Wasif	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Gold	Fayad, MahmoudMahmoud Fayad	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Gold	Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Hamouda, AttiaAttia Hamouda	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Hassan, MahmoudMahmoud Hassan	1948 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Bronze	Orabi, IbrahimIbrahim Orabi	1948 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Bronze	Al-Rashid, AbdelAbdel Al-Rashid	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Silver	Sayed, OsmanOsman Sayed	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Bronze	El-Guindi, Abdel MoneimAbdel Moneim El-Guindi	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Silver	Rashwan, Mohamed AliMohamed Ali Rashwan	1984 Los Angeles	Judo	Men's open
Gold	Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Silver	Aly, MohamedMohamed Aly	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Bronze	Ismail, AhmedAhmed Ismail	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Bronze	Elsayed, MohamedMohamed Elsayed	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Bayoumi, TamerTamer Bayoumi	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
Bronze	Mesbah, HeshamHesham Mesbah	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's −90 kg
Silver	Abouelkassem, AlaaeldinAlaaeldin Abouelkassem	2012 London	Fencing	Men's foil
Silver	Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Egypt

External links

• "Egypt". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Egypt". Sports-Reference.com.