Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Egyptian Olympic Committee and abbreviated EGY. Egypt's anthem, Biladi, Biladi, Biladi ("My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland") is played when Egypt wins a gold medal. The flag bearer in the opening ceremony was Aly Aly Ibrahim, a rower.

Medals

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Youssef Maged – 58th place
• Ismail Essam – 62nd place

Women's individual:

• Bahnasawy Lamia – 58th place
• Mansour May – 64th place

Athletics

Men's discus:

• Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly – Round 1, 55.53 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

• Marwa Hussein – Round 1: 62.27 metres

Boxing

Egypt sent six boxers to Athens. They competed in the six heaviest weight classes, with no competitors in Lightweight or below. Five of the Egyptian boxers won their first bouts on the team's way to a silver medal and two bronzes. Their combined record was 10–6, with two of the losses coming from walkovers. Egypt was 7th in the medal ranking for boxing.

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Saleh Khoulef
  1. Round of 32 – Lost to Alexander Maletin of Russia, outscored

Welterweight (69kg)

• Mohamed Hikal
  1. Round of 32 – Defeated Basharmal Sultani of Afghanistan, 40–12
  2. Round of 16 – Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia, 18–17

Middleweight (75kg)

• Ramadan Yasser
  1. Round of 32 – Bye
  2. Round of 16 – Defeated Marian Simion of Romania, 36–29
  3. Quarterfinal – Lost to Gennadiy Golovkin of Kazakhstan, 31–20

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

• Ahmed Ismail – bronze medal
  1. Round of 32 – Defeated Shohrat Kurbanov of Turkmenistan, 44–22
  2. Round of 16 – Defeated Trevor Stewardson of Canada, 38–22
  3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Elias Pavlidis of Greece, injury
  4. Semifinal – Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 23–20

Heavyweight (91kg)

• Mohamed Elsayed – bronze medal
  1. Round of 16 – Defeated Igor Alborov of Uzbekistan, by decision (18–18)
  2. Quarterfinal – Defeated Adam Forsyth of Australia, 27–12
  3. Semifinal – Lost to Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, walkover

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

• Mohamed Aly – silver medal
  1. Round of 16 – Defeated Armand Carlos Netsing Takam of Cameroon, 32–19
  2. Quarterfinal – Defeated Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania, 19–11
  3. Semifinal – Defeated Michel Lopez Nunez of Cuba, 18–16
  4. Final – Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, walkover

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Yasser Mahmoud – defeated in round of 32
• Ahmed Nabil – defeated in round of 32
• Mohanad Saif El Din Sabry – defeated in round of 64

Men's foil individual:

• Tamer Mohamed Tahoun – defeated in round of 16
• Mostafa Nagaty – defeated in round of 32
• Mostafa Anwar – defeated in round of 64

Women's foil individual:

• Shaimaa El Gammal – defeated in round of 32

Men's épée team:

• Yasser Mahmoud, Ibrahim Ibrahim, and Ahmed Nabil – 8th place

Men's foil team:

• Mostafa Nagaty, Tamer Mohamed Tahoun, and Ali Tarek – 8th place

Handball

Men's: 12th place

• Preliminary round: 0–0–5
• Classification (11/12): lost to Slovenia, 30–24

Hockey

Men's: 12th place

• Preliminary round: 0–0–5
• Classification (9–12): lost to South Africa, 5–1
• Classification (11/12): lost to Argentina, 4–2

Modern Pentathlon

Men's

• Raouf Abdel – 5084 (20th place)

Women's

• Aya Medany – 4852 (28th place)

Water polo

Men's: 12th place

• Preliminary round: 0–5–0
• Classification 7–12: Lost to Croatia, 12–1
• Classification 11/12: Lost to Kazakhstan, 15–7

Officials

• President: Général Mounir Sabet
• Secretary General: Dr. Ismail Hamed Osman