Egypt at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 89 competitors, 74 men and 15 women, took part in 64 events in 20 sports.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In Egypt's debut archery competition, the nation entered only one man. He lost his first match.

Men's individual
	Essam Sayed
1/32 Eliminations	Lost to	Stanislav Zabrodskiy Kazakhstan	166-149

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Long Jump

• Hatem Mersal
  1. Qualifying - 7.59 (did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Ahmed Abdelmougod Solimon
  1. Final - 2:22:47 (47th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Rezkalla Mohamed Abdelaehim
  • Round 1 — Lost to Brahim Asloum of France (did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Saleh Maksoud
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Vyacheslav Senchenko of Ukraine
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Diógenes Luña of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Fadel Showban
  • Round 1 — Lost to Dante Craig of United States (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Hekal Mohamed Abdelmawgod
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated In-Joon Song of South Korea
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ramadan Yasser
  • Round 1 — Lost to Im Jung-Bin of South Korea (did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Amro Mostafa Mahmoud
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Vladimir Tchantouria of Georgia (did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Ahmed Abdel Samad
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Amr El Nady
  1. Final - 1:03:18 (36th place)

Men's Road Race

• Mahmoud Abbas
  1. Final - DNF

• Mohamed Abdel Fattan
  1. Final - DNF

• Mohamed Kholafy
  1. Final - DNF

• Amr El Nady
  1. Final - DNF

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Egypt in 2000.

Men's foil

• Tamer Mohamed Tahoun

Men's épée

• Muhannad Saif El-Din

Men's sabre

• Mahmoud Samir

Women's foil

• Shaimaa El-Gammal

Women's épée

• May Moustafa

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Tamer Hamed
  1. Preliminary Heat - 23.77 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Tamer Hamed
  1. Preliminary Heat - 52.14 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mahmoud Elwany
  1. Preliminary Heat - 1:55.19 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Hani Elteir
  1. Preliminary Heat - 04:04.23 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Haitham Hassan
  1. Preliminary Heat - 56.42 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Haitham Hassan
  1. Preliminary Heat - 58.67 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Ahmed Hussein
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:06.10 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Haitham Hassan
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:09.92 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Rania Elwani
  1. Preliminary Heat - 25.87
  2. Semi-final - 25.95 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Rania Elwani
  1. Preliminary Heat - 56.31
  2. Semi-final - 55.85 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Rania Elwani
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:01.93 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Duet

• Heba Abdel Gawad and Sara Abdel Gawad
  1. Technical Routine — 29.727

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Spain (0-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to Australia (0-3) → did not advance, eleventh place overall

• Team Roster
  • Mohamed Mouselhy
  • Mahmoud Abdul El Aziz
  • Ashraf Abou El Hassan
  • Eslam Awad
  • Mohamed El Houseny
  • Hamdy El Safy
  • Ibrahim Fathy
  • Sayed Khalil
  • Ussama Komsan
  • Hany Mouselhy
  • Ibrahim Rashwan
  • Nehad Shehata

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Mohamed Moussa El-Dib	– 85 kg	155.0	160.0	162.5	185.0	185.0	192.5	352.5	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Nagwan El-Zawawi	– 69 kg	87.5	92.5	95.0	110.0	110.0	110.0	—	no rank

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site