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Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Egypt at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
28 July–12 August 1928
Competitors32 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Ibrahim Moustafa[1]
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.[2]

Medalists

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Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table
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

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Diving

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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

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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 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 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
Hamad Niazi 2 wins 4 Did not advance

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Prelim. Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament Bye  Turkey
W 7–1 		 Portugal
W 2–1 		 Argentina
L 6–0 		 Italy
L 11–3 		4
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]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
- 2DF Sayed Abaza Egypt Zamalek
- 2DF Sid Ahmed Egypt
- 4FW Moussa El-Ezam Egypt
- 3MF Ali El-Hassani 1897 Egypt Zamalek
- 4FW Ismail El-Sayed Hooda "Ismail I" 1900 Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
- 3MF Gaber El-Soury Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
- 4FW Gamil El-Zobair Egypt Al Ahly
- 2DF Mohamed Gamal Egypt
- 4FW Mohamed Shemais Egypt
- 1GK Abdel Hamid Hamdi Egypt Zamalek
- 3MF Abdel Halim Hassan Egypt Al-Masry SC
- 3MF Mohamed Hassan Egypt
- 4FW Mahmoud Ismail Hooda "Ismail II" 1899 Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
- 3MF Ahmed Mansour Egypt
- 4FW Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh (1907-12-23)23 December 1907 (aged 20) Egypt Al Ahly
- 4FW Ali Mohamed Riad 1904 Egypt Zamalek
- 1GK Mohamed Ali Rostam Egypt El Sekka El Hadid SC
- 2DF Ahmed Salem Egypt Zamalek
- 4FW Mahmoud Salem Egypt
- 3MF Ahmed Soliman Egypt Al Ahly
- 4FW Ahmed Mokhtar Egypt Al Ahly
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

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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

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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

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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 — 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

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Egypt at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  3. ^ "Istoria fotbalului moldovenesc. UN ANTRENOR BASARABEAN ȘI-A DUS ECHIPA ÎN SEMIFINALELE JOCURILOR OLIMPICE!". FMF. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
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