Egypt competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 89 competitors, 74 men and 15 women, took part in 64 events in 20 sports. Egyptian competitors did not win any medal at the Sydney Olympics.
Sydney 2000 marked the first time the Egyptian Olympic team competed in Australia as Egypt and other nations boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne due to the Suez Crisis but Egypt did take part in the Equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm five months earlier.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Egypt at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 2 0 2Boxing 7 – 7Cycling 4 0 4Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 3 2 5Gymnastics 1 1 2Handball 15 0 15Judo 3 1 4Modern pentathlon 1 0 1Rowing 7 0 7Shooting 5 3 8Swimming 5 1 6Synchronized swimming – 2 2Table tennis 2 3 5Taekwondo 2 1 3Volleyball 12 0 12Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 74 15 89
Archery
In Egypt's debut archery competition, the nation entered only one man. He lost his first match.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEssam SayedMen's individual55660L 149–166did not advance
Athletics
Men Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAhmed Abdel Mougod SolimanMarathoncolspan=62:22:4747
Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Hatem Mersal Long jump 7.59 33did not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRezkalla Mohamed AbdelrehimLight flyweightL 3–12did not advanceSaleh KhoulefLight welterweightW 19–16L RSC-R2did not advanceFadel ShowbanWelterweightL RSC-R4did not advanceMohamed HikalLight middleweightW 16–5L 9-15did not advanceRamadan YasserMiddleweightL 7–8did not advanceAmrou MoustafaHeavyweightL RSC-R4did not advanceAhmed Abdel SamadSuper heavyweightL 8-21did not advance
Cycling
Road Cycling
AthleteEventTimeRankMahmoud AbbasMen's road racedid not finishAmr Elnadydid not finishMohamed Abdel Fattahdid not finishMohamed Khulifydid not finishAmr ElnadyMen's time trial1:03:18.13836
Equestrianism
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankAndré Salah SakakiniCareful 23Individual8.50238.0016.50248.0024.5026did not advance
Fencing
Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Egypt in 2000.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTamer Mohamed TahounMen's foilL 9–15 did not advanceMuhannad Saif El-DinMen's épéeL 12–15 did not advanceMahmoud SamirMen's sabreL 5–15 did not advanceShaimaa El-GammalWomen's foilL 7–15 did not advanceMay MoustafaWomen's épéeL 5–15 did not advance
Gymnastics
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankRaouf AbdelraoufAll-around8.3009.1009.4628.35035.21280did not advance
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEgypt men'sMen's tournamentL 21–22L 22–25W 29–26W 28–21W 22–214 QL 23–27L 18–24W 34–287
The following players represented Egypt:
Ahmed Belal Amro El-Geioushy Ashraf Mabrouk Awaad Ayman El-Alfy Hany El-Fakharany Hazem Awaad Saber Hussein Hussain Said Hussain Zaky Magdy Abou El-Magd Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib Gohar Al-Nil Sherif Moemen Marwan Ragab Mohamed Sharaf El-Din
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th-8th place classification match
7th place match
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHaitham Awad73kgL did not advanceBassel El-Gharbawy100kgWL did not advanceAhmed Baly+100kgL did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHeba Hefny+78kgalign=center L did not advanceW L did not advance
Modern pentathlon
AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsEmad El-GeziryMen's165239169197202:08.61121214223198779:32.41101112483919
Rhythmic gymnastics
Individual all-around AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankSherin TaamaIndividual9.2419.2509.1709.14136.80224did not advance
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAli IbrahimSingle sculls7:21.324 R7:13.103 SF C/D7:17.061 FC7:01.4413Amir TemrazAlaa El-Din AhmedCoxless pair7:15.635 R7:07.355 did not advance15Hamdy El-KotEl-Atek MohamedTarek HamidKamal Abdel RehimCoxless four6:21.104 R6:13.733 SF A/B6:21.226 FB6:08.3712
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankTotalRankMohamed Abdullah10m air rifle59011did not advanceMoustafa HamdySkeet11832did not advanceMohamed Khorshed11923did not advanceAyman MazharDouble trap12520did not advanceTarek Riad10m air pistol57127did not advance50m pistol54431did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankTotalRankHebatallah El-Wazan10m air pistol37916did not advanceYasmine Helmi10m air rifle39028did not advanceMarwa Sultan37649did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTamer Hamed50m freestyle23.7746did not advance100m freestyle52.1444did not advanceMahmoud Elwany200m freestyle1:55.1946did not advanceHani Elteir400m freestyle4:04.2344colspan=2did not advanceHaitham Hassan100m backstroke58.6744did not advanceAhmed Hussein200m backstroke2:06.1036did not advanceHaitham Hassan100m butterfly56.4253did not advance200m individual medley2:09.9251did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRania Elwani50m freestyle25.8715 Q25.9515did not advance100m freestyle56.3115 Q55.8511did not advance200m freestyle2:01.9321did not advance
Synchronized swimming
Women's Duet Heba Abdel Gawad and Sara Abdel Gawad Technical Routine – 29.727
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)TotalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankHeba Abdel GawadSara Abdel GawadDuet29.7272155.9241985.02120did not advance
Table Tennis
Men AthleteEventQualification roundGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAshraf HelmySinglesL 0–3L 1–33did not advanceEl-Sayed LashinW 3–0L 0–32did not advanceAshraf HelmyEl-Sayed LashinDoublesL 1–2did not advancedid not advance
Women AthleteEventQualification roundGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankShaimaa Abdul AzizSinglesL 0–3L 0–33did not advanceShahira El-AlfyL 0–3L 0–32did not advanceShaimaa Abdul AzizBacinte OsmanDoublesW 2–0L 0–2L 0–23did not advance
Taekwondo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageQuarterfinalsRepechageSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTalaat AbadaMen's −58 kgL 0–5did not advanceL 2–7did not advanceYahia RashwanMen's +80 kgL 1–4did not advanceShimaa AfifiWomen's −57 kgL 7–7did not advance
Volleyball
Indoor
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUnited States menMen's tournamentL 0–3L 0–3L 0–3L 1–3L 0–36did not advance
Men
Team Roster Mohamed Mouselhy Mahmoud Abdul El Aziz Ashraf Abou El Hassan Eslam Awad Mohamed El Houseny Hamdy El Safy Ibrahim Fathy Sayed Khalil Ussama Komsan Hany Mouselhy Ibrahim Rashwan Nehad Shehata
Group play
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalWeightRankWeightRankWeightRankMohamed Moussa El-DibMen's –85 kg160.0=12192.5=13352.515Nagwan El-ZawawiWomen's –69 kg92.5=11No liftdid not finish
Wrestling
Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination poolQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohamed Moustafa Abou Elea54 kgL 2–16L 1–3W 5–33did not advanceMohamed Abd El-Fatah85 kgL 3–4W 12–02did not advance
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site
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