Egypt competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
Athletics
Two athletes represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in athletics. Neither of the two athletes were able to advance past the initial round in any of their events.
Ranks given are within the heat.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Abdel Ali Maghoub 5000 m N/A Unknown 9 did not finish Ahmed Khairy 100 m Unknown 4 did not finish 200 m Unknown 4 did not finish 400 m Unknown 4 did not finish
Fencing
A single fencer represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Hassanein was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of each of his two events.
Ranks given are within the group.
FencerEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Ahmed Hassanein Épée 5–3 2 Q 4–6 7 did not advance Foil N/A 1–3 4 did not advance
Football
Egypt competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The team lost their first match, against Italy. They also played a friendly game against Yugoslavia which they won.https://www.reprezentacija.rs/002-jugoslavija-egipat-2-4/
Team Roster Kamel Taha Mohamed El-Sayed Abdel Salam Hamdy Riad Shawki Ali El-Hassany Gamil Osman Tewfik Abdullah Hussein Hegazi Hassan Allouba Sayed Abaza Zaki Osman Reserve: Khalil Hosni Reserve: Mohamed Gabr Reserve: Mahmoud S. Mokhtar Reserve: Abbas Safwat
First round
Friendly match
Gymnastics
Two gymnasts represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. The two Egyptian gymnasts finished in the last two places of the individual all-around.
Artistic gymnastics
GymnastEventFinalResultRank Kabil Mahmoud All-around 63.30 24 Ahmed Amin Tabouzada All-around 51.85 25
Weightlifting
A single weightlifter represented Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Samy competed in the middleweight category, but did not finish the competition.
WeightlifterWeight classFinalResultRank Ahmed Samy 75 kg did not finish
Wrestling
A single wrestler competed for Egypt in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rahmy competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight and the freestyle middleweight, losing his only match in each competition.
Freestyle
WrestlerEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals / Bronze matchRank Ahmed Rahmy Freestyle middle Bye (L) did not advance 9
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent 0 1 .000 Total 0 1 .000
Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 0 – Round of 16 0 1 .000 Quarterfinals 0 0 – Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 0 1 .000
Greco-Roman
WrestlerEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRank Silver quarters Silver semis Silver match Bronze quarters Bronze semis Bronze match Ahmed Rahmy Lightweight (L) Did not advance did not advance 18 did not advance did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent 0 1 .000 Total 0 1 .000
Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 1 .000 Round of 16 0 0 – Quarterfinals 0 0 – Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Silver quarterfinals 0 0 – Silver semifinals 0 0 – Silver match 0 0 – Bronze quarterfinals 0 0 – Bronze semifinals 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 0 1 .000
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