Egypt men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Egypt men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Egypt men's national water polo team has participated in 6 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number
Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo
(C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes:

  • Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
  • At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Men's team[1] 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
 Egypt 7 10 13 12 15 12 6
Total teams 7 4 6 12 13 14 5 16 18 21 10 16 13 15 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 Egypt 6 3 0 1948 2004 Seventh place Africa – CANA

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Egypt Seventh place (1948) 6 Africa – CANA

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Egypt 0

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Egypt (EGY)0000

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of four-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympians: 2
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
3 Abdel Aziz Khalifa 1925 FP 1948 1952 1960 22–23/34–35 [2]
Dorri El-Said 1927 FP 1948 1952 1960 21/33 [3]

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1948 Ahmed Fouad Nessim 1924 23 Starting goalkeeper [4]
(Unknown)
1952 Ahmed Fouad Nessim (2) 1924 27 Flag bearer for Egypt
Starting goalkeeper
[4]
(Unknown)
1960 Mohamed Azmi 1921 38–39 [5]
Gamal El-Nazer 1930 30 [6]
1964 Mohamed Khalil 1939 25 [7]
(Unknown)
1968 1 Mohamed Abid Soliman 1945 23 [8]
13 (Unknown)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2004 1 Amr Mohamed 1974 30 41 135 30.4% The only goalkeeper in the squad [9]

Source:

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000)
Rk Sprinter Birth Total
sprints
won
Total
sprints
contested
Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Bassel Mashhour 1982 5 11 45.5% 2004
(5/11)
21/21 [10]

Source:

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one male water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Egypt.

Legend
  •  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  •  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Flag bearer – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games
# Year Country Flag bearer Birth Age Height Team Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)
Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 1952 O Egypt Ahmed Fouad Nessim 1924 27  Egypt GK 1948 1952 4 years
(23/27)
0 0 0 0 [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Abdel Aziz Khalifa". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dorri El-Said". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Ahmed Fouad Nessim". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Mohamed Azmi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Gamal El-Nazer". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Mohamed Khalil". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Mohamed Abid Soliman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Amr Mohamed". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Bassel Mashhour". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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Official Reports (FINA)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

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