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Egypt is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have participated in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two different occasions. Egypt did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the time of Great Depression, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Athletics

Egyptian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mostafa Al-Gamel	Hammer throw
Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed	Javelin throw

Boxing

Egyptian boxers qualified for the following weight classes by virtue of their best finishes in the APB and WSB rankings, the World Championships, and other qualifying tournaments.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hosam Abdin	Middleweight

Handball

Men's tournament

Egypt men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the 2016 African Men's Handball Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

Team roster

Men's tournament – 1 team of 14 players

Modern pentathlon

Egyptian athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Eslam Hamad and Haydy Morsy secured a selection each in the men's and women's event respectively after achieving a top finish at the 2015 African Championships.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Eslam Hamad	Men's
Haydy Morsy	Women's

Rowing

Egyptian rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdelkhalek El-Banna	Single sculls

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heba Ahmed	Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Egypt has qualified one sailor in the men's Laser class through the African continental regatta.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Laser

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Egyptian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle prone			—
	50 m rifle 3 positions			—
	10 m air pistol			—
	25 m rapid fire pistol			—
	50 m pistol			—
	Trap
	Skeet
	Skeet

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	10 m air pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Egyptian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[7]^[8]

Olympic Qualifying Time

Men's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Marwan El-Kamash)^[9]
Men's 400 m freestyle – 2 quota places (Marwan El-Kamash, Akram Ahmed)^[9]
Men's 1500 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Akram Ahmed)^[9]
Men's 200 m individual medley – 1 quota place (Mohamed Hussein)
Women's 50 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Farida Osman)^[9]
Women's 100 m butterfly – 1 quota place (Farida Osman)

Table tennis

Egypt has qualified the following athletes for singles table tennis events. Brothers Khalid and Omar Assar secure places for the Games in the men's singles, while 2012 Olympians Nadeen El-Dawlatly and Dina Meshref in the women's singles; all of them have reached the semifinals in each of their respective events at the 2015 All-Africa Games.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khalid Assar	Men's singles
Omar Assar	Men's singles
Nadeen El-Dawlatly	Women's singles
Dina Meshref	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Egypt entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympian Hedaya Malak qualified automatically for the women's featherweight category (57 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hedaya Malak	Women's −57 kg

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Egypt men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.^[12]

Team roster

Men's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Weightlifting

Egyptian weightlifters have qualified six men's and three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

References

^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "Captain Conlan makes history for Ireland while Cuba and Russia claim double gold on first day of AIBA World Championship finals in Doha". AIBA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ "African qualifying regatta awards 10 more places in Rio 2016 Olympic Games rowing events". Rio 2016. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wael, Youssef (8 July 2015). "Egyptian swimmers qualify to Rio 2016 Olympics". Kingfut.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^ "Quadri, Oshonaike qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Premium Times. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "Second Tranche of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Earn Berths to Rio Olympics On Day 2 of Grand Prix Final, Egypt, Iran, China and Korea Grab Golds". World Taekwondo Federation. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "Egypt capture Rio Olympic ticket". African Volleyball Confederation. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[1] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[2] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] "Captain Conlan makes history for Ireland while Cuba and Russia claim double gold on first day of AIBA World Championship finals in Doha". AIBA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[4] "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[5] "African qualifying regatta awards 10 more places in Rio 2016 Olympic Games rowing events". Rio 2016. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[issf-6] "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[7] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[8] "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[egypt-swimmers-9] Wael, Youssef (8 July 2015). "Egyptian swimmers qualify to Rio 2016 Olympics". Kingfut.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[10] "Quadri, Oshonaike qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Premium Times. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[11] "Second Tranche of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Earn Berths to Rio Olympics On Day 2 of Grand Prix Final, Egypt, Iran, China and Korea Grab Golds". World Taekwondo Federation. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[12] "Egypt capture Rio Olympic ticket". African Volleyball Confederation. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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