Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | EGY |
NOC | Egyptian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 103 in 17 sports |
Flag bearers | Karam Gaber (opening) Amro El Geziry (closing) |
Medals Ranked 80th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games –––– United Arab Republic (1960, 1964) |
Egypt competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Egyptian competitors managed to win two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Bronze | Hesham Mesbah | Judo | Men's 90 kg | 13 August |
Bronze | Abeer Abdelrahman | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | 13 August |
Egypt sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Amr Ghanem earned the country a qualifying spot in the men's competition by placing second in the 2008 African championship. [1] Amira Mansour did the same in the women's competition. [2]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Maged Youssef | Men's individual | 605 | 62 | Ruban (UKR) (3) L 96–111 | did not advance | |||||
Soha Abed Elaal | Women's individual | 587 | 57 | Folkard (GBR) (8) L 95–107 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 200 m | 20.75 | 5 q | 20.55 | 6 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Mohsen El Anany | Hammer throw | NM | — | did not advance | |
Omar El Ghazali | Discus throw | 60.24 | 23 | did not advance | |
Yasser Farag | Shot put | 18.42 | 37 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Hadia Hosny | Women's singles | Angulo (MEX) W 21–18, 7–21, 21–14 | Nedelcheva (BUL) L 7–21, 4–21 | did not advance |
Egypt qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Yasser was the first to qualify, at the World Championships. [3] The other two Egyptian boxers qualified at the first African qualifying tournament. [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Hosam Bakr Abdin | Welterweight | Bye | Boonjumnong (THA) W 11–10 | Banteaux (CUB) L 2–10 | did not advance | |||
Mohamed Hikal | Middleweight | DeGale (GBR) L 4–13 | did not advance | |||||
Ramadan Yasser | Light heavyweight | Magomedov (BLR) W 10+–10 | Benchabla (ALG) L 6–13 | did not advance |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | Total | ||||||||||||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round A | Round B | |||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Karim El-Zoghby | Aladin | Individual | 52 | 76 | Withdrew | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Ahmed Nabil | Individual épée | Novosjolov (EST) L 8–15 | did not advance | |||||
Mostafa Nagaty | Individual foil | — | Meinhardt (USA) L 3–15 | did not advance | ||||
Gamal Fathy | Individual sabre | Beaudry (CAN) L 8–15 | did not advance | |||||
Mahmoud Samir | Agresta (BRA) L 10–15 | did not advance | ||||||
Shadi Talaat | Pryiemka (BLR) L 7–15 | did not advance | ||||||
Gamal Fathy Tamim Ghazy Mahmoud Samir Shadi Talaat | Team sabre | — | France (FRA) L 31–45 | Classification semi-final Belarus (BLR) L 22–45 | 7th place final Hungary (HUN) L 25–45 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Aya El Sayed | Individual épée | — | Picot (FRA) L 7–15 | did not advance | ||||
Eman El Gammal | Individual foil | Angad-Gaur (NED) L 4–13 | did not advance | |||||
Shaimaa El Gammal | Shaban (EGY) W 15–12 | Nam H-H (KOR) L 6–15 | did not advance | |||||
Iman Shaban | S El Gammal (EGY) L 12–15 | did not advance | ||||||
Eman El Gammal Shaimaa El Gammal Iman Shaban Salma Soueif | Team foil | — | Russia (RUS) L 23–45 | Classification semi-final China (CHN) L 24–45 | 7th place final Poland (POL) L 14–45 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Mohamed Serour | All-around | 13.450 | 13.250 | 12.675 | 15.325 | 12.375 | 14.125 | 81.200 | 44 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
Sherine El-Zeiny | All-around | 12.650 | 13.750 | 10.600 | 13.000 | 50.000 | 61 | did not advance |
Egypt had qualified for the men's team event by winning the 2008 Africa Nations' Handball Cup in Luanda, Angola.
The following is the Egypt roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
Head coach: Irfan Smajlagic
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 129 | −7 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 137 | 131 | +6 | 6 | |
Iceland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 146 | +5 | 6 | |
Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 131 | +5 | 5 | |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 5 | |
Egypt | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 132 | −5 | 2 |
10 August 2008 20:45 | Denmark | 23 – 23 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
Christiansen 6 | (11–10) | El-Ahmar 8 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 4× |
12 August 2008 10:45 | Egypt | 27 – 28 | Russia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR) |
El Ahmar 10 | (14–14) | Rastvortsev 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
14 August 2008 09:00 | Germany | 25 – 23 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
Glandorf 7 | (14–14) | Zaky 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 4× 8× |
16 August 2008 10:45 | Egypt | 22 – 24 | South Korea | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Abd Elsalam 8 | (11–8) | Paek Won-chul 7 | ||
3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
18 August 2008 09:00 | Iceland | 32 – 32 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU) |
Sigurðsson 10 | (14–17) | Zaky 9 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 6× |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Amin El Hady | −66 kg | Bye | Nazaryan (ARM) W 0001–0000 | Arencibia (CUB) L 0000–0001 | did not advance | García (AND) W 1001–0001 | Takata (USA) W 1000–0001 | Sharipov (UZB) L 0001–0101 | did not advance | ||
Hesham Mesbah | −90 kg | — | Choi S-H (KOR) W 0000–0000 YUS | Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0001–0010 | did not advance | Bye | Mammadov (AZE) W 0011–0010 | Kazusionak (BLR) W 1001–0001 | Dafreville (FRA) W 1000–0000 | ||
Islam El Shehaby | +100 kg | Bye | Bor (HUN) W 0120–0010 | Ishii (JPN) L 0000–1001 | did not advance | Bianchessi (ITA) L 0000–0010 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Samah Ramadan | +78 kg | Bye | Ortiz (CUB) L 0000–0110 | did not advance | Bye | Shepherd (AUS) W 1000–0000 | Kim N-Y (KOR) L 0000–0200 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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Points | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
Amro El Geziry | Men's | 174 | 29 | 1024 | 15–20 | 24 | 760 | 1:55.86 | 1 | 1412 OR | 716 | 31 | 484 | 9:58.55 | 30 | 1008 | 4688 | 32 |
Omnia Fakhry | Women's | 186 | 5 | 1168 | 17–18 | =18 | 808 | 2:15.72 | 9 | 1292 | 312 | 35 | 776 | 11:32.10 | 33 | 952 | 4996 | 30 |
Aya Medany | 184 | 9 | 1144 | 22–13 | =5 | 928 | 2:15.69 | 8 | 1292 | 196 | 30 | 1004 | 10:36.05 | 11 | 1176 | 5544 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ali Ibrahim | Single sculls | 7:43.70 | 3 QF | — | 7:24.77 | 6 SC/D | 7:20.73 | 3 FC | 7:26.06 | 18 | |
Ibrahim Abd El Razek Ahmed Gad Amin Ramadan Mohamed Zidan | Lightweight four | 6:11.71 | 5 R | 6:37.50 | 4 | — | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Heba Ahmed | Single sculls | 8:46.96 | 4 FE | Bye | 8:07.10 | 24 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Samy Abdel Razek | 50 m pistol | 549 | 32 | did not advance | |
Mohamed Abdellah | 10 m air rifle | 586 | 43 | did not advance | |
Mahmod Abdelaly | 10 m air pistol | 563 | 47 | did not advance | |
Mohamed Amer | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1135 | 46 | did not advance | |
Franco Donato | Skeet | 106 | 36 | did not advance | |
Adham Medhat | Trap | 108 | 32 | did not advance | |
Hazem Mohamed | 50 m rifle prone | 576 | 56 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Mona El-Hawary | Skeet | 50 | 19 | did not advance | |
Shimaa Hashad | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 23 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mohamed El Nady | 50 m freestyle | 23.92 | 54 | did not advance | |||
Mohamed Monir | 10 km open water | — | 1:55:17.0 | 20 | |||
Ahmed Nada | 100 m butterfly | 55.59 | 61 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
Reem Abdalazem Dalia El Gebaly | Duet | 40.417 | 24 | 40.250 | 80.667 | 24 | did not advance | ||
Reem Abdalazem Aziza Abdelfattah Shaza Abdelrahman Lamyaa Badawi Hagar Badran Dalia El Gebaly Youmna Khallaf Mai Mohamed Nouran Saleh | Team | 39.750 | 8 | — | 41.083 | 80.833 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
El-Sayed Lashin | Men's singles | Tabachnik (ARG) W 4–2 | Freitas (POR) L 1–4 | did not advance | ||||||
Adel Massaad | Carneros (ESP) L 2–4 | did not advance | ||||||||
Ahmed Saleh | Davis (AUS) W 4–1 | Éloi (FRA) L 3–4 | did not advance | |||||||
Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz | Women's singles | Pan L-c (TPE) L 0–4 | did not advance | |||||||
Noha Yossry | Sorochinskaya (UKR) L 0–4 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Noha Abd Rabo | Women's +67 kg | Solheim (NOR) L 3–9 | did not advance | Che C C (MAS) W 5–1 | Stevenson (GBR) L 1–5 | Did not advance | 5 |
Egypt entered a team in the men's tournament. The team lost all five matches in the group play, and did not advance, finishing tied for 11th place.
The following is the Egyptian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [7]
Head Coach: Ahmed Zakaria
№ | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2008 club |
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1 | Hamdy Awad | 14 April 1972 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 346 cm (136 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | AHLY |
2 | Abdalla Ahmed | 10 October 1983 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 331 cm (130 in) | Gabeca Montichiari |
3 | Mohamed Gabal | 21 January 1984 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Elgaish |
4 | Ahmed Abdel Naeim | 19 August 1984 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 342 cm (135 in) | 316 cm (124 in) | AHLY |
5 | Abdel Latif Ahmed | 13 August 1983 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | AHLY |
6 | Wael Al-Aydy | 8 December 1971 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | AHLY |
7 | Ashraf Abouelhassan | 17 May 1975 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 321 cm (126 in) | 302 cm (119 in) | Zamalek |
8 | Saleh Youssef | 25 July 1982 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 326 cm (128 in) | Zamalek |
13 | Mohamed Badawy | 11 January 1986 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 322 cm (127 in) | Zamalek |
14 | Hossameldin Gomaa | 15 February 1984 | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 344 cm (135 in) | 324 cm (128 in) | AHLY |
16 | Mohamed Seif El-Nasr | 5 September 1983 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 346 cm (136 in) | 326 cm (128 in) | Zalamek |
17 | Mahmoud Abd El Kader | 12 May 1985 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 342 cm (135 in) | 316 cm (124 in) | AHLY |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 427 | 373 | 1.145 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 496 | 447 | 1.110 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | |
3 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 434 | 404 | 1.074 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | |
4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 440 | 439 | 1.002 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | |
5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 418 | 440 | 0.950 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | |
6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 267 | 379 | 0.704 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 |
10 August 2008 15:20 | Brazil | 3–0 | Egypt | Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI) |
(25–19, 25–15, 25–18) result statistics | ||||
12 August 2008 13:00 | Egypt | 0–3 | Poland | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Patricia Salvatore (USA) |
(21–25, 18–25, 10–25) result statistics | ||||
14 August 2008 12:00 | Germany | 3–0 | Egypt | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Jiang Liu (CHN) |
(29–27, 25–21, 25–21) result statistics | ||||
16 August 2008 12:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Egypt | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Jiang Liu (CHN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) |
(25–19, 25–14, 25–18) result statistics | ||||
18 August 2008 15:15 | Egypt | 0–3 | Serbia | Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Victor Rodriguez (PUR), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) |
(16–25, 13–25, 17–25) result statistics | ||||
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Mohamed Abd Elbaki | Men's −62 kg | 129 | 12 | 159 | 7 | 288 | 8 |
Tarek Yehia | Men's −69 kg | 138 | 12 | 172 | 6 | 310 | 11 |
Mahmoud Elhaddad | Men's −77 kg | 150 | 15 | 192 | 7 | 342 | 12 |
Abdelrahman El-Sayed | Men's −105 kg | 175 | 13 | 210 | 14 | 385 | 14 |
Abir Khalil | Women's −69 kg | 105 | 6 | 133 | 5 | 238 |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Hassan Madany | −60 kg | Bye | Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–3 PO | did not advance | 18 | ||||
Saleh Emara | −96 kg | Bye | Ebrahimi (IRI) L 1–3 PP | did not advance | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Mostafa Mohamed | −55 kg | Bayramov (AZE) L 0–3 PO | did not advance | Bye | Hernández (CUB) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 16 | ||
Ashraf El-Gharably | −60 kg | Diaconu (ROU) L 1–3 PP | did not advance | 14 | |||||
Karam Gaber | −96 kg | Bye | Guri (ALB) L 1–3 PP | did not advance | 13 | ||||
Yasser Sakr | −120 kg | Bye | Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 PP | did not advance | 19 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Haiat Farag | −63 kg | Miller (USA) L 0–3 PO | did not advance | 13 |
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