Egypt_at_the_2008_Summer

Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the Olympic Games

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IOC code EGY

NOC Egyptian Olympic Committee
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Competitors 103 in 17 sports

Flag bearer Karam Gaber

Medals
Rank: 81 Gold
0 Silver
0 Bronze
1 Total
1

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960* • 1964* • 1968* • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
*As the United Arab Republic

Winter Games

1984

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Mesbah, HeshamHesham 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.^[1] Amira Mansour did the same in the women's competition.^[2] Egypt has not confirmed its Olympic entrants.

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Soha Abed Elaal	Individual	587	57	Folkard (GBR) (8) L 95-107	Did not advance					63

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amr Seoud	200 m	20.75	5th in Heat 2 Q	20.55	6th in Heat 1	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yasser Farag	Shot put	18.42	37	Did not advance
Omar El Ghazaly	Discus throw	60.24	23	Did not advance
Mohsen Anani	Hammer throw	NM	-	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hadia Hosny	Singles	Angulo (MEX) W 2-1	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.^[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
Hosam Bakr Abdin	Welterweight		Non Boonjumnong (THA) W 11-10	Carlos Banteaux Suárez (CUB) L 3-10	Did not advance
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
			Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karim El Zoghby	Aladin	Individual	52	76	WD			Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	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) L 3-15	Did not advance
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 Gamal Fathy Shadi Talaat Tamim Ghazy	Team sabre				France (FRA) L 31-45 Belarus (BLR) L 22-45 Hungary (HUN) L 25-45 8th Overall	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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 Iman El Gammal Salma Soueif Shaimaa El Gammal	Team foil				Russia (RUS) L 23-45 China (CHN) L 24-45 Poland (POL) L 14-45 8th Overall	Did not advance

Gymnastics

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

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	61st 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
12	Mohamed Nakib	Goalkeeper	El-Olympi	April 6, 1974 (1974-04-06) (age 34)
16	Walid Abdel Maksoud	Goalkeeper	El Zamalek	June 14, 1979 (1979-06-14) (age 29)
4	Hussein Mabrouk	Left Back	Al Ahly	March 30, 1980 (1980-03-30) (age 28)
5	Moustafa Hussien	Right Wing	Al Ahly	January 8, 1984 (1984-01-08) (age 24)
6	Ahmed El Ahmar	Right Back	El Zamalek	January 27, 1984 (1984-01-27) (age 24)
8	Mohamed Ramadan	Pivot	Al Ahly	March 7, 1984 (1984-03-07) (age 24)
10	Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek	Right Back	Smoha	February 12, 1987 (1987-02-12) (age 21)
11	Mahmoud Hassaballah	Centre Back	El-Olympi	November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22) (age 21)
14	Hassan Mabrouk	Left Back	Al Ahly	July 29, 1982 (1982-07-29) (age 26)
15	Mohamed Abd Elsalam	Left Back	El Zamalek	January 12, 1982 (1982-01-12) (age 26)
17	Belal Mabrouk	Left Wing	Al Ahly	August 2, 1984 (1984-08-02) (age 24)
18	Hany El Fakhrany	Pivot	Füchse Berlin	April 6, 1978 (1978-04-06) (age 30)
19	Hassan Yousry	Centre Back	El Zamalek	May 10, 1978 (1978-05-10) (age 30)
20	Hussein Zaky	Left Back	CAI BM Aragón	March 1, 1979 (1979-03-01) (age 29)
Coach
	Irfan Smajlagic			October 16, 1961 (1961-10-16) (age 46)

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Men's team	Men's	Denmark (DEN) D 23 - 23 (10 - 11)	Russia (RUS) L 27 - 28	Germany (GER) L 23 - 25	South Korea (KOR) L 22-24	Iceland (ISL) D 32 - 32	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	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
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	Bronze final: Yves-Matthieu Dafreville (FRA) W 1000-0000
Islam El Shehaby	+100 kg		Barna Bor (HUN) W 0120-0010	Satoshi Ishii (JPN) L 0000-1001			Paolo Bianchessi (ITA) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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) L 0000-0110			BYE	Janelle Shepherd (AUS) W 1000-0000	Kim Na-Young (KOR) L 0000-0200	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Shoot	MP PTS	Fence Victories	Fence Defeats	MP PTS	Swim	MP PTS	Ride MP PTS	Run	Run MP PTS	Total Points	Rank
Amro El Geziry	174	1024	15	20	760	1:55.86 MPOR	1412	484	9:58.55	1008	4688	32

Women

Athlete	Shoot {Rank}	MP PTS	Fence Victories-Defeats{Rank}	Fence MP PTS	Swim Time{Rank}	Swim MP PTS	Ride Penalties{Rank}	Ride MP PTS	Run Time{Rank}	Run MP PTS	Total Points	Rank
Omnia Fakhry	186{5}	1168	17V-18D{=18}	808	2:15.72{=9}	1292	312{=35}	776	11:32.10{=33}	952	4996	30
Aya Medany	184{9}	1144	22V-13D{=5}	928	2:15.69{=8}	1292	196{=30}	1004	10:36.05{=11}	1176	5544	8

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
Athlete(s)	Event	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	7:26.06	8th in Final C
Ibrahim Abd El Razek Mohamed Zidan Ahmed Gad Amin Ramadan	Lightweight 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
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heba Ahmed	Single sculls	8:46.96	4th in Heat 6 25th Overall					8:07.10	2nd in Final E

Shooting

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Hazem Mohamed	50 m rifle prone	576	56th	Did not advance		56th
Mohamed Amer	50 m rifle three positions	1135	46th	Did not advance		46th
Mohamed Abdellah	10 m air rifle	586	43rd	Did not advance		43rd
Mahmod Abdelaly	10 m air pistol	563	47th	Did not advance		46th
Samy Razaek	50 m pistol	549	32nd	Did not advance		31st
Franco Donato	Skeet	106	36th	Did not advance		36th
Adham Medhat	Trap	108	32nd	Did not advance		32nd

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Shimaa Abdel-Latif	10 m air rifle	393	23rd	Did not advance		23rd
Mona El-Hawary	Skeet	50	19th	Did not advance		19th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed El Nady	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.92	54	Did not advance
Mohamed El Zanaty	Men's 10 km marathon	N/A				1:55:17.0	20
Ahmed Nada	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.59	61	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Egypt also qualified for Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Dalia El Gebaly Reem Abdalazem	Duet	100% Points 80.833 50% Points 40.417	24th	100% Points 80.500 50% Points 40.250	24th			Did not advance
Nouran Saleh Dalia El Gebaly Mai Mohamed Shaza El Sayed Lamyaa Badawi Reem Abdalazem Aziza Abdelfattah Hagar Badran Youmna Khallaf	Team	100% Points 79.500 50% Points 39.750	8th					100% Points 82.166 50% Points 41.083	8th

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
El-Sayed Lashin	Singles	Pablo Tabachnik (ARG) W 4-2	Marcos Freitas (POR) L 1-4	Did not advance
Adel Massaad	Singles	Alfredo Carneros (ESP) L 2-4	Did not advance
Ahmed Ali Saleh	Singles	Kyle Davis (AUS) W 4-1	Damien Eloi (FRA) L 3-4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz	Singles	Li-Chun Pan (TPE) L 0-4	Did not advance
Noha Yousry	Singles	Tetyana Sorochinskaya (UKR) L 0-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round1	Repechage Bronze Medal Match	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Noha Abd Rabo	+67 kg	Nina Solheim (NOR) L 3-9			Chan Che Chew (MAS) W 5-1	Sarah Stevenson (GBR) L 1-5

Volleyball

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

Indoor

Players

Staff
- Head Coach – Ahmed Zakaria
- Assistant Coach – Meselhy Hany
- Team Manager – Oof Abdel Rahman
- Doctor – Ahmed Mamdouh
- Therapist/trainer – Zalam Sameh

Men's competition

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	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) L 0 - 3	Serbia (SRB) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	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	175	13th	210	14th	385	14th

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Abir Khalil	-69 kg	105	6th	133	5th	238	5th

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hassan Madani	−60 kg	BYE	Morad Mohammadi (IRI) L 0-9	Did not advance
Saleh Emara	−96 kg	BYE	Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) L 5-6	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Haiat Farag	−63 kg	Randi Miller (USA) L 3-0	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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Contents

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Men

Badminton

Boxing

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Judo

Modern Pentathlon

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling