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Egypt at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Egypt (1922–1953).svg
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in London
Competitors85 in 12 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Egypt competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 85 competitors, all men, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

  • Ibrahim Shams — Weightlifting, Lightweight
  • Mahmoud Fayad - Weightlifting, Featherweight
  • Youssef Mohamed Fahim Sharaf - running, athletics

Silver

Bronze

  • Ibrahim Orabi — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Diving

Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1948.

Men's foil
  • Osman Abdel Hafeez
  • Hassan Hosni Tawfik
  • Mahmoud Younes
Men's team foil
  • Osman Abdel Hafeez, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik, Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin
Men's épée
  • Mahmoud Younes
  • Jean Asfar
  • Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Men's team épée
  • Salah Dessouki, Jean Asfar, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Osman Abdel Hafeez
Men's sabre
  • Salah Dessouki
  • Ahmed Abou-Shadi
  • Mohamed Zulficar
Men's team sabre
  • Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Zulficar, Mahmoud Younes, Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Egypt had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Mohamed El-Sayed

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Egypt at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egypt Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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