Egypt at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, Egypt, along with many other countries, boycotted due to the participation of New Zealand, who still had sporting links with South Africa.

Athletes from Egypt, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia competed on July 18-20 before these nations withdrew from the Games.

Results by event

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• lost to Czechoslovakia 103-64
• forfeited remaining games to Italy, Puerto Rico, United States, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Japan → 12th place

• Team Roster

• Sayed Aboul Dahab
• Mohamed Essam Khaled
• Mohamed Khaled El Said
• Fathi Mohamed Kamel
• Hamdi El Seoudi
• Mohamed Hanafi El Gohari
• Ahmed El Saharti
• Ismail Mohamed Aly Selim
• Medhat Mohsen Warda
• Osman Hassan Farid
• Mohamed Hamdi Osman
• Awad Abdel Nabi

• Head Coach: Fouad Aboulkheir

Boxing

Light Flyweight

• Said Mohamed Abdelwahab
  1. defeated  José Leroy (FRA) in first round (referee stopped match at 1:59 1st round)
  2. lost to  Héctor Patri (ARG) in second round (walkover)

Flyweight

• Said Ahmed Elashry
  1. defeated  Sandor Orban (HUN) in first round (5-0)
  2. lost to  Alfredo Pérez (VEN) in second round (walkover)

Bantamweight

• Abdelnabi Elsayed Mahran
  1. lost to  Bernardo Onori (ITA) in first round (5-0)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Flyweight

• Mustafa Aly
  • Snatch: 90.0 kg (15th place)
  • Clean and jerk: missed all 3 attempts

Bantamweight

• Ahmed Mashall
  • Snatch: 90.0 kg (19th place)
  • Clean and jerk: 127.5 kg (14th place)
  • Total: 217.5 kg (14th place)

References

• Official Olympic Reports