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Egypt at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Amsterdam
Competitors32 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)
The entry of the Egyptian athletes at the opening of the 1928 Games.

Egypt competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 32 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 5 sports.[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ibrahim Moustafa Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight August 5
 Gold El Sayed Nosseir Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg July 29
 Silver Farid Simaika Diving Men's 10 m platform August 9
 Bronze Farid Simaika Diving Men's 3 m springboard August 8

Aquatics

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.

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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.

Fencer Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Elie Adda Men's épée 2 wins 8 Did not advance
Salvator Cicurel 6 wins 1 Q 8 wins 1 Q 5 wins 3 Q 3 wins 8
Saul Moyal 6 wins 3 Q 7 wins 4 Q 4 wins 5 Q 1 win 10
Elie Adda Men's team épée 1–1 2 Q 1–2 3 Did not advance
Mohamed Charaoui
Salvator Cicurel
Joseph Misrahi
Saul Moyal
Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin Men's foil — 0 wins 6 Did not advance
Joseph Misrahi 3 wins 6 Did not advance
Saul Moyal 4 wins 2 Q 2 wins 6 Did not advance
Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin Men's team foil 0–2 3 Did not advance
Salvator Cicurel
Joseph Misrahi
Saul Moyal
Abu Bakr Ratib
Mohamed Charaoui Men's sabre — Bye 1 win 7 Did not advance
Hassan Niazi 2 wins 4 Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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.

Round of 16
Egypt 7–1 Turkey
El-Hassany 20' (pen.)
Riad 27'
Mokhtar 46', 50', 63'
El-Sayed Hooda 53'
El-Zobeir 86'		 Report Refet 71'
Attendance: 2,744
Referee: Marcel Slawick (FRA)
Quarterfinals
Egypt 2–1 Portugal
Mokhtar 15'
Riad 48'		 Report Vítor Silva 76'
Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Giovanni Mauro (ITA)
Semifinals
Argentina 6–0 Egypt
Cherro 10'
Ferreira 32', 82'
Tarasconi 37', 54', 61'		 Report
Attendance: 7,887
Referee: Pedro Escartín (ESP)
Bronze medal match
Italy 11–3 Egypt
Schiavo 6', 42', 58'
Baloncieri 14', 52'
Banchero 19', 39', 44'
Magnozzi 72', 80', 88'		 Report Riad 12', 16'
El-Ezam 60'
Attendance: 6,378
Referee: Jan Langenus (BEL)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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.

Lifter Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Hussein Moukhtar Men's −75 kg 90 7 92.5 9 120 6 302.5 7
El-Sayed Nosseir Men's −82.5 kg 100 OR 1 112.5 WR 1 142.5 OR 1 355 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

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 — 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 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ibrahim Sobh Men's heavyweight  Badó (HUN)
L Fall 3pts 		 Wiesberger (AUT)
L Fall 6pts 		Did not advance — 11

References

  1. ^ "Egypt at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-24.


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