Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

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

Men

<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database