Egypt competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012, sending one of its largest delegations ever. A total of 110 Egyptian athletes participated in 83 events across 20 sports, with more women taking part than ever before. The nation's flagbearer in the opening ceremonies was Hesham Mesbah, a judoka who was Egypt's only medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Egypt won two medals during the course of the Games: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem earned silver in the men's foil, becoming the first competitor from an African nation to win a fencing medal, while Karam Gaber captured silver in the men's 84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling event. Two Egyptian weightlifters were awarded medals retroactively, after higher-ranked competitors were disqualified for doping: Abeer Abdelrahman took silver in the women's 75 kg event, while Tarek Yehia, received bronze in the men's 85 kg event. Among other achievements, Mostafa Mansour was the nation's first competitor in sprint canoeing while fencer Shaimaa El-Gammal became the first Egyptian female to appear in four editions of the Olympics.
Aside from the team sport of football, which had 16 participants, fencing and wrestling were the sports in which Egypt had the most participants, sending 12 representatives to each. Of them, wrestling was almost exclusively male with only one female, Rabab Eid, taking part. The sport with the most Egyptian female participation was synchronized swimming, an all-woman tournament at the Olympics, with eight, while the nation sent six women to fencing, the highest amount for a mixed sport. Among tournaments with the potential for both men and women to take part, Egypt qualified females, but not males, for badminton, and males, but not females, for track and field athletics, boxing, canoeing, equestrian, football, judo, and sailing.
Prior to 2012, Egypt had sent athletes to nineteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games (three times as the United Arab Republic), the 1906 Intercalated Games, equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1984 Winter Olympics.[note 1] With the exception of the Soviet-boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics, Egypt's 2012 delegation was the largest ever, and chose Hesham Mesbah, a 2008 Olympic medalist in judo, as its flagbearer in the opening ceremony. A total of 110 Egyptians, 76 men and 34 women,[3] travelled to London and competed in 20 different sports.[note 2] It was the largest delegation of women in the country's Olympic history.[1][4] Prior the start of the Olympic Games, the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) distributed counterfeit Nike gear from a Chinese distributor to its athletes, due to its financial troubles following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.[5] Nike ended up donating equipment to the Egyptians, despite the EOC's eventual willingness to pay.[6]
The following table lists the number of Egyptian competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not included, nor are athletes who failed to start in their event.[3]
Two Egyptian archers, one male and one female, qualified for the Olympics, both of whom earned their berths at the 2012 African Archery Championships. Ahmed El-Nemr finished second at that tournament, behind Philippe Kouassi of Côte d'Ivoire, and entered the men's individual event.[8] El-Nemr had won three medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, gold in the individual recurve 90 metres and silver in the individual recurve FITA and the team event.[9] In London he scored 644 points in the ranking round and placed 57th overall out of 64 competitors. In the round of 64 he defeated eighth-ranked Crispin Duenas of Canada three sets to one and then faced Kuo Cheng-wei, who was representing Chinese Taipei. El-Nemr lost this round three sets to one and was eliminated from the tournament, leaving with a final ranking of 17th.[10]Nada Kamel, who had earned seven medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[11] won the women's event at the 2012 African Championships[12] and entered the individual tournament. There she scored 611 points in the ranking round and placed 56th overall out of 64 participants. She was defeated by Ksenia Perova of Russia three sets to none in the opening round and finished the event joint-33rd and last.[13]
Seven Egyptian athletes, six men and one woman, qualified for the Olympics, although one did not compete. Noura Elsayed, the lone woman, was slated to run in the 800 metres, but withdrew due to injury.[14] The only Egyptian to participate in more than one event was Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud, a veteran of the 200 metre event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[15] Seoud, who had won gold medals in the 100 metres at the 2007 Pan Arab and 2011 All-African Games, and the 200 metres at the 2007 Pan Arab and 2009 Mediterranean Games, as well as the 2010 African Championships, met the "A" qualifying standard for both the 100 metres and 200 metres.[16] In the 100 he drew the same heat as world record-holder and defending Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica and finished fourth, which was insufficient to advance. He had the same result in the opening heats of the 200.[15]Hamada Mohamed met the "A" qualifying standard for the 800 metres[17] and won his opening heat in London, advancing to the semifinals. He was placed in the same heat as David Rudisha of Kenya, the world-record holder and upcoming gold medalist, and finished eighth out of nine competitors, failing reach the final.[18]
Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Key: Q = Qualified for the next round; N/A = Round not applicable for the event; DNS = Athlete failed to start the event
Badminton
Hadia Hosny was Egypt's sole representative in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
One Egyptian badminton player qualified for the Olympics, Hadia Hosny. A veteran of the 2008 Summer Games, she trained for London at the University of Bath, where she was a graduate student in bioscience. Ranked 102nd in the world, she qualified by being the top player on the African continent.[30] In the women's singles, she lost to Pi Hongyan of France and Chloe Magee of Ireland, finished in the bottom of her group, and was eliminated from the tournament.[31]
Egypt's first ever Olympic competitor in canoe and kayak, Mostafa Mansour, qualified for the 2012 Games. Having taken up the sport in 2007, after abandoning his initial pursuit of rowing, Mansour qualified for the K-1 200 metres by coming in third in the event at the 2011 All-Africa Games. The Olympic spots were originally meant to go to the top two finishers, Greg Louw of South Africa and Mohamed Mrabet of Tunisia, but South Africa did not select Louw for the Games. Mansour's best time in the K-1 1000 metres earned him a spot in that event as a continental wildcard.[39] He was eliminated in the opening round of both events in London, after finishing last in his heats.[40]
One Egyptian equestrian qualified for show jumping for the Olympics. Karim El-Zoghby, a veteran of the 2008 Games, qualified with his horse Wervel Wind due to his ranking at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games. In the months leading up to the Olympics, he trained full-time in the Netherlands[30] and won a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[41] In London, Zoghby survived the first qualifying course by finishing joint-53rd with five penalties, but was eliminated after placing 51st in round two with an additional five penalties.[42]
Twelve Egyptian fencers, six men and six women, qualified for the Olympics. Both the men and women qualified their foil teams by being the top African nation in this category, while Ayman Mohamed Fayez and Salma Mahran were selected as the second highest-ranked Africans in the men's épée and the women's sabre respectively.[43] The final competitors, Mona Hassanein in the women's épée and Mannad Zeid in the men's sabre, won an African qualifier to earn their spots.[44] Both foil teams lost their opening rounds against Great Britain and were eliminated from the tournament.[45][46]
In the men's events, Alaaeldin Abouelkassem, who captured gold in the individual and team foil events at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[47] won a silver medal in the men's foil, after the losing the final against Lei Sheng of China. To qualify for the final he defeated American Miles Chamley-Watson, Germany's Peter Joppich, Italy's Andrea Cassarà, and South Korea's Choi Byung-Chul,[48] and became the first African to win an Olympic fencing medal.[49] One of his teammates, Tarek Ayad, who had also been part of the gold medal-winning foil team at the 2011 Pan Arab Games and had won bronze individually,[47] defeated fellow Egyptian Anas Mostafa in the opening round, before losing to Aleksey Cheremisinov of Russia in the round of 32.[50] Fayez, who won gold in the individual and team épée events at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[47] and Zeid were defeated in their opening rounds by eventual gold medalist Rubén Limardo of Venezuela[51] and Malaysia's Yu Peng Kean respectively.[52] None of the women won any bouts in London,[53] but Shaimaa El-Gammal became the first Egyptian female to compete in four Olympics, having taken part in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 editions.[7]
Key: W = Competitor won the match; L = Competitor lost the match; BM = Bronze medal match; N/A = Round not applicable for the event; Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Four Egyptian gymnasts, three artistic and one rhythmic, qualified for the Olympics. Mohamed El-Saharty, the lone male, was invited to London as the highest-ranked African in the individual all-around at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was individual all-around Arab Champion in 2011 and 2012, African Champion in 2010 and 2012,[62] and Pan Arab Champion in 2011. At the latter tournament, he had also taken gold in the horizontal bar, the pommel horse, the vault, and the team event.[63] In London his best event was the vault, where he finished 12th. He was 52nd in the horizontal bar, 56th in the floor, 57th in the pommel horse, 61st in the rings, and 65th in the parallel bars. His final rank in the individual all-around was 37th.[64]
Salma El-Said and Sherine El-Zeiny qualified for the Olympics as the second and third-ranked Africans at the 2011 World Championships, with El-Zeiny having been offered a spot after the highest-placed African, Nicole Szabo of South Africa, turned down the invitation due to injury. El-Said had taken a break from active competition while recovering from an injury of her own and came back shortly before the World Championships. Since then she had taken the individual all-around title at the 2011 Arab Games and the 2012 African Championships. El-Zeiny was a veteran of the 2008 tournament and both had been a part of Egypt's victorious all-around team at the 2012 African Championships.[62][65] In London, El-Said's best event was the balance beam, in which she placed 42nd. She was also 63rd in the uneven bars, 69th in the floor exercise, and was ranked 41st overall in the individual all-around.[66] El-Zeiny was 53rd on the balance beam, but finished 82nd and last in the floor exercise[67] after suffering an injury.[68]Yasmine Rostom, the rhythmic gymnast, qualified by being the top performer from Africa at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.[69][70] In London she was 23rd in the ball and the hoop, 20th in the clubs, and last in the ribbon to finish 23rd out of 24 competitors overall.[71]
Five Egyptian judoka qualified for the Olympics, all men, two of which advanced beyond the round of 32. Ahmed Awad, who was the 2011 African and All-Africa Games champion, as well as the runner-up at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and a bronze medalist at the 2012 African Championships,[72] earned a spot in the 66 kg event by being the highest ranked African in the division.[73] He defeated Humaid Al-Derei of the United Arab Emirates before losing against Tarlan Karimov of Azerbaijan in the round of 16.[74]Hussein Hafiz, who was the 2011 Pan Arab and 2012 African Champion, as well as the 2011 African runner-up and a bronze medalist at the 2009 and 2010 editions and the 2011 All-Africa Games,[75] qualified for London by being ranked 18th in the world in the 73 kg class.[73] He won his opening match against Osman Murillo Segura of Costa Rica before being defeated by France's Ugo Legrand, an eventual bronze medalist.[76]Hesham Mesbah, who was Egypt's only medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[77] returned to the 90 kg division by being ranked 13th in the world,[73] but was eliminated his first match, against Timur Bolat of Kazakhstan.[78]
Islam El Shehaby had participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and had international judo titles in the +100kg division as far back as the 1999 Pan Arab Games. He was most recently African Champion in the +100kg and open classes at the 2011 African Championships, and was runner-up in the former category at the 2012 edition.[79] Coming into the 2012 Olympics he was ranked fourth in the world,[73] but lost in the opening round against Ihar Makarau of Belarus.[80] The final judoka, Ramadan Darwish, had won every African championship in the 100kg class since 2009, was the 2009 Mediterranean champion and 2011 All-Africa Games runner-up, and had earned a bronze medal at the 2009 World Judo Championships.[81] He qualified for the 100 kg event at the Olympic Games by being ranked ninth worldwide,[73] but was defeated in his first match by France's Thierry Fabre.[82]
Key: W = Competitor won the match; L = Competitor lost the match; N/A = Round not applicable for the event; Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Three Egyptian athletes qualified for the Olympic modern pentathlon tournament, two men and one woman. Aya Medany, a veteran of the 2004 and 2008 Games, was the most experienced of the three, having competed internationally since 1999 at the age of 10. She won the 2011 African Championships to earn her spot in London, which was her fifth title at the tournament since 2004.[83] In the women's event in London, she won 20 of her fencing bouts and was ranked joint-eighth after the first round. She was 18th in swimming, 19th in riding, and 21st in the combined running/shooting portion to finish 16th overall.[84] On the men's side, Yasser Hefny won the 2011 African Championships[83] and entered the men's event in London, where he won 17 of his fencing bouts and was ranked joint-thirteenth after the first round. He was 19th in the swimming, 28th in riding, and 31st in the combined running/shooting competition to finish 28th overall.[85]
Amro El Geziry was a veteran of the 2008 Games, having won the 2006 and 2007 African Championships, and was following his brother Emad, who had participated in the 2000 edition. He won a bronze medal with another brother, Omar, at the 2009 World Modern Pentathlon Championships and eventually qualified for the 2012 Olympics by virtue of his world ranking.[86] He received a berth during the second round of Olympic allocations, when spots won by nations who qualified more than the maximum two athletes were redistributed.[87] In London he was victorious in 18 of his fencing bouts and was ranked joint-11th after the first round, but then won the swimming event with an Olympic record time of 1:55.70. He placed 33rd and 34th in the riding and combined riding/shooting competition, however, and finished 33rd overall.[88]
Athlete
Event
Fencing (épée one touch)
Swimming (200 m freestyle)
Riding (show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)
Key: FA = Qualified for final A (medal); FB = Qualified for final B (non-medal); FC = Qualified for final C (non-medal); FD = Qualified for final D (non-medal); FE = Qualified for final E (non-medal); FF = Qualified for final F (non-medal); SA/B = Qualified for semifinals A/B; SC/D = Qualified for semifinals C/D; SE/F = Qualified for semifinals E/F; QF = Qualified for quarterfinals; R = Qualified for repechage; WR = World record; OR = Olympic record; NR = National record;N/A = Round not applicable for the event; Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
One Egyptian windsurfer qualified for the Olympics, Ahmed Habash, who took up the sport as a teenager, but quit prior to the 2008 Games due to a serious injury. He re-entered competition in 2012 and won the Egyptian National Championships. This qualified him for the World Championships, where he performed well enough to earn a spot on the national delegation to London.[94] In the sailboard, Habash finished last overall, with 334 net points, and was eliminated prior to the medal round.[95]
Key: M* = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; X = Points from this race were discarded as being the competitor's worst race
Three Egyptian swimmers, one female and two males, qualified for the Olympics. American-born Farida Osman, the woman, was the youngest member of the 2012 national delegation and qualified for the Games based on having made the Olympic Standard Time in the 50-metre freestyle. In the lead up to the Olympics, she won seven gold medals at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, as well as the 50-metre butterfly title at that year's All-Africa Games and World Junior Championships.[106] In London she was sixth in her heat in the 50-metre freestyle and was eliminated from the tournament, ranking 42nd overall.[107] On the men's side, Shehab Younis qualified for the 50-metre freestyle by meeting the Olympic Selection Time of 22.88 at an international meet in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a result of 22.85.[108] Prior to the Olympics he had won a bronze medal in the event at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[109] In London he was third in his heat and 34th overall, failing to advance to the semifinals.[110]Mazen Metwaly, a Saudi-born Egyptian training and studying at Southern Illinois University Carbondale,[111] made the team at an Olympic qualifier in Setúbal, Portugal in June 2012, the second of his two opportunities (his first having been the 2011 World Championships).[112] At the Games, in the marathon 10 kilometre, he was 24th out of 25 competitors.[113]
Key: Q = Qualified for the next round; WR = World record; OR = Olympic record; NR = National record; N/A = Round not applicable for the event; Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Egypt's synchronized swimming team qualified for the Olympics by being the top African nation at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships. It was the second time that the nation had qualified for the team event, having previously appeared in 2008.[114]Shaza Abdelrahman and Dalia El-Gebaly, veterans of the 2008 tournament, represented Egypt in the duet, where they placed 24th and last. In the team competition, the nation finished seventh out of eight nations, ranking higher than Australia.[115]
Six Egyptian table tennis players, three men and three women, qualified for the Olympics, four for the singles and an additional two for the team events. The four singles competitors, Omar Assar, El-sayed Lashin, Nadeen El-Dawlatly, and Dina Meshref, all qualified based on their achievements at the 2011 All-Africa Games. At this tournament, Assar won the singles event, was part of the victorious Egyptian team, finished second in the doubles with Emad Moselhy, and placed third in the mixed doubles alongside Meshref.[116] He also won silver in the singles and gold in the team event at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[117] In London he defeated Yaroslav Zhmudenko of Ukraine in the opening round, but lost to Greece's Panagiotis Gionis in round two.[118] Lashin was the runner-up in the singles at the 2011 All-Africa Games, as well as the winner of the doubles (with Ahmed Saleh), a bronze medalist in the mixed doubles (alongside El-Dawlatly), and a member of the gold medal-earning Egyptian team. His list of international medals stretched back to the 1996 African Championships, where he won a gold medal in the team event, and he had previously appeared in the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2008. In London he defeated Pär Gerell of Sweden and Zoran Primorac of Croatia before losing to Japan's Jun Mizutani in the third round.[119][120] For the team event, Assar and Lashin were joined by Saleh, a 2008 Olympic veteran whose victories went as far back at the doubles event at the 1996 Arab Championships, but they were eliminated in the opening round.[121]
El-Dawlatly had been fourth in the singles at the 2011 All-Africa Games, as well as third in the doubles and mixed doubles (with Meshref and Lashin respectively), and was a member of the gold medal-winning Egyptian team.[122] She had also earned gold in the team event and the doubles and silver in the singles at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[123] In London she was defeated in the opening round by Denmark's Mie Skov.[124] Meshref had the same results as El-Dawlatly at the 2011 All-African Games, except for being fifth in the singles,[125] and took gold in the singles, doubles, and team events at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[126] In London she defeated Offiong Edem of Nigeria and Yana Noskova of Russia before being overcome by Romania's Elizabeta Samara.[127] For the team event, El-Dawlatly and Meshref were joined by Raghd Magdy, who had been third in the doubles and mixed doubles, as well as runner-up in the team competition, at the 2003 All-Africa Games. The Egyptian women were defeated by the Dutch in the first round.[128]
For the men, Yehia, a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[145] bronze medalist at the 2010 World Championships,[146] and veteran of the 69 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, had the nation's best result, with a fourth-place finish in the 85 kg division[147] that was later upgraded to bronze after runner-up Apti Aukhadov of Russia failed a doping test.[148] His countryman Abdelhay, the gold medalist from the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[149] was ranked fifth in the same event after Aukhadov was disqualified.[150] Saad, a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games[151] who had taken part in the 56 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was ninth in the 62 kg event.[152] Abdelbaki, another gold medalist from the 2011 Pan Arab Games[153] and a veteran of the 62 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, was tenth in the 69 kg class,[154] while Ramadan, also a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[155] was fifth in the 77kg event.[156]
Thirteen Egyptian wrestlers, twelve men and one woman, qualified for the Olympics. In the men's freestyle tournament, only Hassan Madany in the 60 kg class defeated an opponent, winning his bout against Didier Pais of France in the round of 16 before losing to North Korea's Ri Jong-Myong in the quarterfinals. Madany was a veteran of the 2008 tournament, where he lost his first bout against eventual bronze medalist Morad Mohammadi of Iran,[157] and qualified for the 2012 Games by winning the African and Oceania qualification tournament.[158] Among numerous honors, he was a seven-time African champion (2002, 2005–2009, and 2012) and also won gold medals at the 2005 and 2009 Mediterranean Games and the 2011 Pan Arab Games.[159] The only other Egyptian freestyle wrestler to take part in more than one bout was Ibrahim Farag in the 55 kg class, who lost against eventual silver medalist Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia in the qualification round and Bulgaria's Radoslav Velikov in the repechage.[160] He was African senior champion in 2010 and junior champion in 2009.[161]
Farag, along with Abdou Omar in the 66 kg class, Saleh Emara in the 96 kg class, and El-Desoky Ismail in the 120 kg class, qualified by winning the African and Oceania qualification tournament.[162] Omar, the 2009 and 2010 African champion[163] and a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games,[164] and Emara, who won gold medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games, the 2009 Mediterranean Games, and the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[165] were disqualified after arriving late for their events,[166] while Ismail, a four-time African Champion and bronze medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games,[167] was eliminated in the opening round by Tervel Dlagnev of the United States.[168] In women's freestyle wrestling, Rabab Eid qualified for the 55 kg class by coming in second at the African and Oceania qualification tournament, behind Marwa Amri of Tunisia.[162] At the Games, she was defeated by Ukraine's Tetyana Lazareva in the round of 16.[169]
In Greco-Roman wrestling, Karam Gaber, the gold medal winner in the 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, won a silver medal in the 84 kg class after losing the final to Russia's Alan Khugayev. Along the way he defeated Nenad Žugaj of Croatia, Mélonin Noumonvi of France, and Damian Janikowski of Poland.[170] He qualified for the Gamea after winning the African and Oceania qualification tournament.[162] The only other Egyptian wrestler to win a bout was Ashraf El-Gharably in the 66 kg class. Gharably, who qualified for the Games after coming in second in the African and Oceania qualification tournament, behind Mohamed Serir of Tunisia,[162] had held numerous international titles since 1997, when he first won the African championships, and had participated in the 60kg class at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.[171] In 2012 he defeated Ecuador's Orlando Huacón in the round of 16 before losing to eventual bronze medalist Manuchar Tskhadaia of Georgia in the quarterfinals.[172]
Sayed Abdelmoneim, competing in the 60 kg class, and Abdelrahman El-Trabely, competing in the 120 kg class, both lost in the first round against one of the eventual finalists and were defeated a second time in the repechage. Abdelmoneim had been the 2010 African champion[173] and had qualified for the Olympics by winning the African and Oceania qualification tournament.[162] In London he lost to Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi and Russia's Zaur Kuramagomedov, eventual silver and bronze medalists respectively.[174] El-Trabely was the 2011 African runner-up[175] and was second in the African and Oceania qualification tournament behind Tunisia's Radhouane Chebbi.[162] At the Games he lost against 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion Mijaín López of Cuba and Guram Pherselidze of Georgia.[176]Mohamed Abouhalima, Islam Tolba, and Mohamed Abdelfatah all lost their opening bouts and were eliminated without appearing in the repechage. Abouhalima, competing in the 55kg class, was the 2011 junior and 2012 senior African champion and won the African and Oceania qualifying tournament.[177] Tolba, competing in the 74 kg class, was the runner up at the 2011 African Championships, 2011 Pan Arab Games, and the African and Oceania qualifying tournament, behind Tunisia's Zied Ayet Ikram of Tunisia all three times.[178] Abdelfatah had accrued numerous international honors since winning the 83kg class at the 1997 Pan Arab Games and was a veteran of the 85 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 84 kg class at the 2004 edition.[179] In London he competed in the 96 kg class and qualified by coming in fifth at the 2011 World Championships.[162]
Key: BM = Bronze medal match; VT = Victory by Fall; PP = Decision by Points – the loser with technical points; PO = Decision by Points – the loser without technical points; Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
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Egypt did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.
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