Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Egypt
Egypt at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (Arabic) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	114 in 21 sports
	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; 2012; 2016; As the United Arab Republic
Winter Games
	1984; 1988–2014;
Intercalated Games
	1906

Egypt is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have participated in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two different occasions. Egypt did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the time of Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Archery

Two Egyptian archers qualified each for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2016 African Archery Championships in Windhoek, Namibia.^[1]

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
	Men's individual
	Women's individual

Athletics

Egyptian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

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
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mostafa Al-Gamel	Hammer throw
Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed	Javelin throw
Hassan Mahmoud	Hammer throw

Boxing

Egypt has entered four boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Hosam Abdin was the only Egyptian boxer qualifying through the 2015 World Championships, while three further boxers (Abdelaal, Mohamed, and Salah) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mahmoud Abdelaal	Lightweight
Walid Selik Mohamed	Welterweight
Hosam Abdin	Middleweight
Abdelrahman Salah	Light heavyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Egypt has qualified two boats for the following distances into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the 2016 African Sprint Qualifying Tournament.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's K-1 200 m
	Women's K-1 200 m

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

Cycling

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Egypt has entered one rider to compete only in the women's sprint at the Olympics for the first time, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.^[5] This signified the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport of cycling for the first time since 2000, and to track cycling since 1924.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Ebtissam Zayed	Women's sprint

Diving

Egyptian divers qualified for the following individual spots at the 2016 Olympic Games by virtue of their top national finish from Africa at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mohab El-Kordy	3 m springboard
Youssef Ezzat	10 m platform

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maha Abdelsalam	10 m platform

Equestrian

Egypt has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top four finish outside the group selection in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.^[6]

Jumping

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
Individual

Fencing

Egyptian fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team foil by virtue of being the highest ranking team from Africa outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[7]^[8] Meanwhile, Mohamed Amer (men's sabre) and Noura Mohamed (women's foil) had claimed their Olympic spots on the Egyptian team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers from Africa outside the world's top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[9] Nada Hafez (women's sabre) and London 2012 épée fencer Ayman Fayez rounded out the roster by virtue of their top finish respectively at the African Zonal Qualifier in Algiers, Algeria.

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
Ayman Fayez	Épée
	Foil


	Team foil	N/A
Mohamed Amer	Sabre	N/A

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
Noura Mohamed	Foil
Nada Hafez	Sabre

Handball

Men's tournament

Egypt men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the 2016 African Championships in Cairo.^[10]^[11]

Team roster

Men's tournament – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 21:50 v	Slovenia	v	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:50 v	Egypt	v	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 11:30 v	Poland	v	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 16:40 v	Egypt	v	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 11:30 v	Germany	v	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

Judo

Egypt has qualified a total of five judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Mohamed Mohy Eldin, Mohamed Abdelaal, Ramadan Darwish, and three-time Olympian Islam El Shehaby were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Ahmed Abdelrahman at men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Egypt's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Abelrahman	Men's −60 kg
Mohamed Mohy Eldin	Men's −73 kg
Mohamed Abdelaal	Men's −81 kg
Ramadan Darwish	Men's −100 kg
Islam El Shehaby	Men's +100 kg

Modern pentathlon

Egyptian athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Eslam Hamad and Haydy Morsy secured a selection each in the men's and women's event respectively after achieving a top finish at the 2015 African Championships.

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
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Eslam Hamad	Men's
Haydy Morsy	Women's

Rowing

Egypt has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Men's single sculls
Heba Ahmed	Women's single sculls

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

Egypt has qualified one sailor in the men's Laser class through the African continental regatta.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Laser

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

Shooting

Egyptian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle prone			N/A
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
	10 m air pistol			N/A
	25 m rapid fire pistol			N/A
	50 m pistol			N/A
	Trap
	Skeet
	Skeet

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	10 m air pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Egyptian swimmers have so far 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)):^[14]^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akram Ahmed	400 m freestyle			N/A
Akram Ahmed	1500 m freestyle			N/A
Marwan El-Kamash	200 m freestyle
Marwan El-Kamash	400 m freestyle			N/A
Mohamed Hussein	200 m individual medley
Ali Khalafalla	50 m freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Farida Osman	50 m freestyle
Farida Osman	100 m butterfly

Synchronized swimming

Egypt has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events, by virtue of their top national finish for Africa at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
	Duet
	Team			N/A

Table tennis

Egypt has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Brothers Khalid and Omar Assar secured places on the Egyptian squad in the men's singles, while 2012 Olympians Nadeen El-Dawlatly and Dina Meshref in the women's singles; all of them have reached the semifinals in each of their respective events at the 2015 All-Africa Games.^[16]

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
Khalid Assar	Men's singles
Omar Assar	Men's singles
Nadeen El-Dawlatly	Women's singles
Dina Meshref	Women's singles
Nadeen El-Dawlatly Dina Meshref	Women's team	N/A

Taekwondo

Egypt entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympian Hedaya Malak qualified automatically for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[17] Meanwhile, Ghofran Zaki and Seham El-Sawalhy secured the remaining spots on the Egyptian team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the men's lightweight (68 kg) and women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir, Morocco.^[18]

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
Ghofran Zaki	Men's −68 kg
Hedaya Malak	Women's −57 kg
Seham El-Sawalhy	Women's −67 kg

Volleyball

Beach

Egypt has qualified the women's beach volleyball team for the Olympics by winning the CAVB Continental Cup final in Abuja, Nigeria, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Women's

Indoor

Men's tournament

Egypt men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.^[20]

Team roster

Men's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Weightlifting

Egyptian weightlifters have qualified six men's and three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Wrestling

Egypt has qualified a total of ten wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.^[21]

On May 11, 2016, United World Wrestling decided to revoke an Olympic license from Egypt in men's freestyle 97 kg, due to doping violations at the African Qualification Tournament.^[22]

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
Mohamed Zaghloul	−86 kg
Diaaeldin Kamal	−125 kg

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
Haithem Mahmoud	−59 kg
Adham Ahmed Saleh	−66 kg
Mahmoud Fawzy	−75 kg
Ahmed Othman	−85 kg
Hamdy El-Said	−98 kg
Abdellatif Mohamed	−130 kg

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
Enas Mostafa	−69 kg
Samar Amer	−75 kg

References

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Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Contents

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Jumping

Fencing

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

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