Egypt competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 85 competitors, all men, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.
Medalists Gold Ibrahim Shams — Weightlifting, Lightweight Mahmoud Fayad - Weightlifting, Featherweight
Silver Attia Hamouda — Weightlifting, Lightweight Mahmoud Hassan — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Bronze Ibrahim Orabi — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankKamal Ali Hassan3 m springboard119.907Mohamed Ibrahim97.5222Ismail Ahmed Ramzi110.1815Rauf Abu Al-Seoud10 m platform85.8522Mohamed Abdel Khalek Allam77.9224Kamal Ali Hassan95.3312
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 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
Eight Egyptian athletes participated in the individual all around. As a team, they placed 13th.
Ali Zaky, placed 82nd Moustafa Abdelal, placed 86th Mohamed Roushdi, placed 87th Ahmed Khalaf Ali, placed 88th Ali El-Hefnawi, placed 93rd Mohamed Aly, placed 94th Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, placed 95th Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi, placed 107th
Rowing
Egypt had one male rower participating in one out of seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's single sculls Mohamed El-Sayed
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAli Ahmed Bagdadi100 m freestyle 1:02.4 4* Did not advanceTaha Youssef El-Gamal 59.7 2 Q* 59.9 4 q* 1:00.5 8Dorri El-Said 1:02.5 4* Did not advanceJack Hakim400 m freestyle 5:40.3 39 Did not advanceDorri El-Said100 m backstroke 1:19.0 4* Did not advanceAhmed Kandil200 m breaststroke 2:45.5 3 Q 2:43.7 3 Q 2:47.5 7Ali Ahmed BagdadiAhmed KandilTaha Youssef El-GamalMohamed Abdel Aziz Khalifa4 × 200 m freestyle relay 10:25.0 7* colspan=2 Did not advance *Ranks given are within the heat.
Water polo
Weightlifting
Bantamweight Abdel Hamid Yacout (11th)
Featherweight Mahmoud Fayad Ibrahim El-Dessouki (12th)
Lightweight Ibrahim Shams Attia Mohamed Hamouda
Middleweight Khadr El-Touni (4th)
Light heavyweight Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh (11th)
Heavyweight Hanafi Moustafa (5th)
Wrestling
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