Egypt at the Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games

Flag of Egypt
IOC code  EGY
NOC Egyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (Arabic) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
* As the United Arab Republic
Winter Games
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 Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
 Gold Moustafa, IbrahimIbrahim Moustafa Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
 Silver Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Bronze Simaika, FaridFarid Simaika Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Diving Men's 3 m springboard
 Gold Mesbah, AnwarAnwar Mesbah Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's lightweight
 Gold El Touni, KhadrKhadr El Touni Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's middleweight
 Silver Soliman, SalehSaleh Soliman Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Bronze Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Bronze Wasif, IbrahimIbrahim Wasif Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight
 Gold Fayad, MahmoudMahmoud Fayad United Kingdom 1948 London Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Gold Shams, IbrahimIbrahim Shams United Kingdom 1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
 Silver Hamouda, AttiaAttia Hamouda United Kingdom 1948 London Weightlifting Men's lightweight
 Silver Hassan, MahmoudMahmoud Hassan United Kingdom 1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
 Bronze Orabi, IbrahimIbrahim Orabi United Kingdom 1948 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
 Bronze Al-Rashid, AbdelAbdel Al-Rashid Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
 Silver Sayed, OsmanOsman Sayed Italy 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
 Bronze El-Guindi, Abdel MoneimAbdel Moneim El-Guindi Italy 1960 Rome Boxing Men's flyweight
 Silver Rashwan, Mohamed AliMohamed Ali Rashwan United States 1984 Los Angeles Judo Men's open
 Gold Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
 Silver Aly, MohamedMohamed Aly Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's super heavyweight
 Bronze Ismail, AhmedAhmed Ismail Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's light heavyweight
 Bronze Elsayed, MohamedMohamed Elsayed Greece 2004 Athens Boxing Men's heavyweight
 Bronze Bayoumi, TamerTamer Bayoumi Greece 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
 Bronze Mesbah, HeshamHesham Mesbah China 2008 Beijing Judo Men's −90 kg
 Silver Abouelkassem, AlaaeldinAlaaeldin Abouelkassem United Kingdom 2012 London Fencing Men's foil
 Silver Gaber, KaramKaram Gaber United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

See also

References