List of flag bearers for Egypt at the Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Egypt at the Olympics.^[1]

Egypt at the Olympics
IOC code	EGY
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
Medals	Gold 9 Silver 12 Bronze 20 Total 41
Summer appearances
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1984 1988–2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  United Arab Republic (1960, 1964)

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport	Ref.
1912 Stockholm	Ahmed Hassanein	Fencing	[2]
1920 Antwerp	Hamad Samy	Weightlifting	[3]
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam	Ibrahim Moustafa	Wrestling	[3]
1932 Los Angeles	Did not participate
1936 Berlin	Moukhtar Hussein	Weightlifting	[3]
1948 London	Mahmoud Hassan	Wrestling
1952 Helsinki	Ahmed Fouad Nessim	Water polo
1956 Melbourne	Boycotted — did not participate
1960 Rome	Did not participate
1964 Tokyo	Did not participate
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich	Kamal Kamel Mohammed	Basketball	[1]
1976 Montreal			[lower-alpha 1]
1980 Moscow	Boycotted — did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	Mohamed Sayed Soliman	Basketball	[1]
1988 Seoul	Mohamed Khorshed	Shooting
1992 Barcelona	Mohamed Khorshed	Shooting
1996 Atlanta	Hosam Abdallah	Handball
2000 Sydney	Yahia Rashwan	Taekwondo
2004 Athens	Ali Ibrahim	Rowing
2008 Beijing	Karam Gaber	Wrestling
2012 London	Hesham Mesbah	Judo
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Ahmed El-Ahmar	Handball
2020 Tokyo	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Hedaya Malak	Fencing Taekwondo	[4]
2024 Paris	Sara Ahmed Ahmed El-Gendy	Weightlifting Modern pentathlon	[5]

Winter Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport	Ref.
1984 Sarajevo	Jamil El Reedy	Alpine skiing	[1]

See also

• Egypt at the Olympics

Notes

1. Flag bearer is unknown. Part of the 1976 Olympic boycott, Egypt withdrew from the games after the first few days of competition and after several Egyptian athletes already competed.

References

1. Egypt. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "Egyptian Olympic Committee". sis.gov.eg. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
3. "Flagbearers for Egypt". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
4. "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
5. "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.