Farag, along with Abdou Omar in the 66 kg class, Saleh Emara in the 96 kg class, and El-Desoky Ismail in the 120 kg class, qualified by winning the African and Oceania qualification tournament. Omar, the 2009 and 2010 African champion and a gold medalist at the 2011 Pan American Games, and Emara, who won gold medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games, the 2009 Mediterranean Games, and the 2011 Pan Arab Games, were disqualified after arriving late for their events, while Ismail, a four-time African Champion and bronze medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, was eliminated in the opening round by Tervel Dlagnev of the United States. In women's freestyle wrestling, Rabab Eid qualified for the 55 kg class by coming in second at the African and Oceania qualification tournament, behind Marwa Amri of Tunisia. At the Games, she was defeated by Ukraine's Tetyana Lazareva in the round of 16.