Egypt at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	EGY
Nocname:	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	85
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Mahmoud Hassan^[1]
Rank:	16
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Egypt competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 85 competitors, all men, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Gold

• Ibrahim Shams — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Mahmoud Fayad - Weightlifting, Featherweight

Silver

• Attia Hamouda — Weightlifting, Lightweight
• Mahmoud Hassan — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

• Ibrahim Orabi — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Nine fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1948.

Men's foil

• Osman Abdel Hafeez
• Hassan Hosni Tawfik
• Mahmoud Younes

Men's team foil

• Osman Abdel Hafeez, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik, Mahmoud Abdin

Men's épée

• Mahmoud Younes
• Jean Asfar
• Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's team épée

• Salah Dessouki, Jean Asfar, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Osman Abdel Hafeez

Men's sabre

• Salah Dessouki
• Ahmed Abou-Shadi
• Mohamed Zulficar

Men's team sabre

• Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Zulficar, Mahmoud Younes, Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Football

See main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Egypt had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men's single sculls

• Mohamed El-Sayed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Egypt . olympedia.org . . 17 December 2023.
2. Web site: Egypt at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/EGY/summer/1948/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-06-17 . sports-reference.com.
3. Egypt Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/EGY/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.