Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics
| Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | EGY |
| NOC | Egyptian Olympic Committee |
| in Helsinki | |
| Competitors | 106 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | Ahmed Fouad Nessim[1] |
| Medals Ranked 40th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games
––––  United Arab Republic (1960, 1964) | |
Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 106 competitors, all men, took part in 65 events in 14 sports.[2]
Medalists
[edit]Bronze
[edit]- Abdel Aaal Rashed – Wrestling, Greco-Roman Featherweight.
Athletics
[edit]Basketball
[edit]| Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| Tournament | |
| men | |
| Squads | |
| men | |
- Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group C)
- Defeated Turkey (64–52)
- Lost to Canada (57–63)
- Defeated Italy (66–62)
- Main Round (Group D)
- Lost to France (64–92)
- Lost to Chile (46–74)
- Defeated Cuba (66–55) → did not advance, 10th place
Boxing
[edit]Diving
[edit]| Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ahmed Kamel Aly | 3 m springboard | 62.95 | 17 | Did not advance | |
| Ahmed Fahti Mohamed Hashad | 50.04 | 33 | Did not advance | ||
| Kamal Ali Hassan | 62.68 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Mohamed Fakhry Abbas | 10 m platform | 62.92 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Ahmed Kamel Aly | 66.19 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Kamal Ali Hassan | 61.03 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
Equestrian
[edit]Fencing
[edit]| Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Épée | men | |
| Team épée | men | |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | |
| Sabre | men | |
| Team sabre | men | |
Eight fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1952.
- Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Ali Riad, Osman Abdel Hafeez, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik
Football
[edit]Gymnastics
[edit]| Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of gymnasts | ||
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| Team all-around | men | women |
| Team portable apparatus | women | |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
Men's Single Event
Rowing
[edit]| Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
Egypt had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.[3]
- Ibrahim El-Attar
- Mohamed El-Sahrawi
- Mamdooh El-Attar
- Mohamed El-Sayed
- Albert Selim El-Mankabadi (cox)
Shooting
[edit]| Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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| Rifle | |
| 300 metre rifle | men |
| 50 m rifle, three positions | men |
| 50 m rifle, prone | men |
| Pistol | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men |
| 50 metre pistol | men |
| Shotgun | |
| Trap | men |
| Running deer | |
| 100 m running deer | men |
Six shooters represented Egypt in 1952.
Swimming
[edit]| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
- Men
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dorri El-Said | 100 m freestyle | 1:02.3 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Abdel Aziz El-Shafei | 1:02.0 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
| Awad Moukhtar Halloudah | 200 m breaststroke | 2:50.5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Water polo
[edit]Weightlifting
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Flagbearers for Egypt". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Egypt at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egypt Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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