# Egypt at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Egypt sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The 38 member strong team won 12 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Sports Egypt participated in included athletics, powerlifting and table tennis Among Egypt's representatives included Fatma Omar and Sherif Othman in powerlifting, Mohammed Beshta, Mahmoud El-Attar, Hossam Abdel Kader and Mohammed El-Sayed Abdel Kader in athletics and Fayza Hafez in table tennis.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Sherif Othman | Powerlifting | Men's 56kg |
| Gold | Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna | Athletics | Men's 67.5kg |
| Gold | Fatma Omar | Powerlifting | Women's 56kg |
| Gold | Heba Said Ahmed | Powerlifting | Women's 82.5kg |
| Silver | Mahmoud Ramadan Ellatar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57-58 |
| Silver | Osama Elserngawy | Powerlifting | Men's 52kg |
| Silver | Amal Mahmoud Osman | Powerlifting | Women's 60kg |
| Silver | Randa Tageldin Mohamed | Powerlifting | Women's 75kg |
| Bronze | Yaser Abdelaziz El Sayed | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F55-56 |
| Bronze | Shaban Yehia Ibrahim | Powerlifting | Men's 60kg |
| Bronze | Zeinab Sayed Oteify | Powerlifting | Men's 44kg |
| Bronze | Nadia Mohamed Ali | Powerlifting | Women's +82.5kg |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Hossam Eldin Mohamed Sewillam | T37 | 100m | 12.94 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hossam Eldin Mohamed Sewillam | T37 | 200m | 26.25 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Mahmoud Abdelsemia | F55-56 | Discus throw | 35.24 | 915 | 8 |
| Yaser Abdelaziz El Sayed | F55-56 | Javelin throw | 30.54 SB | 929 | |
| Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan | F37-38 | Discus throw | 49.60 SB | 964 | 6 |
| Mahmoud Ramadan Elattar | F57-58 | Discus throw | 50.74 | 951 | 6 |
| Mahmoud Ramadan Elattar | F57-58 | Javelin throw | 48.80 SB | 1035 | |
| Mohamed Roshdy Beshta | F55-56 | Shot put | 11.35 SB | 978 | 6 |

### Powerlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Abd Elmonem Salah Farag | 100kg | 222.5 | 4 |
| Osama Elserngawy | 52kg | 167.5 | |
| Shaban Yehia Ibrahim | 60kg | 195.0 | |
| Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna | 67.5kg | 217.5 PR | |
| Hany Mohsen Abd Elhady | 82.5kg | 220.0 | 4 |
| Sherif Othman | 56kg | 202.5 WR | |
| Mohamed Sobhy Elelfat | 75kg | 205.0 | 4 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Heba Said Ahmed | 82.5kg | 155.0 WR | |
| Amal Mahmoud Osman | 60kg | 117.5 | |
| Nadia Mohamed Ali | +82.5kg | 150.0 | |
| Rania Alaa Eldin Morshedi | 67.5kg | 115.0 | 4 |
| Fatma Omar | 56kg | 141.5 WR | |
| Zeinab Sayed Oteify | 44kg | 92.5 | |
| Randa Tageldin Mohamed | 75kg | 135.0 | |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sameh Saleh | Men's singles C4-5 | Thomas (FRA) W 3–1 | D Rodriguez (ARG) W 3–0 | — | 1 Q | Guo X (CHN) W 3–0 | Bolldén (SWE) W 3-2 | Jung E-c (KOR) L 1-3 | Urhaug (NOR) L 0-3 | 4 |
| Sayed Mohamed Youssef | Men's singles C7 | Valera (ESP) L 1-3 | Furlan (ITA) L 1-3 | Qin X (CHN) W 3-0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Faiza Mahmoud Afify | Women's singles C6-7 | Klymenko (UKR) W 3–2 | Munoz (ARG) W 3–2 | — | 1 Q | — | — | Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 0–3 | van Zon (NED) L 0-3 | 4 |
| Angham Medhat Maghraby | Women's singles C10 | Fan L (CHN) L 0-3 | la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3 | Karmayeva (RUS) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Faiza Mahmoud Afify Angham Medhat Maghraby | Women's team C6-10 | — | — | — | — | Czech Republic (CZE) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Volleyball

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Russia in the bronze medal match.

#### Players

* Ashrad Zaghloul Abd Alla
* Abd Elaal Mohamed Abd Elaal
* Rezek Abd Ellatif
* Abdel Nabi Hassan Abdel Latif
* Mohamed Abouelyazeid
* Taher Adel Elabahaey
* Hesham Salah Elshwikh
* Mohamed Abd Elhamed Emara
* Salah Atta Hassanein
* Hossam Massoud Massoud
* El Saad Mossa
* Ahmed Soliman