Egypt first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912, and has sent athletes to compete in most of the Summer Olympic Games since then. Along with Cambodia, Iraq and Lebanon, Egypt boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in protest of the tripartite Israeli, British, and French invasion of Egypt in the Suez War. However, three Egyptian riders competed at the equestrian events for the 1956 Games held in Stockholm, Sweden five months earlier (because of Australian quarantine regulations). Egypt withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics after three days of competition to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of New Zealand, which still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa. Egypt also participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Egypt's participation at the Winter Olympic Games was a single alpine skier in 1984.
Egyptian athletes have won a total of 41 medals, with weightlifting as its top sport.
The National Olympic Committee for Egypt is the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and was created in 1910.
From 1960 to 1964, Egypt and Syria participated together as the United Arab Republic with a majority of Egyptian athletes, although it is unknown if Syria actually sent athletes.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1 0 0 0 0 – 22 0 0 0 0 – 24 0 0 0 0 – 32 2 1 1 4 17 did not participate 54 2 1 2 5 15 85 2 2 1 5 16 106 0 0 1 1 40 3 0 0 0 0 – 74 0 1 1 2 30 73 0 0 0 0 – 30 0 0 0 0 – 23 0 0 0 0 – 29 0 0 0 0 – boycotted 114 0 1 0 1 33 49 0 0 0 0 – 75 0 0 0 0 – 29 0 0 0 0 – 89 0 0 0 0 – 97 1 1 3 5 46 103 0 0 2 2 80 113 0 3 1 4 56 119 0 0 3 3 66 132 1 1 4 6 54 164 1 1 1 3 52 future event Total 9 12 20 41 62
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1 0 0 0 0 – 1988–2026 did not participate future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by sport
List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight Diving Men's 10 m platform Diving Men's 3 m springboard Weightlifting Men's lightweight Weightlifting Men's middleweight Weightlifting Men's featherweight Weightlifting Men's featherweight Weightlifting Men's light heavyweight Weightlifting Men's featherweight Weightlifting Men's lightweight Weightlifting Men's lightweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight Boxing Men's flyweight Judo Men's open Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Boxing Men's super heavyweight Boxing Men's light heavyweight Boxing Men's heavyweight Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Judo Men's −90 kg Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Fencing Men's foil Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Sara Ahmed Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Karate Women's +61 kg Modern pentathlon Men's Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Karate Women's −61 kg Modern pentathlon Men's Sara Ahmed Weightlifting Women's 81 kg Fencing Men's épée
Flagbearers
+ Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport Ahmed Hassanein Fencing did not participate Fathallah Abdel Rahman Fencing Kamal Kamel Muhammed Basketball did not participate Mohamed Sayed Soliman Basketball Mohamed Khorshed Shooting Mohamed Khorshed Shooting Hosam Abdallah Handball Yahia Rashwan Taekwondo Ali Ibrahim Rowing Karam Gaber Wrestling Hesham Mesbah Judo Ahmed El-Ahmar Handball Hedaya MalakAlaaeldin Abouelkassem Taekwondo Fencing Sara AhmedAhmed El-Gendy WeightliftingModern pentathlon
+ Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport Jamil El Reedy Alpine skiing
See also List of flag bearers for Egypt at the Olympics List of Olympic women for Egypt :Category:Olympic competitors for Egypt Egypt at the Paralympics Egypt at the Mediterranean Games Egypt at the African Games Sports in Egypt
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