Egypt at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Egypt at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeEGY
NPCEgyptian Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors54 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Rehab Ahmed
Ali Elzieny
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Egypt are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September. It is the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics, since the official debut at the 1972.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mohamed Elmenyawy Powerlifting Men's 59 kg 5 September
 Gold Rehab Ahmed Powerlifting Women's 55 kg 5 September
 Silver Fatma Elyan Powerlifting Women's 67 kg 6 September
 Silver Mohamed Elelfat Powerlifting Men's 88 kg 7 September
 Bronze Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team
  • Ashraf Zaghloul Abdelaziz Abdalla
  • Zakareia Abdo
  • Metawa Abouelkhir
  • Mohamed Abouelyazeid
  • Abdelnaby Hassan Ahmed Abdellatif
  • Hesham Elshwikh
  • Mohamed Hamdy Elsoudany
  • Ahmed Mohammed Fadl
  • Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis
  • Hossam Massoud
  • Elsayed Moussa
  • Ahmed Zikry
 Sitting volleyball Men's tournament 6 September
 Bronze Safaa Hassan Powerlifting Women's 79 kg 7 September
 Bronze Nadia Ali Powerlifting Women's +86 kg 8 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 0 2
Boccia 1 1 2
Goalball 6 0 6
Paracanoeing 0 1 1
Powerlifting 7 6 13
Rowing 1 1 2
Sitting volleyball 12 0 12
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 5 6 11
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Total 37 17 54

Athletics

Egyptian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Karim Ramadan Men's 100 m T44 — 11.96 7
Men's 200 m T44 24.48 5 Did not advance
field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Abdulrhman Yusuf Shabib Mahmoud Men's long jump T47 6.25 6

Boccia

For the first time at the Paralympics games, Egypt confirmed two quotas in the boccia competition (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC4 pairs event, at the 2023 Africa Regional Championship in Cairo.

Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mahmoud Allam Men's individual BC4  Larpyen (THA)
L 0–11 		 Grisales (COL)
L 5–9 		 Nicolai (GER)
L 2–6 		4 Did not advance 14
Hanaa Elfar Women's individual BC4  Levine (CAN)
L 3–4 		 Konenko (UKR)
W 8–1 		 Mat Salim (MAL)
L 3–11 		3 Did not advance 12
Mahmoud Allam
Hanaa Elfar 		Mixed pairs BC4  Hong Kong
L 1–8 		 Brazil
W 2*–2 		— 2 Q  Thailand
L 0–11 		Did not advance 8

Goalball

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament  Ukraine
L 3–6 		 China
L 4–7 		 Japan
L 1–11 		4 Q  Brazil
L 0–10 		—  France
L 4–6 		8

Men's tournament

The Egyptian men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 IBSA African Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Team roster

Coach: Mohamed Farahat

The following is the Egypt squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
3 Ahmed Abdelrazek B2 (2003-01-28)28 January 2003 (aged 21)
4 Moaaz Yousef B3 (2002-01-16)16 January 2002 (aged 22)
5 Sayed Awwad B3 (2002-03-01)1 March 2002 (aged 22)
7 Omar Mohamed B3 (1997-08-02)2 August 1997 (aged 27)
8 Mohamed Ismaeil B1 (2007-08-13)13 August 2007 (aged 17)
9 Ahmed Elsayed B2 (2002-01-17)17 January 2002 (aged 22)
Group stage
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 20 11 +9 9 Quarter-finals
2  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 16 17 −1 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 25 17 +8 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0
Source: Paris 2024
Ukraine 6−3 Egypt
  • Oliinyk 0', 8', 12', 16'
  • Zhyhalin 5'
  • Strelchyk 22'
 Report
  • Mohamed 11', 18'
  • Awwad 14'
Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Kazuto Ono (Japan)
Egypt 4–7 China
  • Awwad 5'
  • Elsayed 12'
  • Mohamed 18'
  • Yousef 22'
 Report
  • Yu Deyi 1', 6', 10'
  • Yang 5', 8', 15', 16'
Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Romualdas Vaitieku (Lithuania)
Egypt 1–11 Japan
  • Mohamed 6'
 Report
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)
Quarter-finals
Brazil 10–0 Egypt
  • Moreno 4', 6'
  • Ernesto 9', 15'
  • Sousa 10', 12', 14'
  • Dantas 11', 17'
  • Saturnino 17'
 Report
Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Seventh medal match
France 6–4 Egypt
  • Boualia 0', 1'
  • Baich 3', 18'
  • Daudin 9'
  • Ouni 10'
 Report
  • Mohamed 0', 18'
  • Awwad 3', 6'
Referee:
Kazuto Ono (Japan)
Janice Dawson (Canada)

Paracanoeing

Egypt earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Salwa Ahmed Women's KL2 1:07.90 6 SF 1:07.12 5 FB 1:02.32 9

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Attempts (kg) Result (kg) Rank
1 2 3 4
Taha Abdelmajid Men's 54 kg 165 167 171 — 171 6
Mohamed Elmenyawy Men's 59 kg 194 198 201 — 201 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sherif Osman Men's 65 kg 193 198 200 — 198 7
Mahmoud Attia Men's 72 kg 188 193 195 — 195 6
Mohamed Elelfat Men's 88 kg 220 224 230 — 224 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hany Abdelhady Men's 97 kg 205 212 220 — 212 6
Amr Mosaad Men's + 107 kg 227 235LC 237 — 227 6
Enas Elgebaly Abdelaal Aggag Women's 41 kg 93 99 99 — 93 7
Rehab Ahmed Women's 55 kg 117 121 122 — 121 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Fatma Elyan Women's 67 kg 130 134 139 — 139 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Safaa Hassan Women's 79 kg 134 139 146 — 139 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Randa Mahmoud Women's 86 kg 128 133 140 — 133 4
Nadia Ali Women's + 86 kg 141 145 154 — 145 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Rowing

Egypt qualified one boats in mixed double sculls classes, by winning the 2023 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[2]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ali Elzieny
Marwa Abdelaal 		PR3 mixed double sculls 8:41.23 5 R 8:40.09 4 FB 8:47.99 10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sitting volleyball

Egypt men's national team entered the paralympic games by virtue, following the triumph of their gold medal results, at the 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships in Lagos, Nigeria.[3]

Team Roster
  • Ashraf Zaghloul Abdelaziz Abdalla
  • Zakareia Abdo
  • Metawa Abouelkhir
  • Mohamed Abouelyazeid
  • Abdelnaby Hassan Ahmed Abdellatif
  • Hesham Elshwikh
  • Mohamed Hamdy Elsoudany
  • Ahmed Mohammed Fadl
  • Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis
  • Hossam Massoud
  • Elsayed Moussa Saad Moussa
  • Ahmed Zikry
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament  Bosnia and Herzegovina
L 1-3 		 France
W 3-0 		 Kazakhstan
W 3-1 		2 Q  Iran
L 1-3 		 Germany
W 3-2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Egypt qualified three swimmers (two men and one woman) to compete at the games, by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.[4]

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Zeiad Tarek Hasby 50 m freestyle S10 24.75 7 Q 24.89 8
Zeyad Kahil 200 m freestyle S5 2:52.12 8 Q 2:52.64 8
100 m breaststroke SB4 1:53.50 7 Q 1:53.21 7
Women
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Malak Abdelshafi 100 m breaststroke SB4 2:19.51 10 Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM5 DSQ Did not advance

Table tennis

Egypt entered eleven para table tennis players for the Paralympic games. Five of them (Khaled, Sayed, Ola, Fawzia & Hagar) qualified for their games by virtue of winning the gold medal, in their respective class, through the 2023 African Para Championships held in Giza.[5] Later on, six para table tennis players qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Eslam Raslan Individual C1 —  Fernández (CUB)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Ahmed Elmahsy Individual C2 —  Lovas (SVK)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Khaled Ramadan Individual C3  Nalepka (POL)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Sayed Youssef Individual C7 —  Stroh (BRA)
W 3-0 		 Yan (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Abdelrahman Abdalla Individual C11 —  Gomes (BRA)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Khaled Ramadan
Eslam Raslan 		Men's double MD4 —  Rafal Czuper /
Jakimczuk (POL)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ola Soliman Individual C1-2 —  Spegel (GER)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Fawzia Elshamy Individual C3 —  Lee (KOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Mona Abdelhak Individual C4 —  Gu (CHN)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Hanaa Hammad Individual C6 —  Caillaud (FRA)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Samah Abdelaziz Individual C7 —  Kim (KOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Hagar Elsayed Individual C8 —  Arloy (HUN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Fawzia Elshamy
Ola Soliman 		Women's double WD5 —  Oliveira /
Oliveira (BRA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Hagar Elsayed
Hanaa Hammad 		Women's double WD14 —  Husic Dahl /
Tveiten (NOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Khaled Ramadan
Fawzia Elshamy 		Mixed double XD7  Travnicek /
Kanova (SVK)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Sayed Youssef
Hanaa Hammad 		Mixed double XD17  Boheas /
Caillaud (FRA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Egypt entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Salma Moneem Hassan qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in women's 52 kg class; and Abdel Rahman Mahmoud join the Egyptian roster, following the triumph of his gold medal results, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[6]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Abdel Rahman Mahmoud Men's –70 kg  Nikoladze (GEO)
L 16-18 		Did not advance
Salma Moneem Hassan Women's –52 kg  Obonyo (KEN)
W 12–3 		 Ulambayar (MGL)
L 5-7 		—  Krassavtseva (KAZ)
W 8-1 		 Japaridze (GEO)
L 2-2sup 		5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goalball – Team Egypt". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ "African Rowers Secure Their Spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Penultimate men's and women's teams secure positions for Paris 2024". World ParaVolley. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Places at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Reserved in Giza". International Table Tennis Federation. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Morocco wins three licences for Paris 2024 Paralympics through African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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