Egypt at the Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Egypt 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 24 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.
Egypt Medalists
Medal tables
Medals by Games
| 1912 Stockholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 Antwerp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 Paris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 Amsterdam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1932 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||
| 1936 Berlin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1948 London | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1952 Helsinki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 Melbourne | did not participate | |||
| 1960 Rome | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1964 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 Mexico City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 Moscow | did not participate | |||
| 1984 Los Angeles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Athens | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
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Medals by sport
| Weightlifting | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
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See also
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Egyptian Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
