Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:EGY
Nocname:Egyptian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:103
Sports:17
Flagbearer:Karam Gaber (opening)
Amro El Geziry (closing)
Rank:80
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Egypt competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Egyptian competitors won two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
13 August
13 August

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Egypt 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]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Maged YoussefMen's individual60562 (3)
L 96–111		did not advance
Soha Abed ElaalWomen's individual58757 (8)
L 95–107		did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Mohsen El AnanyHammer throw—did not advance
    Omar El GhazaliDiscus throw60.2423did not advance
    Yasser FaragShot put18.4237did not advance

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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]

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Hosam Bakr AbdinWelterweight
    W 11–10
    L 2–10    		did not advance
    Mohamed HikalMiddleweight
    L 4–13    		did not advance
    Ramadan YasserLight heavyweight
    W 10+–10
    L 6–13    		did not advance

    Equestrian

    See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Show jumping

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Ahmed NabilIndividual épée
    L 8–15    		did not advance
    Mostafa NagatyIndividual foil
    L 3–15    		did not advance
    Gamal Fathyalign=left rowspan=3Individual sabre
    L 8–15    		did not advance
    Mahmoud Samir
    L 10–15    		did not advance
    Shadi Talaat
    L 7–15    		did not advance
    Gamal Fathy
    Tamim Ghazy
    Mahmoud Samir
    Shadi Talaat    		Team sabre
    L 31–45    		Classification semi-final

    L 22–45    		7th place final

    L 25–45    		8
    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Aya El SayedIndividual épée
    L 7–15    		did not advance
    Eman El Gammalalign=left rowspan=3Individual foil
    L 4–13    		did not advance
    Shaimaa El Gammal
    W 15–12
    L 6–15    		did not advance
    Iman Shaban
    L 12–15    		did not advance
    Eman El Gammal
    Shaimaa El Gammal
    Iman Shaban
    Salma Soueif    		Team foil
    L 23–45    		Classification semi-final

    L 24–45    		7th place final

    L 14–45    		8

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Handball

    See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Egypt had qualified for the men's team event by winning the 2008 Africa Nations' Handball Cup in Luanda, Angola.

    Roster
    Group play

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Amin El Hady−66 kg
    W 0001–0000
    L 0000–0001    		did not advance
    W 1001–0001
    W 1000–0001
    L 0001–0101    		did not advance
    Hesham Mesbah−90 kg
    W 0000–0000
    L 0001–0010    		did not advance
    W 0011–0010
    W 1001–0001
    W 1000–0000
    Islam El Shehaby+100 kg
    W 0120–0010
    L 0000–1001    		did not advance
    L 0000–0010    		did not advance
    Women

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventShooting
    (10 m air pistol)    		Fencing
    (épée one touch)    		Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)    		Riding
    (show jumping)    		Running
    (3000 m)    		Total pointsFinal rank
    PointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
    Amro El GeziryMen's17429102415–20247601:55.8611412 OR716314849:58.55301008468832
    Omnia Fakhryalign=left rowspan=2Women's1865116817–18=188082:15.72912923123577611:32.1033952499630
    Aya Medany1849114422–13=59282:15.698129219630100410:36.0511117655448

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Ali IbrahimSingle sculls7:43.703 QF7:24.776 SC/D7:20.733 FC7:26.0618
    Ibrahim Abd El Razek
    Ahmed Gad
    Amin Ramadan
    Mohamed Zidan    		Lightweight four6:11.715 R6:37.504did not advance
    Women

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Samy Abdel Razek50 m pistol54932did not advance
    Mohamed Abdellah10 m air rifle58643did not advance
    Mahmod Abdelaly10 m air pistol56347did not advance
    Mohamed Amer50 m rifle 3 positions113546did not advance
    Franco DonatoSkeet10636did not advance
    Adham MedhatTrap10832did not advance
    Hazem Mohamed50 m rifle prone57656did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Mona El-HawarySkeet5019did not advance
    Shimaa Hashad10 m air rifle39323did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Mohamed El Nady50 m freestyle23.9254did not advance
    Mohamed Monir10 km open water1:55:17.020
    Ahmed Nada100 m butterfly55.5961did not advance

    Synchronized swimming

    See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
    PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
    Reem Abdalazem
    Dalia El Gebaly    		Duet40.4172440.25080.66724did not advance
    Reem Abdalazem
    Aziza Abdelfattah
    Shaza Abdelrahman
    Lamyaa Badawi
    Hagar Badran
    Dalia El Gebaly
    Youmna Khallaf
    Mai Mohamed
    Nouran Saleh    		Team39.750841.08380.8338

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    El-Sayed Lashinalign=left rowspan=3Men's singles
    W 4–2
    L 1–4    		did not advance
    Adel Massaad
    L 2–4    		did not advance
    Ahmed Saleh
    W 4–1
    L 3–4    		did not advance
    Shaimaa Abdul-Azizalign=left rowspan=2Women's singles
    L 0–4    		did not advance
    Noha Yossry
    L 0–4    		did not advance

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Volleyball

    See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Indoor

    Egypt entered a team in the men's tournament. The team lost all five matches in the group play, and did not advance, finishing tied for 11th place.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster
  • Group play

    • Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Mohamed Abd ElbakiMen's −62 kg1291215972888
    Tarek YehiaMen's −69 kg13812172631011
    Mahmoud ElhaddadMen's −77 kg15015192734212
    Abdelrahman El-SayedMen's −105 kg175132101438514
    Abir KhalilWomen's −69 kg10561335238

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Hassan Madany−60 kg
    L 0–3     		did not advance18
    Saleh Emara−96 kg
    L 1–3     		did not advance11
    Men's Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Mostafa Mohamed−55 kg
    L 0–3     		did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance16
    Ashraf El-Gharably−60 kg
    L 1–3     		did not advance14
    Karam Gaber−96 kg
    L 1–3     		did not advance13
    Yasser Sakr−120 kg
    L 1–3     		did not advance19
    Women's freestyle

    See also

    References

    General
    Specific

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Men.pdf FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
    2. http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Women.pdf FITA Olympic Qualification - Women
    3. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
    4. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=876 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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