Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Egypt Egypt competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Hesham Mesbah	Judo	Men's 90 kg	13 August

Archery

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.^[1] Amira Mansour did the same in the women's competition.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maged Youssef	Men's individual	605	62	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 96–111	Did not advance
Soha Abed Elaal	Women's individual	587	57	Folkard (GBR) (8) L 95–107	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	200 m	20.75	5 q	20.55	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mohsen El Anany	Hammer throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Omar El Ghazali	Discus throw	60.24	23	Did not advance
Yasser Farag	Shot put	18.42	37	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hadia Hosny	Women's singles	Angulo (MEX) W 21–18, 7–21, 21–14	Nedelcheva (BUL) L 7–21, 4–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Egypt qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Yasser was the first to qualify, at the World Championships.^[3] The other two Egyptian boxers qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hosam Bakr Abdin	Welterweight	BYE	Boonjumnong (THA) W 11–10	Banteaux (CUB) L 3–10	Did not advance
Mohamed Hikal	Middleweight	DeGale (GBR) L 4–13	Did not advance
Ramadan Yasser	Light heavyweight	Magomedov (BLR) W 10⁺–10	Benchabla (ALG) L 6–13	Did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim El Zoghby	Aladin	Individual	52	76	Withdrew			Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Nabil	Individual épée	Novosjolov (EST) L 8–15	Did not advance
Mostafa Nagaty	Individual foil	—	Meinhardt (USA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Gamal Fathy	Individual sabre	Beaudry (CAN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Mahmoud Samir		Agresta (BRA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Shadi Talaat		Pryiemka (BLR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Gamal Fathy Tamim Ghazy Mahmoud Samir Shadi Talaat	Team sabre	—			France (FRA) L 31–45	Classification semi-final Belarus (BLR) L 22–45	7th place final Hungary (HUN) L 25–45	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aya El Sayed	Individual épée	—	Picot (FRA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Eman El Gammal	Individual foil	Angad-Gaur (NED) L 4–13	Did not advance
Shaimaa El Gammal		Shaban (EGY) W 15–12	Nam H-H (KOR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Iman Shaban		S El Gammal (EGY) L 12–15	Did not advance
Eman El Gammal Shaimaa El Gammal Iman Shaban Salma Soueif	Team foil	—			Russia (RUS) L 23–45	Classification semi-final China (CHN) L 24–45	7th place final Poland (POL) L 14–45	8

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Mohamed Serour	All-around	13.450	13.250	12.675	15.325	12.375	14.125	81.200	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Sherine El-Zeiny	All-around	12.650	13.750	10.600	13.000	50.000	61	Did not advance

Handball

Men's tournament

Egypt has qualified for the men's team event by winning the 2008 Africa Nations' Handball Cup in Luanda, Angola.

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Egypt men's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B7 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B13

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amin El Hady	−66 kg	BYE	Nazaryan (ARM) W 0001–0000	Arencibia (CUB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		García (AND) W 1001–0001	Takata (USA) W 1000–0001	Sharipov (UZB) L 0001–0101	Did not advance
Hesham Mesbah	−90 kg	—	Choi S-H (KOR) W 0000–0000 YUS	Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		BYE	Mammadov (AZE) W 0011–0010	Kazusionak (BLR) W 1001–0001	Dafreville (FRA) W 1000–0000
Islam El Shehaby	+100 kg	BYE	Bor (HUN) W 0120–0010	Ishii (JPN) L 0000–1001	Did not advance		Bianchessi (ITA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samah Ramadan	+78 kg	BYE	Ortiz (CUB) L 0000–0110	Did not advance		BYE	Shepherd (AUS) W 1000–0000	Kim N-Y (KOR) L 0000–0200	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Amro El Geziry	Men's	174	29	1024	15–20	24	760	1:55.86	1	1412 OR	716	31	484	9:58.55	30	1008	4688	32
Omnia Fakhry	Women's	186	5	1168	17–18	=18	808	2:15.72	9	1292	312	35	776	11:32.10	33	952	4996	30
Aya Medany	Women's	184	9	1144	22–13	=5	928	2:15.69	8	1292	196	30	1004	10:36.05	11	1176	5544	8

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aly Ibrahim	Single sculls	7:43.70	3 QF	—		7:24.77	6 SC/D	7:20.73	3 FC	7:26.06	18
Ibrahim Abd El Razek Ahmed Gad Amin Ramadan Mohamed Zidan	Lightweight four	6:11.71	5 R	6:37.50	4	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heba Ahmed	Single sculls	8:46.96	4 FE	BYE				8:07.10	24

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Samy Abdel Razek	50 m pistol	549	32	Did not advance
Mohamed Abdellah	10 m air rifle	586	43	Did not advance
Mahmod Abdelaly	10 m air pistol	563	47	Did not advance
Mohamed Amer	50 m rifle 3 positions	1135	46	Did not advance
Franco Donato	Skeet	106	36	Did not advance
Adham Medhat	Trap	108	32	Did not advance
Hazem Mohamed	50 m rifle prone	576	56	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mona El-Hawary	Skeet	50	19	Did not advance
Shimaa Hashad	10 m air rifle	393	23	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed El Nady	50 m freestyle	23.92	54	Did not advance
Mohamed Monir	10 km open water	—				1:55:17.0	20
Ahmed Nada	100 m butterfly	55.59	61	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Reem Abdalazem Dalia El Gebaly	Duet	40.417	24	40.250	80.667	24	Did not advance
Reem Abdalazem Aziza Abdelfattah Shaza Abdelrahman Lamyaa Badawi Hagar Badran Dalia El Gebaly Youmna Khallaf Mai Mohamed Nouran Saleh	Team	39.750	8	—			41.083	80.833	8

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
El-Sayed Lashin	Men's singles	Tabachnik (ARG) W 4–2	Freitas (POR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Adel Massaad		Carneros (ESP) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ahmed Saleh		Davis (AUS) W 4–1	Éloi (FRA) L 3–4	Did not advance
Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz	Women's singles	Pan L-c (TPE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Noha Yossry	Women's singles	Sorochinskaya (UKR) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noha Abd Rabo	Women's +67 kg	Solheim (NOR) L 3–9	Did not advance		Che C C (MAS) W 5–1	Stevenson (GBR) L 1–5	Did not advance	5

Volleyball

Indoor

Egypt entered a team in the men's tournament. The team lost all five matches in the group play, and did not advance, finishing tied for 11th place.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Egypt men's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B7 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B15

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mohamed Abd Elbaki	Men's −62 kg	129	12	159	7	288	8
Tarek Yehia	Men's −69 kg	138	12	172	6	310	11
Mahmoud Elhaddad	Men's −77 kg	150	15	192	7	342	12
Abdelrahman El-Sayed	Men's −105 kg	175	13	210	14	385	14
Abir Khalil	Women's −69 kg	105	6	133	5	238	5

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hassan Madany	−60 kg	BYE	Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18
Saleh Emara	−96 kg	BYE	Ebrahimi (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mostafa Mohamed	−55 kg	Bayramov (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance			BYE	Hernández (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	16
Ashraf El-Gharably	−60 kg	Diaconu (ROU) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						14
Karam Gaber	−96 kg	BYE	Guri (ALB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13
Yasser Sakr	−120 kg	BYE	Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Haiat Farag	−63 kg	Miller (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						13

References

General

Mazhar, Inas (21–27 August 2008). "Egypt's new Olympic prodigy". Al-Ahram Weekly (911). ISSN 1110-2977. OCLC 163624446. Retrieved 2008-08-24.

Specific

External links

Egyptian NOC page on official 2008 Summer Olympics Website

[ArcheryMen-1] FITA Olympic Qualification - Men

[ArcheryWomen-2] FITA Olympic Qualification - Women

[BoxingQualWorld-3] World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007

[BoxingQualAfrica-4] 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Equestrian

Show jumping

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

External links