Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Egypt at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Seoul, South Korea; 17 September–2 October 1988
Competitors	51 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Mohamed Khorshed
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1912 ; 1920 ; 1924 ; 1928 ; 1932; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960–1964; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games –––– United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Last updated March 30, 2025

Egypt competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 49 competitors, 48 men and 1 woman, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	4	–	4
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	2	0	2
Judo	3	0	3
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	5	0	5
Table tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	5	–	5
Wrestling	7	–	7
Total	50	1	51

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Ghanem	400 metres hurdles	50.44	18	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush	Shot put	18.94	15	Did not advance
Ahmed Kamel Shatta	Shot put	17.61	18	Did not advance
Mohamed Naguib Hamed	Discus throw	NM		Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Egypt men's	Men's tournament	China L 84–98	Spain L 70–113	Canada L 64–117	Brazil L 85–138	United States L 35–102	6	—	Central African Republic L 57–63	China L 75–97	12

Team roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Egypt men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height
	4	Alaa El-Din Abdoun	23 – (1965-02-19)19 February 1965	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
	5	Hany Moussa	22 – (1966-06-19)19 June 1966	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
	6	Ashraf Sedky	32 – (1956-03-10)10 March 1956	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F	7	Mohamed Ismail	29 – (1958-10-28)28 October 1958	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
	8	Alain Attalah	23 – (1964-10-05)5 October 1964	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
	9	Abdel Meguid Amir	27 – (1961-06-18)18 June 1961
	10	Ashraf El-Kordy	21 – (1967-01-15)15 January 1967	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
	11	Emad El-Din Mahmoud Ali	22 – (1966-03-21)21 March 1966	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
	12	Hisham Khalil	24 – (1963-11-08)8 November 1963	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
	13	Mohamed El-Shakeri	19 – (1968-11-07)7 November 1968	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
	14	El-Sayed Mohamed	23 – (1965-09-03)3 September 1965	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
	15	Ahmed Soliman	22 – (1965-12-11)11 December 1965	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	485	302	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	484	435	+49	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	590	522	+68	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	479	455	+24	7
5	China	5	1	4	433	527	−94	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Egypt	5	0	5	338	568	−230	5	9th–12th classification round

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

17 September 1988

China	98–84	Egypt
Scoring by half:47–43, 51–41

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

20 September 1988

Egypt	70–113	Spain
Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

21 September 1988

Canada	117–64	Egypt
Scoring by half:61–32, 56–32

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

23 September 1988

Brazil	138–85	Egypt
Scoring by half:66–38, 72–47

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

24 September 1988

Egypt	35–102	United States
Scoring by half: 21–62, 14–40

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 9–12

26 September 1988
09:45

Boxscore

Central African Republic	63–57	Egypt
Scoring by half:33–31, 30–26
Pts: F. Goporo, Bella 15 Rebs: Lavodrama 16 Asts: Lavodrama 7		Pts: Khalil 17 Rebs: Khalil 8 Asts: Amir 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 11/12

29 September 1988
14:30

Boxscore

Egypt	75–97	China
Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41
Pts: Khalil 26 Rebs: Moussa 6 Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1		Pts: Zhang Y. 33 Rebs: Song 12 Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moustafa Esmail	Light flyweight	Bye	Serantes (PHI) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Gamal El-Din El-Koumy	Flyweight	Hussain (IRQ) W 4–1	Gül (TUR) W 4–1	Todorov (BUL) L Walkover	Did not advance
Mohamed Hegazi	Lightweight	Ranamagar (NEP) W 5–0	Onoko (NGR) W 5–0	Saïd (ALG) W 5–0	Zülow (GDR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Ahmed El-Nagar	Light heavyweight	—	Nanton (VIN) W Walkover	Collins (GRN) W 5–0	Petrich (POL) L 0–5	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank
André Salah Sakakini	Tric Trac 2	Individual	0.00	71	33.00	41	33.00	58	Did not advance

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Egypt in 1988.

Individual
Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1						Group Stage 2						Group Stage 3
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdel Monem El-Husseini	Men's foil	Gey (FRG) L 3–5	Strand (SWE) W 5–1	Turiace (ARG) W 5–3	Fonseca (BRA) W 5–2	—	2 Q	Bel (FRA) L 2–5	Koretsky (URS) L 3–5	Emura (JPN) L 2–5	Harper (GBR) W 5–4	Littell (USA) W 5–2	4 Q	Wagner (GDR) L 0–5	Szekeres (HUN) L 0–5	Gey (FRG) L 3–5	Cerioni (ITA) W 5–4	5
Ahmed Mohamed	Men's foil	Numa (ITA) L 3–5	Howe (GDR) L 2–5	Marx (USA) W 5–1	Cornet (PAR) W 5–0	Kim (KOR) L 4–5	4 Q	Gátai (HUN) L 2–5	Strand (SWE) L 3–5	Sypniewski (POL) L 2–5	Wagner (GDR) L 3–5	Lao (CHN) L 4–5	5	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emad El-Din Hassan	60 kg	Bye	Roux (FRA) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Walid Mohamed Hussain	78 kg	Németh (HUN) W Koka	Legień (POL) L Ippon	Did not advance			García (ARG) L Ippon	Did not advance
Mohamed Ali Rashwan	+95 kg	—	Bye	Bergmann (ISL) W Ippon	Saito (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Zapryanov (BUL) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Egypt in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Moustafa Adam	Individual	88	16	1012	29–36	39	728	3:36.67	45	1140	190	31	912	15:24.42	60	793	4585	49
Mohamed Abdou El-Souad		0	1	1100	27–38	46	694	3:45.22	60	1072	196	4	1044	14:34.05	50	943	4853	31
Ayman Mahmoud		154	34	946	22–43	58	609	3:32.32	35	1176	189	34	890	13:57.17	33	1054	4675	45
Moustafa Adam Mohamed Abdou El-Souad Ayman Mahmoud	Team	242	1	3058	78–117	16	2031	10:54.21	14	3388	575	6	2846	43:55.64	16	2790	14113	12

Shooting

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sherif Saleh	Trap	142	25	Did not advance
Mohamed Khorshed	Skeet	143	33	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Abdullah	200 metre butterfly	2:05.28	31	Did not advance
Amin Amer	100 metre backstroke	1:00.76	39	Did not advance
Moustafa Amer	100 metre freestyle	53.57	45	Did not advance
Moustafa Amer	200 metre freestyle	1:57.50	47	Did not advance
Mohamed El-Azoul	50 metre freestyle	24.64	42	Did not advance
Mohamed Hassan	50 metre freestyle	25.11	48	Did not advance
Mohamed El-Azoul Amin Amer Mohamed Hassan Moustafa Amer	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	DQ		Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sherif El-Saket	Singles	Kim (KOR) L 0–3	Domuschiev (BUL) L 1–3	Persson (SWE) L 0–3	Molenda (POL) L 1–3	Saito (JPN) L 0–3	Gambra (CHI) L 0–3	Mehta (IND) L 0–3	8	Did not advance
Ashraf Helmy	Singles	Douglas (GBR) L 0–3	Huang (TPE) L 0–3	Saif (PAK) W 3–1	Kalinić (YUG) L 0–3	Kano (BRA) L 0–3	Fermín (DOM) W 3–1	Lindh (SWE) L 0–3	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nihal Meshref	Singles	Vriesekoop (NED) L 0–3	Perkučin (YUG) L 0–3	Gergelcheva (BUL) L 0–3	Kim de Rimasa (ARG) L 1–3	Šafářová (TCH) L 0–3	6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ramadan Aly	52 kg	100.0	10	NM		DNF
Khalil El-Sayed	75 kg	142.5	12	172.5	16	315.0	13
Mahmoud Mahgoub	90 kg	NM		DNF
Reda El-Batoty	+110 kg	175.0	4	217.5	6	392.5	6
Adhan Mohamed	+110 kg	152.5	11	190.0	11	342.5	12

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdellatif Abdellatif	68 kg	Lagerborg (SWE) L 0–9	Koçak (TUR) L Fall	Did not advance			—	12	Did not advance
Moustafa Ramadan Hussein	82 kg	N'To (CMR) W Fall	Stoykov (BUL) L Passivity	Komáromi (HUN) L 0–17	Did not advance			—	7	Did not advance
Kamal Ibrahim	90 kg	Bernstein (ISR) L 8–11	Bye	Leitão (BRA) W 17–0	Pikilidis (GRE) L 0–9	Did not advance	—	5	Did not advance
Hassan El-Hadad	130 kg	Ramsaran (MRI) W Fall	Jassim (IRQ) W Passivity	Deguchi (JPN) W Fall	Gerovski (BUL) L 0–5	Bye	—	2	Johansson (SWE) L Passivity	4

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed El-Khodary	68 kg	Manzur (ESA) W 19–3	Khadem (IRI) L 0–16	Wattar (SYR) L 3–14	Did not advance				9	Did not advance
Moustafa Ramadan Hussein	82 kg	Ito (JPN) L 0–4	Iglesias (ARG) W 10–5	Nikolovski (YUG) L 4–6	Did not advance			—	10	Did not advance
Hassan El-Hadad	130 kg	Baumgartner (USA) L DQ	Did not advance			—	8	Did not advance

References

↑ "Egypt at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
↑ Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics
↑ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA . Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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[sports-reference-1] "Egypt at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-18.

[2] Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics

[3] "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA . Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Contents

Competitors

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Equestrianism

Jumping

Fencing

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References