Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Antwerp, Belgium 14 August–12 September 1920
Competitors	20 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Hamad Samy
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Egypt competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Two athletes represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in athletics. Neither of the two athletes were able to advance past the initial round in any of their events.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdel Ali Maghoub	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	9	did not finish
Ahmed Khairy	100 m	Unknown	4	did not finish
	200 m	Unknown	4	did not finish
	400 m	Unknown	4	did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single fencer represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Hassanein was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of each of his two events.

Ranks given are within the group.

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ahmed Hassanein	Épée	5–3	2 Q	4–6	7	did not advance
	Foil	N/A		1–3	4	did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The team lost their first match, against Italy, before beating Yugoslavia in the consolation matches.

Team Roster

• Kamel Taha
• Mohamed El-Sayed
• Abdel Salam Hamdy
• Riad Shawki
• Ali El-Hassany
• Gamil Osman
• Tewfik Abdullah
• Hussein Hegazi
• Hassan Allouba
• Sayed Abaza
• Zaki Osman
• Reserve: Khalil Hosni
• Reserve: Mohamed Gabr
• Reserve: Mahmoud S. Mokhtar
• Reserve: Abbas Safwat

First round

August 28, 1920

Italy	2–1	Egypt
Baloncieri 25' Brezzi 57'	Report	Osman 30'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Attendance: 2.000

Referee: Paul Putz (BEL)

Consolation match

September 2, 1920

Egypt	4–2	Yugoslavia
Abaza Allouba Hegazi	Report	Dubravčić Ružić

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp

Attendance: 500

Referee: Rafael van Praag (ITA)

Final rank

6th

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Two gymnasts represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The two Egyptian gymnasts finished in the last two places of the individual all-around.

Artistic gymnastics

Gymnast	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Kabil Mahmoud	All-around	63.30	24
Ahmed Amin Tabouzada	All-around	51.85	25

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single weightlifter represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Samy competed in the middleweight category, but did not finish the competition.

Weightlifter	Weight class	Final
		Result	Rank
Ahmed Samy	75 kg	did not finish

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single wrestler competed for Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rahmy competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight and the freestyle middleweight, losing his only match in each competition.

Freestyle

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Ahmed Rahmy	Freestyle middle	Bye	Derkinderen (BEL) (L)	did not advance			9

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	0	1	.000
Total	0	1	.000

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	0	0	–
Round of 16	0	1	.000
Quarterfinals	0	0	–
Semifinals	0	0	–
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	0	–
Total	0	1	.000

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Ahmed Rahmy	Lightweight	Rohon (FRA) (L)	Did not advance	did not advance			18
				did not advance
				did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
France	0	1	.000
Total	0	1	.000

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	0	1	.000
Round of 16	0	0	–
Quarterfinals	0	0	–
Semifinals	0	0	–
Final	0	0	–
Silver quarterfinals	0	0	–
Silver semifinals	0	0	–
Silver match	0	0	–
Bronze quarterfinals	0	0	–
Bronze semifinals	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	0	–
Total	0	1	.000

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2007.