| Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | EGY |
| NOC | Egyptian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July–12 August 1928 | |
| Competitors | 32 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Ibrahim Moustafa [1] |
| Medals Ranked 17th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games ––––  United Arab Republic (1960, 1964) | |
Egypt competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 32 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 5 sports. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Ibrahim Moustafa | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight | August 5 |
| Gold | El Sayed Nosseir | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | July 29 |
 Silver | Farid Simaika | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | August 9 |
 Bronze | Farid Simaika | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | August 8 |
Two divers, both men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Farid Simaika competed in both the springboard and platform events, taking bronze in the former and silver in the latter. Simaika originally was announced as the winner of the platform contest, as his average score of 99.58 was the highest. However, the event officials then announced that 4 of the 5 judges had scored American Pete Desjardins higher than Simaika and therefore Desjardins was the winner under the rules in place at the time.
Abdel Moneim Mokhtar competed in the platform, finishing 6th in his semifinal group and not making the top-3 cut necessary to advance to the final.
| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
| Farid Simaika | Men's 3 metre springboard | 10 | 164.96 | 2 Q | 13 | 172.46 | |
| Abdel Moneim Mokhtar | Men's 10 metre platform | 31 | 59.14 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Farid Simaika | 6 | 102.38 | 1 Q | 9 | 99.58 | | |
Eight fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. For the first time, Egyptian fencers advanced to an event final: Cicurel placed 8th and Moyal placed 10th in the men's individual épée.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Elie Adda | Men's épée | 2 wins | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Salvator Cicurel | 6 wins | 1 Q | 8 wins | 1 Q | 5 wins | 3 Q | 3 wins | 8 | |
| Saul Moyal | 6 wins | 3 Q | 7 wins | 4 Q | 4 wins | 5 Q | 1 win | 10 | |
| Elie Adda | Men's team épée | 1–1 | 2 Q | 1–2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Mohamed Charaoui | |||||||||
| Salvator Cicurel | |||||||||
| Joseph Misrahi | |||||||||
| Saul Moyal | |||||||||
| Mahmoud Abdin | Men's foil | — | 0 wins | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Joseph Misrahi | 3 wins | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Saul Moyal | 4 wins | 2 Q | 2 wins | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mahmoud Abdin | Men's team foil | 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Salvator Cicurel | |||||||||
| Joseph Misrahi | |||||||||
| Saul Moyal | |||||||||
| Abu Bakr Ratib | |||||||||
| Mohamed Charaoui | Men's sabre | — | Bye | 1 win | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Hamad Niazi | 2 wins | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Team | Event | Prelim. | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Egypt men's | Men's tournament | Bye |  Turkey W 7–1 |  Portugal W 2–1 |  Argentina L 6–0 |  Italy L 11–3 | 4 |
Egypt competed in men's football for the 3rd time in 1928. Egypt won its first two matches before falling to Argentina in the semifinals; the team took 4th place after losing the bronze medal game as well. It was the best result in Egypt's Olympic history, improving upon the 5th place finish in 1924.
Head coach: Valerian Bezveconnîi, aka "Valer-Bei"? [3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | DF | Sayed Abaza |  Zamalek | ||
| - | DF | Sid Ahmed | | ||
| - | FW | Moussa El-Ezam | | ||
| - | MF | Ali El-Hassani | 1897 | Zamalek | |
| - | FW | Ismail El-Sayed Hooda "Ismail I" | 1900 | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | |
| - | MF | Gaber El-Soury | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | ||
| - | FW | Gamil El-Zobair | Al Ahly | ||
| - | DF | Mohamed Gamal | | ||
| - | FW | Mohamed Shemais | | ||
| - | GK | Abdel Hamid Hamdi | Zamalek | ||
| - | MF | Abdel Halim Hassan | Al-Masry SC | ||
| - | MF | Mohamed Hassan | | ||
| - | FW | Mahmoud Ismail Hooda "Ismail II" | 1899 | Al Ittihad Alexandria Club | |
| - | MF | Ahmed Mansour | | ||
| - | FW | Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh | 23 December 1907 (aged 20) | Al Ahly | |
| - | FW | Ali Mohamed Riad | 1904 | Zamalek | |
| - | GK | Mohamed Ali Rostam | El Sekka El Hadid SC | ||
| - | DF | Ahmed Salem | Zamalek | ||
| - | FW | Mahmoud Salem | | ||
| - | MF | Ahmed Soliman | Al Ahly | ||
| - | FW | Ahmed Mokhtar | Al Ahly |
| Egypt | 7–1 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
El-Hassany  20' (pen.)Riad 27'Mokhtar 46', 50', 63'El-Sayed Hooda 53'El-Zobeir 86' | Report | Refet 71' |
Two weightlifters, both male, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. El-Sayed Nosseir became Egypt's first Olympic champion (and first medalist of any kind) when he won the light heavyweight competition. He broke two world records (snatch and total) and the remaining two Olympic records (press and jerk) in doing so. Hussein Moukhtar competed in the middleweight, finishing 7th.
| Lifter | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Hussein Moukhtar | Men's −75 kg | 90 | 7 | 92.5 | 9 | 120 | 6 | 302.5 | 7 |
| El-Sayed Nosseir | Men's −82.5 kg | 100 OR | 1 | 112.5 WR | 1 | 142.5 OR | 1 | 355 WR | |
Four wrestlers, all men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Ibrahim Moustafa earned Egypt's first medal in wrestling, a gold, by winning the men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman event. He had finished 4th in the event at the 1924 Games. Moustafa's medal was only Egypt's second in any sport; he missed becoming the first Egyptian Olympic champion only because his event finished one week after El-Sayed Nosseir's weightlifting event.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Ibrahim Kamel | Men's bantamweight |  Aria (FRA)L Decision 3pts |  Maudr (TCH)L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | — | 14 | |||
| Ali Kamel | Men's featherweight |  Kárpáti (HUN)L Fall 3pts |  Arıkan (TUR)W Fall 3pts |  Väli (EST)L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | 10 | |||
| Ibrahim Moustafa | Men's light heavyweight |  Appels (BEL)W Fall 0pts | Şefik (TUR) W Decision 1pt | Bye |  Hansen (DEN)W Fall 1pt |  Pellinen (FIN)W Decision 2pts |  Rieger (GER)W Decision 3pts | — | |
| Ibrahim Sobh | Men's heavyweight | Badó (HUN) L Fall 3pts |  Wiesberger (AUT)L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | — | 11 | |||
