Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Egypt at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	138 in 21 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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 is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors edit

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Artistic swimming	TBD	TBD	8
Boxing	2	1	3
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	1	2	3
Diving	2	2	4
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	1
Fencing	12	9	21
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	0	7	7
Handball	14	0	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	1	1	2
Shooting	5	6	11
Swimming	1	0	1
Table Tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	3	5
Wrestling	9	1	10
Total	90	39	138

Archery edit

Two Egyptian archers qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's and women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of their results at the 2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament in Nabeul, Tunisia.^[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			0
	Women's individual			0
	Mixed team			—		0

Artistic swimming edit

Egypt fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and mixed team event as the highest-ranked African nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

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			—

Boxing edit

Egypt entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Yomna Ayyad secured her spots in the women's bantamweight division by advancing to the final match, while Omar Elawady (men's welterweight) and Abdelrahman Oraby (men's middlweight) secured a spots in their respective events, through the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Elawady	Men's welterweight	0
Abdelrahman Oraby	Men's middleweight	0
Yomna Ayyad	Women's bantamweight	0

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Egyptian female canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the K-1 500 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic in Abuja, Nigeria.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's K-1 500 m

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

Cycling edit

Track edit

Egypt entered one men rider and two women's riders to compete in the following events, based on the nations performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Women's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Women's keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Men's omnium
	Women's omnium

Diving edit

Egyptian divers secured four quota place for Paris 2024, by winning the gold medal in all of the individual events through 2023 African Diving Qualifier in Durban, South Africa.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's 3 m springboard
	Men's 10 m platform
	Women's 3 m springboard
	Women's 10 m platform

Equestrian edit

Egypt entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).^[3]

Jumping edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
		Individual

Fencing edit

Egypt entered a full-squad of male fencers and nine female fencers into the Olympic competition. Nada Hafez secured her quota places in the women's individual sabre after nominated as the highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for African zone; meanwhile, all of the men's team, women's épée and foil events, qualified for the games after becoming the highest ranked African team, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

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
	Men's épée


*	Men's team épée	—
	Men's foil


*	Men's team foil	—
	Men's sabre


*	Men's team sabre	—
	Women's épée


*	Women's team épée	—
	Women's foil


*	Women's team foil	—
Nada Hafez	Women's sabre

Football edit

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Egypt men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament edit

Egypt men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco.^[4]

Team roster

Men's team event – one team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	AFC 2	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	Advance to knockout stage
3	Egypt
4	Dominican Republic

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2024

17:00

Egypt	Match 6	Dominican Republic
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

27 July 2024

17:00

AFC 2	Match 13	Egypt
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

30 July 2024

15:00

Dominican Republic	Match 21	AFC 2
	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Gymnastics edit

Rhythmic edit

Egypt entered a full squad of rhythmic gymnast into the games by virtue of winning the gold medal, at the 2024 African Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
	Group

Handball edit

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Egypt men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament edit

Egypt men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2024 African Men's Handball Championship.^[5]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Denmark	Quarter-finals
2	Norway
3	Hungary
4	France (H)
5	Egypt
6	Argentina

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: 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

27 July 2024 11:00	Hungary	v	Egypt	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

29 July 2024 14:00	Egypt	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

31 July 2024 16:00	France	v	Egypt	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

2 August 2024 21:00	Norway	v	Egypt	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

4 August 2024 11:00	Egypt	v	Argentina	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

Modern pentathlon edit

Egyptian modern pentathletes confirmed three quota place for Paris 2024. Mohanad Shaban secured an outright berth in the men's event by winning the gold medal in a dramatic sprint to the finish line at the 2023 UIPM World Cup Final in Ankara, Turkey.^[6]^[7] Meanwhile, Ahmed El-Gendy and Malak Ismail secured an outright berth in their respective gender events by winning the 2023 Africa & Oceania Championships in Cairo.^[8]

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	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Mohanad Shaban	Men's
Ahmed El-Gendy	Men's
Malak Ismail	Women's

Rowing edit

Egyptian rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's lightweight double sculls and single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls
	Men's lightweight double 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 edit

Egyptian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt.^[10]

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Men's Laser											—
	Women's Laser Radial											—

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

Shooting edit

Egyptian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	10 m air rifle
	25 m rapid fire pistol
	Skeet
	Skeet

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	10 m air rifle
	25 m pistol
	10 m air pistol
	Trap
	Skeet

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle team
	Skeet team

Swimming edit

Egyptian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marwan El-Kamash	Men's 800 m freestyle
Marwan El-Kamash	Men's 1500 m freestyle

Table tennis edit

Egypt entered a full squad of male & female table tennis player into the Games, by virtue of their gold medal results at the 2023 ITTF African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Singles
	Team	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Singles
	Team	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Doubles

Taekwondo edit

Egypt qualified three athlete to compete at the games. Seif Eissa obtain one of five available spots in the men's 80 kg division, through the final olympics ranking. Meanwhile, Ahmed Nassar and Aya Shehata qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of their victory in the semifinal round, in their own respective division, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Nassar	Men's –68 kg
Seif Eissa	Men's –80 kg
Aya Shehata	Women's –67 kg

Volleyball edit

Indoor edit

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Egypt men’s	Men’s tournament

Men’s tournament edit

Egypt’s men’s volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing as the top-ranked African nation in the June 2024 edition of the FIVB World Rankings.

Team roster

Men’s team event – 1 team of 12 players

Weightlifting edit

Egypt entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Karim Abokahla (men's 89 kg), Abdelrahman El-Sayed (men's +102 kg), Neama Said (women's 71 kg), Sara Ahmed (women's 81 kg) and Halima Abbas (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Karim Abokahla	Men's −89 kg
Abdelrahman El-Sayed	Men's +102 kg
Neama Said	Women's −71 kg
Sara Ahmed	Women's −81 kg
Halima Abbas	Women's +81 kg

Wrestling edit

Egypt qualified ten wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Abdellatif Mohamed qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;^[15] meanwhile, the other nine wrestlers qualified by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.^[16]^[17]^[18]

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gamal Mohamed	Men's −57 kg
Amr Reda Hussen	Men's −74 kg
Mostafa El-Ders	Men's −97 kg
Diaaeldin Kamal	Men's −125 kg
Nada Medani	Women's −50 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moamen Ahmed Mohamed	Men's −60 kg
Mahmoud Abdelrahman	Men's −77 kg
Mohamed Metwally	Men's −87 kg
Mohamed Ali Gabr	Men's −97 kg
Abdellatif Mohamed	Men's −130 kg

References edit

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[6] "UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final: Micheli (ITA) and Shaban (EGY) secure Olympic qualification". UIPM. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[7] Villiers, Ockert (3 June 2023). "Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final 2023: Elena Micheli and Mohanad Shaban clinch Olympic berths in Turkey". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[8] "2023 AFRICAN / OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS: EGYPT AND AUSTRALIA CELEBRATE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC DOUBLES". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

[9] "African rowers secure their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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