Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 July–12 August 1928
Competitors	32 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ibrahim Moustafa[1]
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
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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

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

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
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

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 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

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			Zamalek
-	2DF	Sid Ahmed
-	4FW	Moussa El-Ezam
-	3MF	Ali El-Hassani	1897		Zamalek
-	4FW	Ismail El-Sayed Hooda "Ismail I"	1900		Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
-	3MF	Gaber El-Soury			Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
-	4FW	Gamil El-Zobair			Al Ahly
-	2DF	Mohamed Gamal
-	4FW	Mohamed Shemais
-	1GK	Abdel Hamid Hamdi			Zamalek
-	3MF	Abdel Halim Hassan			Al-Masry SC
-	3MF	Mohamed Hassan
-	4FW	Mahmoud Ismail Hooda "Ismail II"	1899		Al Ittihad Alexandria Club
-	3MF	Ahmed Mansour
-	4FW	Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh	(1907-12-23)23 December 1907 (aged 20)		Al Ahly
-	4FW	Ali Mohamed Riad	1904		Zamalek
-	1GK	Mohamed Ali Rostam			El Sekka El Hadid SC
-	2DF	Ahmed Salem			Zamalek
-	4FW	Mahmoud Salem
-	3MF	Ahmed Soliman			Al Ahly
-	4FW	Ahmed Mokhtar			Al Ahly

Round of 16

28 May 1928

19:00

Egypt	7–1	Turkey
El-Hassany 20' (pen.) Riad 27' Mokhtar 46', 50', 63' El-Sayed Hooda 53' El-Zobeir 86'	Report	Refet 71'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 2,744

Referee: Marcel Slawick (FRA)

Quarterfinals

4 June 1928

19:00

Egypt	2–1	Portugal
Mokhtar 15' Riad 48'	Report	Vítor Silva 76'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 3,448

Referee: Giovanni Mauro (ITA)

Semifinals

6 June 1928

19:00

Argentina	6–0	Egypt
Cherro 10' Ferreira 32', 82' Tarasconi 37', 54', 61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 7,887

Referee: Pedro Escartín (ESP)

Bronze medal match

9 June 1928

16:00

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'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

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

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	—
Ibrahim Sobh	Men's heavyweight	Badó (HUN) L Fall 3pts	Wiesberger (AUT) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				—	11

References

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.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database