1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (United Arab Republic)
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The United Arab Republic took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in part with a delegation of 74 male athletes in 34 competitions in twelve sports.
The VAR athletes won a silver and a bronze medal. Wrestler Osman El-Sayed won the silver medal in the Greco-Roman style flyweight, while the boxer Abdelmoneim El-Guindi , also a flyweight, won bronze.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Abdelmoneim El-Guindi
- Flyweight: bronze
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Salah Shokweir
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Sayed El-Nahas
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Moussa El-Gelidi
- Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
fencing
- Men
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Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: 9th place
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Moustafa Soheim
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: 9th place
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Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini
- Foil: eliminated in the 1st round
- Foil team: 9th place
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Farid El-Ashmawi
- Foil team: 9th place
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Sameh Abdel Rahman
- Foil team: 9th place
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Ahmed Zein El-Abidin
- Foil team: 9th place
Soccer
- eliminated in the group stage
Weightlifting
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Hosni Abbas
- Featherweight: 6th place
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Moustafa El-Shalakani
- Featherweight: 10th place
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Fawzi Rasmy
- Lightweight: 12th place
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Amer El-Hanafi
- Middleweight: 9th place
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Abdel Khadr El-Sayed El-Touni
- Middleweight: competition not finished
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Mohamed Ali Abdel Kerim
- Light heavyweight: competition not finished
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Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim
- Heavyweight: 4th place
athletics
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Moustafa Abdel Kader
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Mahmoud Atter Abdel Fattah
- Long jump: 37th jump
horse riding
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Mohamed Selim Zaki
- Show jumping: 26th place
- Show jumping team: 4th place
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Gamal El-Din Haress
- Show jumping: 28th place
- Show jumping team: 4th place
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Elwi Gazi
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: 4th place
Wrestling
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Osman El-Sayed
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Camel Ali El-Sayed
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 1st round
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Moustafa Hamil Mansour
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place
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Ben Ali
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
rowing
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Abdallah Gazi
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Abdel Sattar Abdel Hadj
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Mohamed Abdel Sami
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Abdel Fattah Abou-Shanab
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Taha Hassouba
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Saleh Ibrahim
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Ibrahim Mahmoud
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Abdel Mohsen Saad
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Abbas Khamis
- Acher with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
shoot
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Ali El-Kashef
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 45th place
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Hussam El-Badrawi
- Trap: 12th place
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Hassan Moaffi
- Trap: competition not over
do gymnastics
- Men
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Ismail Abdallah
- Individual all-around: 86th place
- Floor: 105th place
- Horse jump: 58th place
- Bars: 31st place
- Horizontal bar: 70th place
- Rings: 59th place
- Pommel horse: 108th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Ahmed Goneim
- Individual all-around: 89th place
- Floor: 108th place
- Horse jump: 63rd place
- Bars: 87th place
- Horizontal bar: 87th place
- Rings: 85th place
- Pommel horse: 89th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Ahmed Dakkeli
- Individual all-around: 96th place
- Floor: 96th place
- Horse jump: 108th place
- Bars: 85th place
- Horizontal bar: 61st place
- Rings: 55th place
- Pommel horse: 110th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Abdel Vares Sharraf
- Individual all-around: 101st place
- Floor: 113th place
- Horse jump: 95th place
- Bars: 111th place
- Horizontal bar: 106th place
- Rings: 30th place
- Pommel horse: 95th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Selim El-Sayed
- Individual all-around: 109th place
- Floor: 108th place
- Horse jump: 89th place
- Bars: 81st place
- Horizontal bar: 107th place
- Rings: 117th place
- Pommel horse: 116th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
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Ahmed Issam Allam
- Individual all-around: 110th place
- Floor: 103rd place
- Horse jump: 117th place
- Bars: 23rd place
- Horizontal bar: 93rd place
- Rings: 110th place
- Pommel horse: 120th place
- Team all-around competition: 15th place
Water polo
- eliminated in the preliminary round
Diving
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Ahmed Moharran
- Artistic jumping 3 m: 28th place
- Diving 10 m: 24th place
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Ali Mohamed Muheeb
- Artistic jumping 3 m: 32nd place
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Moustafa Hassan
- Diving 10 m: 25th place
Web links
- 1960 Olympic team of the United Arab Republic in the Sports-Reference database (English, archive link)