Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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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.

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.

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.^[2]

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

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

More information Gymnast, Event ...

Gymnast	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Kabil Mahmoud	All-around	63.30	24
Ahmed Amin Tabouzada	All-around	51.85	25

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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.

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

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Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Ahmed Rahmy	Freestyle middle	Bye	Derkinderen (BEL) (L)	did not advance			9

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Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 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

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Greco-Roman

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Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Ahmed Rahmy	Lightweight	Rohon (FRA) (L)	Did not advance	did not advance			18
				did not advance
				did not advance

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  France 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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