Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  EGY
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Competitors 20 in 6 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
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Egypt competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Two athletes represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in athletics. Neither of the two athletes were able to advance past the initial round in any of their events.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Abdel Ali Maghoub 5000 m N/A Unknown 9 Did not finish
Ahmed Khairy 100 m Unknown 4 Did not finish
200 m Unknown 4 Did not finish
400 m Unknown 4 Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single fencer represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Hassanein was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of each of his two events.

Ranks given are within the group.

Fencer Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ahmed Hassanein Épée 5–3 2 Q 4–6 7 Did not advance
Foil N/A 1–3 4 Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The team lost their first match, against Italy, before beating Yugoslavia in the consolation matches.

Team Roster
First round
August 28, 1920
 Italy  2–1  Egypt Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Paul Putz (BEL)
Baloncieri  25'
Brezzi  57'		 Report Osman  30'
Consolation match
September 2, 1920
 Egypt  4–2  Yugoslavia Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rafael van Praag (ITA)
Abaza
Allouba
Hegazi		 Report Dubravčić
Ružić
Final rank
6th versus Liam Duncan

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Two gymnasts represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The two Egyptian gymnasts finished in the last two places of the individual all-around.

Artistic gymnastics

Gymnast Event Final
Result Rank
Kabil Mahmoud All-around 63.30 24
Ahmed Amin Tabouzada All-around 51.85 25

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single weightlifter represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Samy competed in the middleweight category, but did not finish the competition.

Weightlifter Weight class Final
Result Rank
Ahmed Samy 75 kg Did not finish

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single wrestler competed for Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rahmy competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight and the freestyle middleweight, losing his only match in each competition.

Freestyle

Wrestler Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / Bronze match Rank
Ahmed Rahmy Freestyle middle Bye  Derkinderen (BEL) (L) Did not advance 9
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Belgium 0 1 .000
Total 0 1 .000
Round Wins Losses Percent
Round of 32 0 0 –
Round of 16 0 1 .000
Quarterfinals 0 0 –
Semifinals 0 0 –
Final 0 0 –
Bronze match 0 0 –
Total 0 1 .000

Greco-Roman

Wrestler Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Silver quarters Silver semis Silver match
Bronze quarters Bronze semis Bronze match
Ahmed Rahmy Lightweight  Rohon (FRA) (L) Did not advance Did not advance 18
Did not advance
Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
France 0 1 .000
Total 0 1 .000
Round Wins Losses Percent
Round of 32 0 1 .000
Round of 16 0 0 –
Quarterfinals 0 0 –
Semifinals 0 0 –
Final 0 0 –
Silver quarterfinals 0 0 –
Silver semifinals 0 0 –
Silver match 0 0 –
Bronze quarterfinals 0 0 –
Bronze semifinals 0 0 –
Bronze match 0 0 –
Total 0 1 .000

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