Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Two divers, both men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Farid Simaika competed in both the springboard and platform events, taking bronze in the former and silver in the latter. Simaika originally was announced as the winner of the platform contest, as his average score of 99.58 was the highest. However, the event officials then announced that 4 of the 5 judges had scored American Pete Desjardins higher than Simaika and therefore Desjardins was the winner under the rules in place at the time.

Abdel Moneim Mokhtar competed in the platform, finishing 6th in his semifinal group and not making the top-3 cut necessary to advance to the final.

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Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Farid Simaika	Men's 3 metre springboard	10	164.96	2 Q	13	172.46
Abdel Moneim Mokhtar	Men's 10 metre platform	31	59.14	6	Did not advance
Farid Simaika		6	102.38	1 Q	9	99.58

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Eight fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. For the first time, Egyptian fencers advanced to an event final: Cicurel placed 8th and Moyal placed 10th in the men's individual épée.

Summary

Men's tournament

Egypt competed in men's football for the 3rd time in 1928. Egypt won its first two matches before falling to Argentina in the semifinals; the team took 4th place after losing the bronze medal game as well. It was the best result in Egypt's Olympic history, improving upon the 5th place finish in 1924.

Team roster

Head coach: Valerian Bezveconnîi, aka "Valer-Bei"?^[3]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Two weightlifters, both male, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. El-Sayed Nosseir became Egypt's first Olympic champion (and first medalist of any kind) when he won the light heavyweight competition. He broke two world records (snatch and total) and the remaining two Olympic records (press and jerk) in doing so. Hussein Moukhtar competed in the middleweight, finishing 7th.

Four wrestlers, all men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Ibrahim Moustafa earned Egypt's first medal in wrestling, a gold, by winning the men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman event. He had finished 4th in the event at the 1924 Games. Moustafa's medal was only Egypt's second in any sport; he missed becoming the first Egyptian Olympic champion only because his event finished one week after El-Sayed Nosseir's weightlifting event.

Greco-Roman wrestling

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Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ibrahim Kamel	Men's bantamweight	Aria (FRA) L Decision 3pts	Maudr (TCH) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				—N/a	14
Ali Kamel	Men's featherweight	Kárpáti (HUN) L Fall 3pts	Arıkan (TUR) W Fall 3pts	Väli (EST) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				10
Ibrahim Moustafa	Men's light heavyweight	Appels (BEL) W Fall 0pts	Şefik (TUR) W Decision 1pt	Bye	Hansen (DEN) W Fall 1pt	Pellinen (FIN) W Decision 2pts	Rieger (GER) W Decision 3pts	—N/a
Ibrahim Sobh	Men's heavyweight	Badó (HUN) L Fall 3pts	Wiesberger (AUT) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				—N/a	11

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