Egypt at the Olympics

Egypt was first at the Olympic Games in 1912.

Egypt at the
Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
10
Bronze
15
Total
32
Summer appearances
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1984
  • 1988–2018
  • 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Egypt is EGY.[1]

History

Egypt has sent athletes to most of the Summer Olympic Games since then. Egypt did was not at the 1976 Summer Olympics because of the African boycott. Egypt was at the Winter Olympic Games with a single alpine skier in 1984.

Egyptian athletes have won a total of 24 medals.

The National Olympic Committee for Egypt was formed in 1910.[2]

Medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
1 Gold El Sayed Nosseir 1928 AmsterdamWeightliftingMen's light heavyweight
1 Gold Ibrahim Moustafa 1928 AmsterdamWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
2 Silver Farid Simaika 1928 AmsterdamDivingMen's 10 m platform
3 BronzeFarid Simaika 1928 AmsterdamDivingMen's 3 m springboard
1 Gold Anwar Mesbah 1936 BerlinWeightliftingMen's lightweight
1 Gold Khadr El Touni 1936 BerlinWeightliftingMen's middleweight
2 Silver Saleh Soliman 1936 BerlinWeightliftingMen's featherweight
3 BronzeIbrahim Shams 1936 BerlinWeightliftingMen's featherweight
3 BronzeIbrahim Wasif 1936 BerlinWeightliftingMen's light heavyweight
1 Gold Mahmoud Fayad 1948 LondonWeightliftingMen's featherweight
1 Gold Ibrahim Shams 1948 LondonWeightliftingMen's lightweight
2 Silver Attia Hamouda 1948 LondonWeightliftingMen's lightweight
2 Silver Mahmoud Hassan Ali 1948 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman bantamweight
3 BronzeIbrahim Orabi 1948 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
3 BronzeAbdel Al-Rashid 1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman featherweight
2 Silver Osman Sayed 1960 RomeWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman flyweight
3 BronzeAbdel El Gindy 1960 RomeBoxingMen's flyweight
2 Silver Mohamed Ali Rashwan 1984 Los AngelesJudoMen's open
1 Gold Karam Gaber 2004 AthensWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman
2 Silver Mohamed Aly 2004 AthensBoxingMen's super heavyweight
3 BronzeAhmed Ismail 2004 AthensBoxingMen's light heavyweight
3 BronzeMohamed Elsayed 2004 AthensBoxingMen's heavyweight
3 BronzeTamer Bayoumi 2004 AthensTaekwondoMen's 58 kg
3 BronzeHesham Mesbah 2008 BeijingJudoMen's −90 kg
2 Silver Alaaeldin Abouelkassem 2012 LondonFencingMen's foil
2 Silver Karam Gaber 2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 84 kg

References
  1. "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-16.
  2. "Egyptian Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

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