Egypt at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEGY
NOCEgyptian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Sydney
Competitors89 (74 men and 15 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer Yahia Rashwan[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Egypt competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 89 competitors, 74 men and 15 women, took part in 64 events in 20 sports.[2] Egyptian competitors did not win any medal at the Sydney Olympics.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In Egypt's debut archery competition, the nation entered only one man. He lost his first match.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Essam Sayed Men's individual 556 60  Zabrodsky (KAZ)
L 149–166 		did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Track and road events
Athletes Events Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ahmed Abdel Mougod Soliman Marathon — 2:22:47 47
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Hatem Mersal Long jump 7.59 33 did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rezkalla Mohamed Abdelrehim Light flyweight  Asloum (FRA)
L 3–12 		did not advance
Saleh Khoulef Light welterweight Bye  Senchenko (UKR)
W 19–16 		 Luna (CUB)
L RSC-R2 		did not advance
Fadel Showban Welterweight  Craig (USA)
L RSC-R4 		did not advance
Mohamed Hikal Light middleweight Bye  Song (KOR)
W 16–5 		 Thongburan (THA)
L 9-15 		did not advance
Ramadan Yasser Middleweight  Im (KOR)
L 7–8 		did not advance
Amrou Moustafa Heavyweight —  Chanturia (GEO)
L RSC-R4 		did not advance
Ahmed Abdel Samad Super heavyweight —  Saidov (UZB)
L 8-21 		did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Athlete Event Time Rank
Mahmoud Abbas Men's road race did not finish
Amr Elnady did not finish
Mohamed Abdel Fattah did not finish
Mohamed Khulify did not finish
Amr Elnady Men's time trial 1:03:18.138 36

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
André Salah Sakakini Careful 23 Individual 8.50 23 8.00 16.50 24 8.00 24.50 26 did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Egypt in 2000.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tamer Mohamed Tahoun Men's foil  Plumenail (FRA)
L 9–15 		did not advance
Muhannad Saif El-Din Men's épée  Zhao (CHN)
L 12–15 		did not advance
Mahmoud Samir Men's sabre  Smart (USA)
L 5–15 		did not advance
Shaimaa El-Gammal Women's foil  Marsh (USA)
L 7–15 		did not advance
May Moustafa Women's épée  Li (CHN)
L 5–15 		did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Raouf Abdelraouf All-around — 8.300 9.100 9.462 8.350 — 35.212 80 did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament  Russia
L 21–22 		 FR Yugoslavia
L 22–25 		 Cuba
W 29–26 		 South Korea
W 28–21 		 Germany
W 22–21 		4 Q  Sweden
L 23–27 		 Germany
L 18–24 		 Slovenia
W 34–28 		7

The following players represented Egypt:[3]

Group play

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 4 0 1 129 121 +8 8 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 3 1 1 128 113 +15 7
3  Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 130 127 +3 6[a]
4  Egypt 5 3 0 2 122 115 +7 6[a]
5  South Korea 5 1 1 3 128 131 −3 3 9th place game
6  Cuba 5 0 0 5 128 158 −30 0 11th place game
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Yugoslavia 25–22 Egypt
16 September 2000
19:30 		Russia  22–21  Egypt Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
Koksharov 7 (15–7) Awaad 6
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18 September 2000
14:30 		Egypt  22–25  Yugoslavia Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Moemen 9 (14–11) Škrbić 6
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20 September 2000
14:30 		Egypt  29–26  Cuba Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
Zaky 8 (12–11) Uríos 8
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22 September 2000
09:30 		South Korea  21–28  Egypt Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
Paek, Yoon K-s. 7 (8–15) Awaad, Zaky 6
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24 September 2000
16:30 		Germany  21–22  Egypt Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
Kehrmann, Von Behren 5 (11–8) Al-Nil 5
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Quarterfinal
26 September 2000
21:30 		Sweden  27–23  Egypt Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
Vranjes 7 (14–12) Zaky 10
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5th-8th place classification match
29 September 2000
11:30 		Germany  24–18  Egypt The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
Baur, Kehrmann 6 (10–9) Hussein 6
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7th place match
30 September 2000
14:30 		Slovenia  28–34  Egypt The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
Pungartnik 11 (12–18) three players 7
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Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Haitham Awad 73kg  Lombard (CUB)
L 		did not advance
Bassel El-Gharbawy 100kg  Song (CHN)
W 		 Soares (POR)
L 		did not advance
Ahmed Baly +100kg Bye  Pérez (ESP)
L 		did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Heba Hefny +78kg —  Köppen (GER)
L 		did not advance  Prokofyeva (UKR)
W 		 Cicot (FRA)
L 		did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Emad El-Geziry Men's 165 23 916 9 19 720 2:08.61 12 1214 223 19 877 9:32.41 10 1112 4839 19

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Individual all-around
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Ball Ribbon Total Rank Rope Hoop Ball Ribbon Total Rank
Sherin Taama Individual 9.241 9.250 9.170 9.141 36.802 24 did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ali Ibrahim Single sculls 7:21.32 4 R 7:13.10 3 SF C/D 7:17.06 1 FC 7:01.44 13
Amir Temraz
Alaa El-Din Ahmed 		Coxless pair 7:15.63 5 R 7:07.35 5 did not advance 15
Hamdy El-Kot
El-Atek Mohamed
Tarek Hamid
Kamal Abdel Rehim 		Coxless four 6:21.10 4 R 6:13.73 3 SF A/B 6:21.22 6 FB 6:08.37 12

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Mohamed Abdullah 10m air rifle 590 11 did not advance
Moustafa Hamdy Skeet 118 32 did not advance
Mohamed Khorshed 119 23 did not advance
Ayman Mazhar Double trap 125 20 did not advance
Tarek Riad 10m air pistol 571 27 did not advance
50m pistol 544 31 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Hebatallah El-Wazan 10m air pistol 379 16 did not advance
Yasmine Helmi 10m air rifle 390 28 did not advance
Marwa Sultan 376 49 did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tamer Hamed 50m freestyle 23.77 46 did not advance
100m freestyle 52.14 44 did not advance
Mahmoud Elwany 200m freestyle 1:55.19 46 did not advance
Hani Elteir 400m freestyle 4:04.23 44 — did not advance
Haitham Hassan 100m backstroke 58.67 44 did not advance
Ahmed Hussein 200m backstroke 2:06.10 36 did not advance
Haitham Hassan 100m butterfly 56.42 53 did not advance
200m individual medley 2:09.92 51 did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rania Elwani 50m freestyle 25.87 15 Q 25.95 15 did not advance
100m freestyle 56.31 15 Q 55.85 11 did not advance
200m freestyle 2:01.93 21 did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Duet

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final) Total
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Heba Abdel Gawad
Sara Abdel Gawad 		Duet 29.727 21 55.924 19 85.021 20 did not advance

Table Tennis

Further information: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification round Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ashraf Helmy Singles —  Roßkopf (GER)
L 0–3 		 Zhuang (USA)
L 1–3 		3 did not advance
El-Sayed Lashin —  Suseno (INA)
W 3–0 		 Kreanga (GRE)
L 0–3 		2 did not advance
Ashraf Helmy
El-Sayed Lashin 		Doubles  Sweeris /
Zhuang (USA)
L 1–2 		did not advance — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification round Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shaimaa Abdul Aziz Singles —  Melnik (RUS)
L 0–3 		 Wong (HKG)
L 0–3 		3 did not advance
Shahira El-Alfy —  Pavlovich (BLR)
L 0–3 		 Svensson (SWE)
L 0–3 		2 did not advance
Shaimaa Abdul Aziz
Bacinte Osman 		Doubles  Ramírez /
Suárez (CUB)
W 2–0 		 Kostromina /
Pavlovich (BLR)
L 0–2 		 Å Svensson /
M Svensson (SWE)
L 0–2 		3 — did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Quarterfinals 		Repechage
Semifinals 		Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Talaat Abada Men's −58 kg  Mouroutsos (GRE)
L 0–5 		did not advance  Huang (TPE)
L 2–7 		did not advance
Yahia Rashwan Men's +80 kg  Gentil (FRA)
L 1–4 		did not advance
Shimaa Afifi Women's −57 kg  Athanasopoulou (GRE)
L 7–7 		did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  Spain
L 0–3 		 Brazil
L 0–3 		 Cuba
L 0–3 		 Netherlands
L 1–3 		 Australia
L 0–3 		6 did not advance

Men

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 415 331 1.254 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 5 4 1 9 12 5 2.400 417 360 1.158
3  Cuba 5 3 2 8 9 7 1.286 383 335 1.143
4  Australia 5 2 3 7 6 10 0.600 327 374 0.874
5  Spain 5 1 4 6 7 12 0.583 404 444 0.910
6  Egypt 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 309 411 0.752
Source:[citation needed]
Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Sep SP4 Spain  3–0  Egypt 25–20 25–10 25–21     75–51
19 Sep SEC Egypt  0–3  Brazil 28–30 18–25 21–25     67–80
21 Sep SP4 Cuba  3–0  Egypt 25–11 25–18 25–15     75–44
23 Sep SP4 Egypt  1–3  Netherlands 21–25 11–25 33–31 20–25   85–106
25 Sep SEC Australia  3–0  Egypt 25–17 25–23 25–22     75–62


Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
Weight Rank Weight Rank Weight Rank
Mohamed Moussa El-Dib Men's –85 kg 160.0 =12 192.5 =13 352.5 15
Nagwan El-Zawawi Women's –69 kg 92.5 =11 No lift did not finish

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination pool Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea 54 kg  Kalashnykov (UKR)
L 2–16 		 Kalilov (KGZ)
L 1–3 		 Mays (USA)
W 5–3 		3 did not advance
Mohamed Abd El-Fatah 85 kg  Méndez (CUB)
L 3–4 		 Clark (USA)
W 12–0 		— 2 did not advance

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Egypt at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Egypt Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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