Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Egypt is competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics which which is being held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Daily: Overall Medals
Day	Date				Total
Day 0	8th	—	—	—	—
Day 1	9th	0	0	0	0
Day 2	10th	0	0	0	0
Day 3	11th	0	0	0	0
Day 4	12th	0	0	0	0
Day 5	13th	0	0	1	1
Day 6	14th
Day 7	15th
Day 8	16th
Day 9	17th
Day 10	18th
Day 11	19th
Day 12	20th
Day 13	21th
Day 14	22th
Day 15	23th
Day 16	24th

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Hesham Mesbah	Judo	Men's 90 kg

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Egypt have sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Amr Ghanem earned the country a qualifying spot in the men's competition by placing second in the 2008 African championship. Amira Mansour did the same in the women's competition. Egypt has not confirmed its Olympic entrants.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Maged Youssef	Individual	605	62	Viktor Ruban (UKR) (3) L 96-111	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Soha Abed Elaal	Individual	587	57	Naomi Folkard (GBR) (8) L 97-105	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

• 200 m
  • Amr Seoud
• Discus
  • Omar El Ghazaly
• Hammer Throw
  • Mohsen El Anany
• Shot put
  • Yasser Farag

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hadia Hosny	Singles	Deyanira Angulo (MEX) W 2-1	Petya Nedelcheva (BUL) L 0-2	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Egypt qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Yasser was the first to qualify, at the World Championships. The other two Egyptian boxers qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hosam Bakr Abdin	Welterweight		Non Boonjumnong (THA) W 11-10	Carlos Banteaux Suárez (CUB) Aug 17 20:01-21:00
Mohamed Hikal	Middleweight	James Degale (GBR) L 4-13	Did not advance
Ramadan Yasser	Light heavyweight	Ramazan Magamedau (BLR) W +10-10	Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG) L 6-13	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Individual Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim El Zoghby	Aladin	Individual

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ahmed Nabil	Individual épée	Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) L 8-15	Did not advance
Mostafa Nagaty	Individual foil		Gerek Meinhardt (USA)
Mahmoud Samir	Individual sabre	Renzo Agresta (BRA) L 10-15	Did not advance
Gamal Fathy	Individual sabre	Philippe Beaudry (CAN) L 8-15	Did not advance
Shadi Talaat	Individual sabre	Valery Pryiemka (BLR) L 7-15	Did not advance
Mahmoud Samir<br\>Gamal Fathy<br\>Shadi Talaat<br\>Tamim Ghazy	Team sabre

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Aya El Sayed	Individual épée		Hajnalka Kiraly Picot (FRA) L 7-15	Did not advance
Iman Shaban	Individual foil	Shaimaa El Gammal (EGY) L 12-15	Did not advance
Shaimaa El Gammal	Individual foil	Iman Shaban (EGY) W 15-12	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR) L 6-15	Did not advance
Iman El Gammal	Individual foil	Indra Angad-Gaur (NED) L 4-13	Did not advance
Iman Shaban<br\>Iman El Gammal<br\>Salma Soueif<br\>Shaimaa El Gammal	Team foil				Russia (RUS) Aug 16 09:00

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Mohamed Serour	All-around	15.325	13.450	13.250	12.675	12.375	14.125	81.200	13th in Subdivision 1 44th Overall	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Sherine El-Zeiny	All-around	13.750	12.650	10.600	13.000	50.000	62nd Overall	Did not advance

Handball

Main articles: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament

Men
Egypt qualified by winning the 2008 African Championship in Angola.

Egypt Men's National Handball Team squad

# Name Position Club Date of Birth Pld Gls 12 Mohamed Nakib Goalkeeper El-Olympi (1974-04-06) April 6, 1974 16 Walid Abdel Maksoud Goalkeeper El Zamalek (1979-06-14) June 14, 1979 4 Hussein Mabrouk Left Back Al Ahly (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 5 Moustafa Hussien Right Wing Al Ahly (1984-01-08) January 8, 1984 6 Ahmed El Ahmar Right Back El Zamalek (1984-01-27) January 27, 1984 8 Mohamed Ramadan Pivot Al Ahly (1984-03-07) March 7, 1984 10 Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek Right Back Smoha (1987-02-12) February 12, 1987 11 Mahmoud Hassaballah Centre Back El-Olympi (1986-11-22) November 22, 1986 14 Hassan Mabrouk Left Back Al Ahly (1982-07-29) July 29, 1982 15 Mohamed Abd Elsalam Left Back El Zamalek (1982-01-12) January 12, 1982 17 Belal Mabrouk Left Wing Al Ahly (1984-08-02) August 2, 1984 18 Hany El Fakhany Pivot Füchse Berlin (1978-04-06) April 6, 1978 19 Hassan Yousry Centre Back El Zamalek (1978-05-10) May 10, 1978 20 Hussein Zaky Left Back CAI BM Aragón (1979-03-01) March 1, 1979 Coach Irfan Smajlagic (1961-10-16) October 16, 1961

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Men's team	Men's	Denmark (DEN) L 23 - 23 (10 - 11)	Russia (RUS) L 27 - 28	Germany (GER) L 25 - 23	South Korea (KOR) Aug 16 10:45	Iceland (ISL) Aug 18 09:00

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Amin El Hady	−66 kg		Armen Nazaryan (ARM) W 0001-0000	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) L 0000-0001			Daniel Garcia Gonzalez (AND) W 1001-0001	Taylor Takata (USA) W 1000-0001	Mirali Sharipov (UZB) L 0001-0101	Did not advance
Hatem Abdel Akher	+100 kg
Hesham Mesbah	−90 kg		Choi Sun-Hi (KOR) W 0001-0000	Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0001-0010				Elkhan Mammadov (AZE) W 0011-0010	Andrei Kazusenok (BLR) W 1001-0001	Yves-Matthieu Dafreville (FRA) W 1000-0000
Islam El Shehaby	+100 kg		Barna Bor (HUN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage <br\>Round	Repechage <br\>Quarterfinals	Repechage <br\>Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Samah Ramadan	+78 kg			Idalys Ortiz (CUB)

Modern Pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Amro El Geziry

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Omnia Fakhry
Aya Medany

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aly Ibrahim	Single sculls	7:43.70	3rd in Heat 6 19th Overall Q			7:24.77	6th in Quarterfinal 1 21st Overall Q	7:20.73	3rd in Semifinals C/D 1 19th Overall Q
Ibrahim Abd El Razek Mohamed Zidan Ahmed Gad Amin Ramadan	Lightweight<br\> fours	6:11.71	5th in Heat 1 13th Overall	6:37.50	4th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heba Ahmed	Single sculls	8:46.96	4th in Heat 6 25th Overall	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Hazem Mohamed	50 m rifle Prone
Mohamed Amer	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Mohamed Abdellah	10 m air Rifle
Mahmod Abdelaly	10 m air pistol	563	47th	Did not advance		47th
Samy Razaek	50 m pistol
Franco Donato	Skeet
Adham Medhat	Trap	108	32nd	Did not advance		32nd

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Shimaa Abdel-Latif	10 m air rifle	393	23rd	Did not advance		23rd
Mona El-Hawary	skeet

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Mohamed El Nady	50 m Freestyle	23.92	8th in Heat 12	Did not advance
Mohamed Monir	10 km Marathon
Ahmed Nada	100 m Butterfly	55.59	5th

Synchronized swimming

Egypt also qualified for Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Dalia El Gebaly Reem Abdalazem	Duet
Nouran Saleh Dalia El Gebaly Mai Mohamed Shaza El Sayed Lamyaa Badawi Reem Abdalazem Aziza Abdelfattah Hagar Badran Youmna Khallaf	Team

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
El-Sayed Lashin	Singles
Adel Massaad	Singles
Ahmed Ali Saleh	Singles

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz	Singles
Noha Yousry	Singles

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Noha Safwat Hafez	+67 kg

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Indoor

Men's competition

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Men's team (see above)	Men's	Brazil (BRA) L 0 - 3	Poland (POL) L 0 - 3	Germany (GER) L 0 - 3	Russia (RUS) Aug 16 12:00	Serbia (SRB) Aug 18 14:30

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohamed Abd Elbaki	-62 kg	129	12th	159	7th	288	8th
Tarik Abdelazim	-69 kg	138	12th	172	6th	310	11th
Mahmoud Elhaddad	-77 kg	150	15th	192	7th	342	12th
Abdelrahman El Sayed	-105 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abir Khalil	-69 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hassan Madany	−60 kg
Saleh Emara	−96 kg

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Haiat Farag	−63 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mostafa Hassan	−55 kg	Rovshan Bayramov (AZE) L 0-12					Yagnier Hernandez  (CUB) L 1-9	Did not advance
Ashraf Mohamed Meligy	−60 kg	Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU) 3:3	Did not advance
Karam Gaber	−96 kg		Elis Guri (ALB) Aug 14 10:20
Yasser Abdelrahman Sakr	−120 kg		Yuri Patrikeev (ARM) Aug 14 10:50

External Links

Egyptian NOC page on official 2008 Summer Olympics Website