Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Egypt at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	106 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Ahmed Fouad Nessim
Medals; Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960–1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games –––– United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 106 competitors, all men, took part in 65 events in 14 sports.^[2]

Medalists edit

Bronze edit

Abdel Aaal Rashed — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Featherweight.

Athletics edit

Basketball edit

Men's Team Competition

Qualification Round (Group C)
- Defeated Turkey (64-52)
- Lost to Canada (57-63)
- Defeated Italy (66-62)
Main Round (Group D)
- Lost to France (64-92)
- Lost to Chile (46-74)
- Defeated Cuba (66-55) → did not advance, 10th place

Boxing edit

Diving edit

Men's 3m Springboard

Ahmed Kamel Aly
- Preliminary Round — 62.95 points (→ 17th place)
Kamal Ali Hassan
- Preliminary Round — 62.68 points (→ 18th place)
Ahmed Fahti Mohamed Hashad
- Preliminary Round — 50.04 points (→ 33rd place)

Equestrian edit

Fencing edit

Eight fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1952.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Ali Riad, Osman Abdel Hafeez, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik

Men's épée

Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's team épée

Osman Abdel Hafeez, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Mohamed Zulficar, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Football edit

Gymnastics edit

Men's Single Event

Rowing edit

Egypt had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[3]

Men's single sculls

Hussein El-Alfy

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxed four

Shooting edit

Six shooters represented Egypt in 1952.

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Swimming edit

Water polo edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Egypt at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egypt Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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[1] "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[sports-reference-2] "Egypt at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egypt Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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