United Arab Republic at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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United Arab Republic at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg
IOC code RAU
NOC Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website www.egyptianolympic.org  (in Arabic and English)
in Rome
Competitors74 in 12 sports
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (1912-)
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria (1948-)

Egypt and Syria , as the United Arab Republic , competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Syria was a constituent of the United Arab Republic in 1960, but almost all 74 competitors for the Olympic team were from Egypt. 74 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 12 sports. [1]

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Avadis Nazarkoukian from Damascus (Damas) was a member of the United Arab Republic (RAU) team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome (Italy), but he did not compete. There were 80 athletes, 9 of whom did not compete. [2]

United Arab Republic Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Osman Sayed Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight (−52 kg)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdel Moneim El-Guindi Boxing Men's flyweight (−51 kg)

Athletics

Boxing

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Six fencers represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

United Arab Republic had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960. [3]

Men's eight

Shooting

Three shooters represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.

25 m pistol
Trap

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. "United Arab Republic at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
  2. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf (pages 828-830)
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United Arab Republic Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.