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Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	106 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Ahmed Fouad Nessim
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 106 competitors, all men, took part in 65 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Bronze

• Abdel Aaal Rashed — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Featherweight.

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Turkey (64-52)
  • Lost to Canada (57-63)
  • Defeated Italy (66-62)
• Main Round (Group D)
  • Lost to France (64-92)
  • Lost to Chile (46-74)
  • Defeated Cuba (66-55) → did not advance, 10th place

Boxing

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Ahmed Kamel Aly
  • Preliminary Round — 62.95 points (→ 17th place)
• Kamal Ali Hassan
  • Preliminary Round — 62.68 points (→ 18th place)
• Ahmed Fahti Mohamed Hashad
  • Preliminary Round — 50.04 points (→ 33rd place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1952.

Men's foil

• Mahmoud Younes
• Salah Dessouki
• Mohamed Ali Riad

Men's team foil

• Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Ali Riad, Osman Abdel Hafeez, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Zulficar, Hassan Hosni Tawfik

Men's épée

• Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's team épée

• Osman Abdel Hafeez, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Men's sabre

• Mohamed Abdel Rahman
• Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Men's team sabre

• Mohamed Zulficar, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Salah Dessouki, Mahmoud Younes, Ahmed Abou-Shadi

Football

Gymnastics

Men's Single Event

Rowing

Egypt had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.

Men's single sculls

• Hussein El-Alfy

Men's coxed pair

• Mohamed Anwar
• Ali Tawfik Youssif
• Albert Selim El-Mankabadi (cox)

Men's coxed four

• Ibrahim El-Attar
• Mohamed El-Sahrawi
• Mamdooh El-Attar
• Mohamed El-Sayed
• Albert Selim El-Mankabadi (cox)

Shooting

Six shooters represented Egypt in 1952.

50 m pistol

• Antoine Shousha
• Mohamed Ahmed Aly

300 m rifle, three positions

• Ahmed Hamdy
• Saad El-Din El-Shorbagui

50 m rifle, three positions

• Ahmed Hamdi
• Antoine Shousha

50 m rifle, prone

• Antoine Shousha
• Ahmed Hamdi

Trap

• Seifollah Ghaleb
• Youssef Fares

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
2. "Egypt at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Egypt Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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