# Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 49 competitors, 48 men and 1 woman, took part in 36 events in 12 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 4 | – | 4 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Judo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | – | 5 |
| Wrestling | 7 | – | 7 |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 51 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ahmed Ghanem | 400 metres hurdles | 50.44 | 18 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush | Shot put | 18.94 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Kamel Shatta | Shot put | 17.61 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Naguib Hamed | Discus throw | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Egypt men's | Men's tournament | China L 84–98 | Spain L 70–113 | Canada L 64–117 | Brazil L 85–138 | United States L 35–102 | 6 | — | Central African Republic L 57–63 | China L 75–97 | 12 |

#### Team roster

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 485 | 302 | +183 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 484 | 435 | +49 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 590 | 522 | +68 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 479 | 455 | +24 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 433 | 527 | −94 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 568 | −230 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 17 September 1988
| China | 98–84 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| Egypt | 70–113 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 44–57, 26–56 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| Canada | 117–64 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 61–32, 56–32 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| Brazil | 138–85 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 66–38, 72–47 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Egypt | 35–102 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 21–62, 14–40 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 9–12

* 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 09:45
* Boxscore
| Central African Republic | 63–57 | Egypt |
| Scoring by half: 33–31, 30–26 |||
| Pts: F. Goporo, Bella 15 Rebs: Lavodrama 16 Asts: Lavodrama 7 | | Pts: Khalil 17 Rebs: Khalil 8 Asts: Amir 4 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Classification round 11/12

* 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29) 14:30
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 75–97 | China |
| Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41 |||
| Pts: Khalil 26 Rebs: Moussa 6 Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1 | | Pts: Zhang Y. 33 Rebs: Song 12 Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Moustafa Esmail | Light flyweight | Bye | Serantes (PHI) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gamal El-Din El-Koumy | Flyweight | Hussain (IRQ) W 4–1 | Gül (TUR) W 4–1 | Todorov (BUL) L Walkover | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Hegazi | Lightweight | Ranamagar (NEP) W 5–0 | Onoko (NGR) W 5–0 | Saïd (ALG) W 5–0 | Zülow (GDR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed El-Nagar | Light heavyweight | — | Nanton (VIN) W Walkover | Collins (GRN) W 5–0 | Petrich (POL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrianism
### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Total | | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| André Salah Sakakini | Tric Trac 2 | Individual | 0.00 | 71 | 33.00 | 41 | 33.00 | 58 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Egypt in 1988.

### Pool stages

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 1 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 2 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 | Group Stage 3 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdel Monem El-Husseini | Men's foil | Gey (FRG) L 3–5 | Strand (SWE) W 5–1 | Turiace (ARG) W 5–3 | Fonseca (BRA) W 5–2 | — | 2 Q | Bel (FRA) L 2–5 | Koretsky (URS) L 3–5 | Emura (JPN) L 2–5 | Harper (GBR) W 5–4 | Littell (USA) W 5–2 | 4 Q | Wagner (GDR) L 0–5 | Szekeres (HUN) L 0–5 | Gey (FRG) L 3–5 | Cerioni (ITA) W 5–4 | 5 |
| Ahmed Mohamed | Men's foil | Numa (ITA) L 3–5 | Howe (GDR) L 2–5 | Marx (USA) W 5–1 | Cornet (PAR) W 5–0 | Kim (KOR) L 4–5 | 4 Q | Gátai (HUN) L 2–5 | Strand (SWE) L 3–5 | Sypniewski (POL) L 2–5 | Wagner (GDR) L 3–5 | Lao (CHN) L 4–5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Emad El-Din Hassan | 60 kg | Bye | Roux (FRA) L Yusei-gachi | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Walid Mohamed Hussain | 78 kg | Németh (HUN) W Koka | Legień (POL) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | García (ARG) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Ali Rashwan | +95 kg | — | Bye | Bergmann (ISL) W Ippon | Saito (JPN) L Ippon | Did not advance | — | Zapryanov (BUL) L Yusei-gachi | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Egypt in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Shooting (Rapid fire pistol) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Points | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Moustafa Adam | Individual | 88 | 16 | 1012 | 29–36 | 39 | 728 | 3:36.67 | 45 | 1140 | 190 | 31 | 912 | 15:24.42 | 60 | 793 | 4585 | 49 |
| Mohamed Abdou El-Souad | Individual | 0 | 1 | 1100 | 27–38 | 46 | 694 | 3:45.22 | 60 | 1072 | 196 | 4 | 1044 | 14:34.05 | 50 | 943 | 4853 | 31 |
| Ayman Mahmoud | Individual | 154 | 34 | 946 | 22–43 | 58 | 609 | 3:32.32 | 35 | 1176 | 189 | 34 | 890 | 13:57.17 | 33 | 1054 | 4675 | 45 |
| Moustafa Adam Mohamed Abdou El-Souad Ayman Mahmoud | Team | 242 | 1 | 3058 | 78–117 | 16 | 2031 | 10:54.21 | 14 | 3388 | 575 | 6 | 2846 | 43:55.64 | 16 | 2790 | 14113 | 12 |

## Shooting
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sherif Saleh | Trap | 142 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Khorshed | Skeet | 143 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ahmed Abdullah | 200 metre butterfly | 2:05.28 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amin Amer | 100 metre backstroke | 1:00.76 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moustafa Amer | 100 metre freestyle | 53.57 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moustafa Amer | 200 metre freestyle | 1:57.50 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed El-Azoul | 50 metre freestyle | 24.64 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Hassan | 50 metre freestyle | 25.11 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed El-Azoul Amin Amer Mohamed Hassan Moustafa Amer | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sherif El-Saket | Singles | Kim (KOR) L 0–3 | Domuschiev (BUL) L 1–3 | Persson (SWE) L 0–3 | Molenda (POL) L 1–3 | Saito (JPN) L 0–3 | Gambra (CHI) L 0–3 | Mehta (IND) L 0–3 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ashraf Helmy | Singles | Douglas (GBR) L 0–3 | Huang (TPE) L 0–3 | Saif (PAK) W 3–1 | Kalinić (YUG) L 0–3 | Kano (BRA) L 0–3 | Fermín (DOM) W 3–1 | Lindh (SWE) L 0–3 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nihal Meshref | Singles | Vriesekoop (NED) L 0–3 | Perkučin (YUG) L 0–3 | Gergelcheva (BUL) L 0–3 | Kim de Rimasa (ARG) L 1–3 | Šafářová (TCH) L 0–3 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ramadan Aly | 52 kg | 100.0 | 10 | NM | NM | DNF | DNF |
| Khalil El-Sayed | 75 kg | 142.5 | 12 | 172.5 | 16 | 315.0 | 13 |
| Mahmoud Mahgoub | 90 kg | NM | NM | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Reda El-Batoty | +110 kg | 175.0 | 4 | 217.5 | 6 | 392.5 | 6 |
| Adhan Mohamed | +110 kg | 152.5 | 11 | 190.0 | 11 | 342.5 | 12 |

## Wrestling
### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdellatif Abdellatif | 68 kg | Lagerborg (SWE) L 0–9 | Koçak (TUR) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moustafa Ramadan Hussein | 82 kg | N'To (CMR) W Fall | Stoykov (BUL) L Passivity | Komáromi (HUN) L 0–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamal Ibrahim | 90 kg | Bernstein (ISR) L 8–11 | Bye | Leitão (BRA) W 17–0 | Pikilidis (GRE) L 0–9 | Did not advance | — | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassan El-Hadad | 130 kg | Ramsaran (MRI) W Fall | Jassim (IRQ) W Passivity | Deguchi (JPN) W Fall | Gerovski (BUL) L 0–5 | Bye | — | 2 | Johansson (SWE) L Passivity | 4 |

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohamed El-Khodary | 68 kg | Manzur (ESA) W 19–3 | Khadem (IRI) L 0–16 | Wattar (SYR) L 3–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moustafa Ramadan Hussein | 82 kg | Ito (JPN) L 0–4 | Iglesias (ARG) W 10–5 | Nikolovski (YUG) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassan El-Hadad | 130 kg | Baumgartner (USA) L DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |