United Arab Republic at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

United Arab Republic at the
1968 Summer Olympics

Flag of the United Arab Republic

IOC code| RAU
NOC| United Arab Republic
Website| www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors| 30 in 7 sports
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1960
* 1964

Other related appearances
Egypt (1912–)
Syria (1948–)

Egypt, as the United Arab Republic, competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 30 competitors, all men, took part in 18 events in 7 sports.[1]

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1968.

Men's foil

* Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini
* Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi
* Moustafa Soheim

Men's team foil

* Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini, Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi, Moustafa Soheim, Ahmed Zein El-Abidin

Men's épée

* Ahmed Zein El-Abidin

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Egypt in 1968.

Trap

* Mohamed Mehrez
* Badir Shoukri

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (2:13)
* Lost to Italy (1:10)
* Lost to Greece (6:7)
* Lost to Japan (4:7)
* Lost to Netherlands (3:6)
* Lost to East Germany (2:19)
* Tied with Mexico (3:3)
* Classification Matches
* 13th/15th place: Lost to Brazil (3:5) → Fifteenth place
* Team Roster
* Adel El-Moalem
* Alaa El-Shafei
* Ashraf Gamil
* Galal Touny
* Haroun Touny
* Hossam El-Baroudi
* Khaled El-Kashef
* Mohamed El-Bassiouni
* Sameh Soliman
* Salah Shalaby
* Sameh Soliman

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Egypt at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports

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National Olympic Committees at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico

Africa|

* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo-Kinshasa
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Morocco
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* United Arab Republic
* Zambia

America|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Honduras
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Burma
* Ceylon
* Republic of China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Syria
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
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* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand

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