2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Egypt)

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Egypt participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with 101 athletes, 27 women and 74 men, in 18 sports.

Since 1948 it was the 20th participation of an Egyptian team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Wrestler Karam Ibrahim carried the flag of Egypt during the opening ceremony in the national stadium . At the closing ceremony it was worn by the modern pentathlon Amro El Geziry .

Medals

With two bronze medals won the Egyptian team was ranked 81 in the medal count .

Medalist

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Abir Khalil	Weightlifting	Class up to 69 kg
Hesham Mesbah	Judo	Middle weight (up to 90 kg)

Participants by sport

badminton

• Hadia Hosny , women's singles
  • 1st round: 21:18/7: 21/21:14 victory against the Mexican Deyanira Angulo
  • 2nd round: 7: 21/4: 21 defeat against Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva

Archery

• Soha Abed Elaal , women's singles
  • Round 1: 95: 107 defeat to the Briton Naomi Folkard ; Place 57
• Maged Youssef , men's singles
  • 1st round: 96: 111 defeat against Ukrainian Viktor Ruban ; 62nd place

Boxing

Men's

• Hosam Bakr Abdin , welterweight
  • Round of 16: 11:10 win against Non Boonjumnong from Thailand
  • Quarterfinals: 2:10 defeat against Cuban Carlos Banteur
• Mohamed Hikal , middleweight
  • Round of 32: 4-13 defeat against James DeGale from Britain
• Ramadan Yasser , light heavyweight
  • 32 round: 10+: 10 win against the Belarusian Ramazan Magomedov
  • Round of 16: 6-13 defeat against Abdelhafid Benchabla from Algeria

fencing

• Ahmed Nabil

  Gentlemen, swords, singles

• Mostafa Nagaty

  Gentlemen, foil, singles

• Mahmoud Samir

  Men, sabers, individual and team

• Gamal Fathy

  Men, sabers, individual and team

• Shadi Talaat

  Men, sabers, individual and team

• Tamim Ghazy

  Gentlemen, team

• Aya El Sayed

  Ladies, swords, singles

• Iman Shaban

  Women, foil, singles and teams

• Shaimaa El-Gammal

  Women, foil, singles and teams

• Iman El Gammal

  Women, foil, singles and teams

• Salma Soueif

  Women, foil, team

Weightlifting

• Mohamed Abd Elbaki

  Men, up to 62 kg

• Tarik Abdelazim

  Men, up to 69 kg

• Mahmoud Elhaddad

  Men, up to 77 kg

• Abdelrahman El Sayed

  Men, up to 105 kg

• Abir Khalil

  Women, up to 69 kg

Handball

• Mohamed Nakib El-Bakir

  Men, goalkeeper

• Walid Abdel Maksoud

  Men, goalkeeper

• Hussein Mabrouk

  Men, left back

• Mohamed Abd Elsalam

  Men, left back

• Hassan Mabrouk

  Men, left back

• Hussein Zaky

  Men, left back

• Mahmoud Hassaballah

  Men, back center

• Hassan Yousry

  Men, back center

• Ahmed El-Ahmar

  Men, right back

• Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek

  Men, right back

• Belal Mabrouk

  Men, left wing

• Moustafa Hussien

  Men, right wing

• Mohamed Ramadan

  Men, circulars

• Hany El Fakharany

  Men, circulars

Judo

• Amin El Hady

  Men, up to 66 kg

• Hesham Mesbah

  Men, up to 90 kg

• Islam El Shehaby

  Men, over 100 kg

• Samah Ramadan

  Women, over 78 kg

athletics

• Amr Seoud

  Gentlemen, 200 m

• Yasser Farag

  Men, shot put

• Omar El Ghazaly

  Men throwing discus

• Mohsen Anani

  Men throwing hammer

Modern pentathlon

• Amro El Geziry

  Men

• Omnia Fakhry

  Women

• Aya Medany

  Women

horse riding

• Karim El Zoghby with Aladin

  singles

Wrestling

• Hassan Madany

  Men, freestyle, up to 60 kg

• Saleh Emara

  Men, freestyle, up to 96 kg

• Haiat Farag

  Women, freestyle, up to 63 kg

• Mostafa Hassan

  Men, Greco-Roman, up to 55 kg

• Ashraf Elgharably

  Men, Greco-Roman, up to 60 kg

• Karam Gaber

  Men, Greco-Roman, up to 96 kg

• Yasser Abdelrahman Sacr

  Men, Greco-Roman, up to 120 kg

rowing

• Aly Ibrahim

  Men, one

• Ibrahim Abd El Razek

  Men, foursome easily

• Mohamed Zidan

  Men, foursome easily

• Ahmed Gad

  Men, foursome easily

• Amin ramadan

  Men, foursome easily

• Heba Ahmed

  Women, one

shoot

• Samy Abdel Razaek

  Gentlemen, free pistol, 50 m

• Mohamed Abdellah

  Men, air rifle, 10 m

• Mohamed Amer

  Men, small caliber three-position fight, 50 m

• Yasser Elassy

  Gentlemen, air pistol, 10 m

• Eslam Eldeep

  Gentlemen, skeet

• Mona Elhawary

  Ladies, skeet

• Amgad pants

  Men, small bore, lying, 50 m

• Adham Medhat

  Gentlemen, trap

• Shimaa Abdel-Latif

  Ladies, air rifle, 10 m

• Mona El-Hawary

  Ladies, skeet

swim

• Mohamed El Nady

  Men, 50m freestyle

• Mohamed El Zanaty

  Men, 10 km

• Ahmed Nada

  Men, 100 m butterfly

Synchronized swimming

• Reem Abdalazem

  Team, duet

• Aziza Abdelfattah

  team

• Hagar Badran

  team

• Dalia El Gebaly

  Team, duet

• Shaza El Sayed

  team

• Youmna Khallaf

  team

• May Mohamed

  team

• Nouran Saleh

  team

• Lamyaa Badawi

  team

Taekwondo

• Noha Abd Rabo

  Women, over 67 kg

Table tennis

• El-Sayed Lashin

  Men, singles

• Adel Massaad

  Men, singles

• Ahmed Ali Saleh

  Men, singles

• Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz

  Women, singles

• Noha Yousry

  Women, singles

do gymnastics

• Mohamed Serour

  Men, all-around

• Sherine El-Zeiny

  Ladies, all-around

volleyball

• Hamdy Awad

  Men

• Abdalla Ahmed

  Men

• Mohamed Gabal

  Men

• Ahmed Abdel Naeim

  Men

• Abdel Latif Ahmed

  Men

• Wael Al Aydy

  Men

• Ashraf Abouelhassan

  Men

• Saleh Youssef

  Men

• Mohamed Badawy

  Men

• Hossameldin Goma

  Men

• Mohamed Seif Elnasr

  Men

• Mahmoud Abd El Kader

  Men

Web links

• Egyptian Olympic team from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egyptian Olympic team from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
2. ↑ In August 2016 it was announced that the Chinese Liu Chunhong had won her gold medal with the help of several doping substances such as sibutramine and hormones . She was disqualified and the first place was revoked. In addition, the International Weightlifting Association (IMF) published that the Ukrainian Natalija Dawidowa had achieved her third place by taking dehydrochloromethyltestosterone . The Egyptian Abir Khalil was subsequently awarded the bronze medal.