Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Egypt's performance at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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1906 Intercalated Games

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United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

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

## Athletics

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Abaza
Allouba
Hegazi | Report | Dubravčić
Ružić

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp

Attendance: 500

Referee: Rafael van Praag (ITA)

Final rank
6th

## Gymnastics

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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

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Gymnast  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Rank
Kabil Mahmoud | All-around | 63.30  | 24
Ahmed Amin Tabouzada | All-around | 51.85  | 25

## Weightlifting

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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

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Result  | Rank
Ahmed Samy | 75 kg | did not finish

## Wrestling

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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

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Wrestler  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals / Bronze match  | Rank

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Ahmed Rahmy | Freestyle middle | Bye  |  Derkinderen (BEL) (L)  | did not advance  | 9

| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent

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Belgium | 0 | 1 | .000
Total | 0 | 1 | .000
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent

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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

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Wrestler  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals  | Rank

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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

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France | 0 | 1 | .000
Total | 0 | 1 | .000
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent

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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

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1. ^ "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

* 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.

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* United States
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