Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic) (in English)
in Antwerp
Competitors	20 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
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1906 Intercalated Games

Egypt competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

Athletics

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.

Fencing

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.

Football

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

• Kamel Taha
• Mohamed El-Sayed
• Abdel Salam Hamdy
• Riad Shawki
• Ali El-Hassany
• Gamil Osman
• Tewfik Abdullah
• Hussein Hegazi
• Hassan Ali Allouba
• Sayed Abaza
• Zaki Osman
• Reserve: Khalil Hosni
• Reserve: Mohamed Gabr
• Reserve: Mahmoud S. Mokhtar
• Reserve: Abbas Safwat

First round

Italy  v  Egypt

August 28, 1920

Italy	2–1	Egypt
Baloncieri  25' Brezzi  57'	Report	Osman  30'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Paul Putz (BEL)

Consolation match

Egypt  v  Yugoslavia

September 2, 1920

Egypt	4–2	Yugoslavia
Abaza Allouba Hegazi	Report	Dubravčić Ružić

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp Attendance: 500 Referee: Rafael van Praag (ITA)

Final rank

6th versus Liam Duncan

Gymnastics

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

Weightlifting

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.

Wrestling

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

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2007.