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Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Egypt at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors132 in 24 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Hedaya Malak
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Flag bearer (closing)Giana Farouk
Medals
Ranked 54th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Feryal Abdelaziz Karate Women's +61 kg 7 August
 Silver Ahmed El-Gendy Modern pentathlon Men's individual 7 August
 Bronze Hedaya Malak Taekwondo Women's 67 kg 26 July
 Bronze Seif Eissa Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 26 July
 Bronze Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 4 August
 Bronze Giana Farouk Karate Women's 61 kg 6 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football and handball are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Artistic swimming 0 8 8
Athletics 4 0 4
Badminton 1 2 3
Boxing 2 0 2
Canoeing 1 1 2
Cycling 0 1 1
Diving 1 1 2
Equestrian 3 0 3
Fencing 7 4 11
Football 18 0 18
Gymnastics 2 9 11
Handball 14 0 14
Judo 3 0 3
Karate 2 3 5
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Rowing 1 0 1
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 7 4 11
Swimming 3 1 4
Table tennis 3 3 6
Taekwondo 2 2 4
Tennis 1 1 2
Triathlon 0 1 1
Wrestling 6 2 8
Total 85 47 132

Archery

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Two Egyptian archers qualified for the inaugural mixed team event, along with the men's and women's individual recurve, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.[2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Youssof Tolba Men's individual 645 56  Gankin (KAZ)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Amal Adam Women's individual 570 63  Jang M-h (KOR)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Youssof Tolba
Amal Adam
Mixed team 1215 29 Did not advance

Artistic swimming

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Egypt fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event through an African continental selection in the team free routine at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Hanna Hiekal
Laila Mohsen
Duet 77.8625 19 78.9000 156.7625 19 Did not advance
Nora Azmy
Hanna Hiekal
Maryam Maghraby
Laila Mohsen
Farida Radwan
Nehal Saafan
Shahd Samer
Jayda Sharaf
Team 77.9147 8 80.0000 157.9147 8

Athletics

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Egyptian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mostafa Amr Hassan Men's shot put 21.23 6 Q 20.73 8
Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif 19.82 25 Did not advance
Ihab Abdelrahman Men's javelin throw 81.92 13 Did not advance
Mostafa El Gamel Men's hammer throw 72.76 23 Did not advance

Badminton

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Egypt entered three badminton players (one male and two female) for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.[5]

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Doha Hany Women's singles  Chen Yf (CHN)
L (5–21, 3–21)
 Yiğit (TUR)
L (5–21, 5–21)
3 Did not advance
Doha Hany
Hadia Hosny
Women's doubles  Matsumoto /
Nagahara (JPN)
L (7–21, 3–21)
 Piek /
Seinen (NED)
L (6–21, 10–21)
 Honderich /
Tsai (CAN)
L (5–21, 6–21)
4 Did not advance
Adham Hatem Elgamal
Doha Hany
Mixed doubles  Huang Yq /
Zheng Sw (CHN)
L (5–21, 10–21)
 Chae Y-j /
Choi S-g (KOR)
L (7–21, 3–21)
 Piek /
Tabeling (NED)
L (9–21, 4–21)
4 Did not advance

Boxing

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Egypt entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2015 African Games silver medalist Abdelrahman Oraby scored an outright semifinal victory to secure a spot in the men's light heavyweight division at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal.[6] Reigning African Games champion Yousry Hafez completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Africa in the men's super heavyweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdelrahman Oraby Men's light heavyweight Bye  Whittaker (GBR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Yousry Hafez Men's super heavyweight Bye  Kunkabayev (KAZ)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Egyptian canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games by receiving spare berths freed up by South Africa at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.[7]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Momen Mahran Men's K-1 200 m 38.850 5 QF 37.836 4 Did not advance
Samaa Ahmed Women's K-1 500 m 2:13.007 7 QF 2:06.033 5 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

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Track

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Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Egypt entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Ebtissam Zayed Women's omnium DNF 16 18 6 17 8 DNF −20 DNF

Diving

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Egypt sent three divers (two men and one woman) into the Olympic competition by winning the gold medal each in their respective individual events at the 2019 African Qualifying Meet in Durban, South Africa.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Mohab El-Kordy Men's 3 m springboard 422.75 12 Q 408.85 11 Q 393.15 11
Men's 10 m platform 318.55 23 Did not advance
Maha Gouda Women's 10 m platform 275.30 20 Did not advance

Equestrian

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Egypt fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition for the first time since 1960, after securing an outright berth, as one of two top-ranked nations, at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in Rabat, Morocco.[8]

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Nayel Nassar Igor van de Wittemoere Individual 0 =1 Q 13 89.63 24
Abdel Said Bandit Savoie 15 62 Did not advance
Mouda Zeyada Galanthos SHK 1 =26 Q 8 86.63 19
Nayel Nassar
Mohamed Talaat
Mouda Zeyada
Igor van de Wittermoere
Darshan
Galanthos SHK
Team 29 11 Did not advance

Fencing

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Egyptian fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil and men's team sabre for the Games as the highest-ranked nation from Africa outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. Rio 2016 Olympian Nada Hafez (women's sabre) earned another place on the Egyptian team as the highest-ranked fencer vying for individual qualification from Africa in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while Mohamed El-Sayed completed the nation's fencing roster for the Games by winning the final match of the men's épée at the African Zonal Qualifier in Cairo.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mohamed El-Sayed Épée Bye  Borel (FRA)
W 15–11
 Lan Mh (CHN)
W 15–9
 Reizlin (UKR)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Foil Bye  Kleibrink (GER)
W 15–11
 Mylnikov (ROC)
W 15–12
 Shikine (JPN)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Mohamed Hamza Bye  Mepstead (GBR)
W 15–13
 Cassarà (ITA)
W 15–13
 Choupenitch (CZE)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Mohamed Hassan Bye  Garozzo (ITA)
L 6–15
Did not advance
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Mohamed Desouky
Mohamed Hassan
Youssef Sanaa*
Team foil  France (FRA)
L 34–45
Classification semifinal
 Italy (ITA)
L 34–45
Seventh place final
 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 21–45
8
Mohamed Amer Sabre Bye  Homer (USA)
W 15–11
 Oh S-u (KOR)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Ziad El-Sissy Bye  Reshetnikov (ROC)
W 15–13
 Bazadze (GEO)
L 12–15
Did not advance
Mohab Samer Bye  Bazadze (GEO)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Mohamed Amer
Ziad El-Sissy
Mohab Samer
Medhat Moataz*
Team sabre  Japan (JPN)
W 45–32
 South Korea (KOR)
L 39–45
Classification semifinal
 ROC
W 45–41
Fifth place final
 Iran (IRI)
W 45–41
5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yara El-Sharkawy Foil Bye  Errigo (ITA)
L 2–15
Did not advance
Noha Hany Bye  Chen Qy (CHN)
L 6–15
Did not advance
Noura Mohamed Bye  Ueno (JPN)
L 5–15
Did not advance
Yara El-Sharkawy
Noha Hany
Noura Mohamed
Mariam El-Zoheiry*
Team foil  ROC
L 21–45
Classification semifinal
 Japan (JPN)
L 27–45
Seventh place final
 Hungary (HUN)
L 28–45
8
Nada Hafez Sabre Bye  Kim J-y (KOR)
L 4–15
Did not advance

Football

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Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament  Spain
D 0–0
 Argentina
L 0–1
 Australia
W 2–0
2 Q  Brazil
L 0–1
Did not advance

Men's tournament

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Egypt men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after an eight-year absence.[10]

Team roster

Egypt's 22-man final squad was announced on 2 July 2021.[11]

Head coach: Shawky Gharieb

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mohamed El Shenawy* (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 32) Egypt Al Ahly
2 3MF Amar Hamdy (1999-11-26)26 November 1999 (aged 21) Egypt Al Ittihad
3 4FW Karim Fouad (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 20) Egypt ENPPI
4 2DF Osama Galal (1997-09-17)17 September 1997 (aged 23) Egypt Pyramids
5 2DF Mohamed Abdel Salam (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 23) Egypt Zamalek
6 2DF Ahmed Hegazi* (captain) (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 30) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
7 4FW Salah Mohsen (1998-09-01)1 September 1998 (aged 22) Egypt Al Ahly
8 3MF Nasser Maher (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 (aged 24) Egypt Al Ahly
9 4FW Taher Mohamed (1997-03-07)7 March 1997 (aged 24) Egypt Al Ahly
10 4FW Ramadan Sobhi (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 24) Egypt Pyramids
11 4FW Ibrahim Adel (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 (aged 20) Egypt Pyramids
12 3MF Akram Tawfik (1997-11-08)8 November 1997 (aged 23) Egypt Al Ahly
13 2DF Karim El Eraki (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 22) Egypt Al Masry
14 4FW Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 23) Egypt Ceramica Cleopatra
15 3MF Emam Ashour (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 23) Egypt Zamalek
16 1GK Mahmoud Gad (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 (aged 22) Egypt ENPPI
17 2DF Ahmed Ramadan (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (aged 24) Egypt Al Ahly
18 2DF Mahmoud Hamdy* (1995-06-01)1 June 1995 (aged 26) Egypt Zamalek
19 4FW Abdel Rahman Magdy (1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 23) Egypt Ismaily
20 2DF Ahmed Abou El Fotouh (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 22) Egypt Zamalek
21 4FW Nasser Mansi (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23) Egypt Tala'ea El Gaish
22 1GK Mohamed Sobhy (1999-07-15)15 July 1999 (aged 22) Egypt Al Ittihad

* Overage player.

Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  Australia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Egypt 0–0 Spain
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)

Egypt 0–1 Argentina
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Medina 52'

Australia 0–2 Egypt
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Egypt entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Mandy Mohamed booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing seventeenth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[13] Meanwhile, Omer Mohamed and Zeina Ibrahim claimed additional places to join Mohamed on the Egyptian squad with a top-two finish in their respective individual events at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Omar Mohamed All-around 13.233 13.000 12.500 13.800 13.300 13.033 78.866 51 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Zeina Ibrahim All-around 13.200 12.500 11.866 11.700 49.266 64 Did not advance
Mandy Mohamed 13.233 11.033 11.200 12.833 48.866 67 Did not advance

Rhythmic

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Egypt fielded a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete for the first time at the Olympics, by winning the gold each in the individual and group all-around at the 2020 African Championships in Sharm El Sheikh.[14]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Habiba Marzouk Individual 21.700 22.150 21.100 8.400 73.350 25 Did not advance
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps. 3+2 apps Total Rank
Login Elsasyed
Polina Fouda
Salma Saleh
Malak Selim
Tia Sobhy
Group 36.300 33.050 69.350 13 Did not advance

Trampoline

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Egypt qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by claiming the top spots, respectively, at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Seif Asser Sherif Men's 96.190 10 Did not advance
Malak Hamza Women's 94.720 9 Did not advance

Handball

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Summary

Key:

  • ET: After extra time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament  Portugal
W 37–31
 Denmark
L 32–27
 Japan
W 33–29
 Sweden
W 27–22
 Bahrain
W 30–20
2 Q  Germany
W 31–26
 France
L 23–27
 Spain
L 31–33
4

Men's tournament

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Egypt men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2020 African Men's Handball Championship in Tunis, Tunisia.[15]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 12 July 2021.[16]

Head coach: Spain Roberto García Parrondo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 RB Yahia Omar (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23) 1.94 m 52 171 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
15 LB Ahmed Hesham (2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 21) 1.91 m 9 15 France USAM Nîmes Gard
24 P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 32) 1.92 m 249 74 Egypt Al Ahly
25 P Wisam Nawar (1990-02-14)14 February 1990 (aged 31) 1.84 m 109 42 Egypt Zamalek
31 LW Omar El-Wakil (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 (aged 33) 1.74 m 205 264 Egypt Zamalek
39 LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 26) 1.92 m 143 264 Egypt Zamalek
42 LB Hassan Kaddah (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 21) 2.05 m 39 38 Egypt Zamalek
45 CB Seif El-Deraa (1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 22) 1.87 m 39 66 Egypt Zamalek
66 RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 37) 1.86 m 322 1425 Egypt Zamalek
80 P Ahmed Mesilhy (1994-11-25)25 November 1994 (aged 26) 1.84 m 12 6 Egypt Al Ahly
88 GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 33) 1.88 m 163 0 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister
89 P Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 32) 1.94 m 244 288 Romania Dinamo București
90 LB Ali Zein (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 (aged 30) 1.93 m 299 409 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
91 RW Mohammad Sanad (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 30) 1.88 m 152 373 France USAM Nîmes Gard
96 GK Mohamed El-Tayar (1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 25) 1.91 m 49 0 Egypt Al Ahly
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 5 4 0 1 174 139 +35 8[a] Quarter-finals
2  Egypt 5 4 0 1 154 134 +20 8[a]
3  Sweden 5 4 0 1 144 142 +2 8[a]
4  Bahrain 5 1 0 4 129 149 −20 2[b]
5  Portugal 5 1 0 4 143 156 −13 2[b]
6  Japan (H) 5 1 0 4 146 170 −24 2[b]
Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, 0 GD, Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD
  2. ^ a b c Bahrain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD, Japan 2 Pts, −1 GD
24 July 2021
19:30
Portugal  31–37  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Ferraz 6 (15–15) Hesham 7
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26 July 2021
14:15
Egypt  27–32  Denmark Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Hesham 6 (15–14) M. Hansen 9
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28 July 2021
14:15
Japan  29–33  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Tokuda 8 (11–18) El-Ahmar 8
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30 July 2021
16:15
Sweden  22–27  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Pellas 7 (9–13) Sanad 6
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1 August 2021
11:00
Egypt  30–20  Bahrain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
El-Ahmar 5 (15–7) Habib 4
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Quarterfinal
3 August 2021
20:45
Germany  26–31  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Golla, Kühn 6 (12–16) Omar, Zein 5
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Semifinal
5 August 2021
17:00
France  27–23  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Descat, Mem 5 (13–13) El-Ahmar, Omar 5
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Bronze medal game
7 August 2021
17:00
Egypt  31–33  Spain Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
El-Ahmar, Shebib 7 (16–19) Gómez 8
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Judo

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Egypt qualified three male judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Mohamed Abdelmawgoud (men's half-lightweight, 66 kg), with Ramadan Darwish (men's half-heavyweight, 100 kg) earning his third consecutive trip to the Games, was selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while Rio 2016 Olympian Mohamed Abdelaal (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[17]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Abdelmawgoud Men's −66 kg  Cargnin (BRA)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Mohamed Abdelaal Men's −81 kg Bye  Ungvári (HUN)
W 10–00
 Parlati (ITA)
L 00–01
Did not advance
Ramadan Darwish Men's −100 kg  Shah (PAK)
W 01–00
 Liparteliani (GEO)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Karate

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Egypt entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Ali El-Sawy and 2016 world champion Giana Farouk qualified directly for the men's kumite 67 kg and women's kumite 61-kg category, respectively by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[18] Feryal Abdelaziz finished among the top three in the final pool round of the women's kumite +61 kg category to secure an additional place on the Egyptian squad at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.[19] Abdalla Abdelaziz (men's kumite 75 kg) and Radwa Sayed (women's kumite 55 kg) completed the lineup by topping the continental field of karateka vying for qualification from the African zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.[20]

Kumite
Athlete Event Round Robin Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ali El-Sawy Men's −67 kg  Sago (JPN)
L 3–4
 Şamdan (TUR)
L 1–4
 Farzaliyev (AZE)
W 1–0
 Assadilov (KAZ)
L 1–3
3 Did not advance
Abdalla Abdelaziz Men's −75 kg  Hárspataki (HUN)
L 2–2+
 Nishimura (JPN)
L 7–8
 Scott (USA)
L 1–3
 Horuna (UKR)
W 4–1
5 Did not advance
Radwa Sayed Women's −55 kg  Zhangbyrbay (KAZ)
L 2–7
 Terliuga (UKR)
L 0–1
 Miyahara (JPN)
W 5–3
 Plank (AUT)
L 6–7
5 Did not advance
Giana Farouk Women's −61 kg  Grande (PER)
W 2–0
 Serogina (UKR)
W 2–1
 Sadini (MAR)
W 5–0
 Preković (SRB)
L 1–1+
2 Q  Yin Xy (CHN)
L 1–1+
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Feryal Abdelaziz Women's +61 kg  Gong L (CHN)
W 4–0
 Quirici (SUI)
W 3+–3
 Abbasali (IRI)
L 7–9
 Matoub (ALG)
D 0–0
q  Berultseva (KAZ)
W 5–4
 Zaretska (AZE)
W 2–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon

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Egyptian athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Rio 2016 Olympian Haydy Morsy secured a spot in the women's event by virtue of her top finish at the 2019 African Championships in Cairo.[21] On the men's side, Ahmed El-Gendy locked the podium with a bronze medal to join Morsy on the Egyptian roster at the 2021 UIPM World Championships in Cairo, with Ahmed Hamed and Amira Kandil receiving the spare berths previously declined by the original entrants, as the next highest-ranked, eligible modern pentathletes in the UIPM World Rankings.[22]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Ahmed Hamed Men's 16–19 0 21 196 2:06.58 28 297 21 19 279 11:25.85 20 615 1387 24
Ahmed El-Gendy 18–17 1 15 209 1:57.13 5 316 16 18 284 10:32.47 2 668 1477 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Amira Kandil Women's 18–17 1 21 199 2:15.14 16 280 50 25 250 13:28.34 32 492 1221 29
Haydy Morsy 20–15 1 10 221 2:24.35 33 262 7 6 293 13:07.69 25 513 1289 19

Rowing

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Egypt qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[23]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Abdelkhalek Elbana Men's single sculls 7:03.44 3 QF Bye 7:32.86 5 SC/D 6:58.84 2 FC 7:00.72 14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Egyptian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Aly Badawy Men's Laser 32 33 31 34 33 30 31 33 33 27 EL 283 34
Khouloud Mansy Women's Laser Radial 36 39 43 42 43 36 BFD 40 36 32 EL 347 41

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

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Egyptian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.[24]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Samy Abdel Razek 10 m air pistol 567 31 Did not advance
Osama El-Saeid 10 m air rifle 618.8 42 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1139 38 Did not advance
Mostafa Hamdy Skeet 112 29 Did not advance
Youssef Makkar 10 m air rifle 612.0 45 Did not advance
Abdel-Aziz Mehelba Trap 121 16 Did not advance
Azmy Mehelba Skeet 120 19 Did not advance
Ahmed Zaher Trap 120 19 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Radwa Abdel Latif 10 m air pistol 560 40 Did not advance
Maggy Ashmawy Trap 113 22 Did not advance
Hala El-Gohari 10 m air pistol 560 41 Did not advance
Alzahraa Shaban 10 m air rifle 620.0 38 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1138-36x 35 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Opposition
Score
Rank
Osama El-Saeid
Alzahraa Shaban
10 m air rifle team 617.5 28 Did not advance
Samy Abdel Razek
Radwa Abdel Latif
10 m air pistol team 563 18 Did not advance
Abdel-Aziz Mehelba
Maggy Ashmawy
Trap team 138 15 Did not advance

Swimming

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Egyptian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[25][26]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marwan El-Kamash Men's 400 m freestyle 3:46.94 14 Did not advance
Men's 800 m freestyle 7:52.76 16 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
Ali Khalafalla Men's 50 m freestyle 22.22 =24 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 49.31 =30 Did not advance
Youssef Ramadan Men's 100 m butterfly 51.67 =14 Q 52.27 16 Did not advance
Farida Osman Women's 50 m freestyle 25.13 24 Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 55.74 33 Did not advance
Women's 100 m butterfly 58.69 20 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Egypt entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective Olympic berths by winning the gold medal each at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament.[27] Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Egyptian table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by winning the final match against Nigeria at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia.[28]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Omar Assar Singles Bye  Kou (UKR)
W 4–3
 Falck (SWE)
W 4–3
 Chuang C-y (TPE)
W 4–3
 Ma L (CHN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Ahmed Saleh Bye  Gionis (GRE)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Khalid Assar
Omar Assar
Ahmed Saleh
Team  China (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yousra Abdel Razek Singles Bye  Yuan (FRA)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Dina Meshref Bye  Partyka (POL)
W 4–2
 Eerland (NED)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Farah Abdel-Aziz
Yousra Abdel Razek
Dina Meshref
Team  Romania (ROU)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Omar Assar
Dina Meshref
Doubles  Lee S-s /
Jeon J-h (KOR)
W 1–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Egypt entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Abdelrahman Wael (men's 68 kg), 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Seif Eissa (men's 80 kg), Nour Abdelsalam (women's 49 kg), and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Hedaya Malak (women's 67 kg) secured the spots on the Egyptian squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.[29][30]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdelrahman Wael Men's −68 kg Bye  Pérez (ESP)
W 22–20
 Husić (BIH)
L 7–8
Did not advance
Seif Eissa Men's −80 kg  Marton (AUS)
W 12–1
 Alessio (ITA)
W 6–5
 Khramtsov (ROC)
L 1–13
Bye  Ordemann (NOR)
W12–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nour Abdelsalam Women's −49 kg Bye  Yıldırım (TUR)
L 20–21
Did not advance
Hedaya Malak Women's −67 kg  Wiet-Hénin (FRA)
W 11–10
 Williams (GBR)
L 12–13
Did not advance  Paseka (TGA)
W 19–0
 McPherson (USA)
W 17–6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tennis

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Egypt entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament for the first time in history. Mohamed Safwat and Mayar Sherif secured an outright berth each in the men's and women's singles, respectively, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.[31]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Safwat Men's singles  Galán (COL)
L 5–7, 1–6
Did not advance
Mayar Sherif Women's singles  Peterson (SWE)
L 5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Did not advance

Triathlon

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Egypt entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics for the first time in history. Basmla El-Salamoney topped the field of triathletes vying for qualification from Africa in the women's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.[32]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Basmla El-Salamoney Women's 20:41 0:50 Lapped

Wrestling

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Egypt qualified eight wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic berth in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while seven additional licenses were awarded to the Egyptian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.[33][34][35]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Amr Reda Hussen Men's −74 kg  Rybicki (POL)
W 3–1 PP
 Kaisanov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 7
Diaaeldin Kamal Men's −125 kg  Petriashvili (GEO)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance  Deng Zw (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 10
Enas Mostafa Women's −68 kg  Schell (GER)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 14
Samar Amer Women's −76 kg  Vorobieva (ROC)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 10
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Haithem Mahmoud Men's −60 kg  Emelin (ROC)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 9
Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed Men's −67 kg  Ryu H-s (KOR)
W 3–1 PP
 Aslanyan (ARM)
W 3–1 PP
 Nasibov (UKR)
L 1–3 PP
Bye  Surkov (ROC)
W 3–1 PP
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mohamed Metwally Men's −87 kg  Maskevich (BLR)
W 4–1 SP
 Grégorich (CUB)
W 3–0 PO
 V Lőrincz (HUN)
L 1–3 PP
Bye  Kudla (GER)
L 0–5 VT
5
Abdellatif Mohamed Men's −130 kg  Semenov (ROC)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 9

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