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Egypt at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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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)
Competitors41 in 9 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Boccia 1 1 2
Goalball 6 0 6
Paracanoeing 1 1 2
Rowing 1 1 2
Sitting volleyball 12 0 12
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 5 6 11
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Total 30 11 41

Athletics

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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
  Men's 100 m T44

Boccia

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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
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Score
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Score
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Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
  Men's individual BC4
  Women's individual BC4
  Mixed pairs BC4

Goalball

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

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Rank Opposition
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Opposition
Score
Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament

Paracanoeing

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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
  Men's KL1
  Women's KL2

Rowing

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Egypt qualified one boats in mixed double sculls classes, by winning the 2023 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[1]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 
PR3 mixed double sculls

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

Sitting volleyball

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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.[2]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Rank Opposition
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Opposition
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Rank
Egypt men's Men's tournament

Swimming

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Egypt qualified three swimmers (two men and one woman) to compete at the games, by achieving the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.[3]

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Zeiad Tarek Hasby 50 m freestyle S10
Zeyad Kahil 200 m freestyle S5
100 m breaststroke SB4
Women
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Malak Abdelshafi 100 m breaststroke SB4
200 m individual medley SM5

Table tennis

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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.[4] Later on, six para table tennis players qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Eslam Raslan Individual C1
Ahmed Elmahsy Individual C2
Khaled Ramadan Individual C3
Sayed Youssef Individual C7
Abdelrahman Bahgat Individual C11
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ola Soliman Individual C1-2
Fawzia Elshamy Individual C3
Mona Abdelhak Individual C4
Hanna Hammad Individual C6
Samah Abdelaziz Individual C7
Hagar Elsayed Individual C8

Taekwondo

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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.[5]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdel Rahman Mahmoud Men's –70 kg
Salma Moneem Hassan Women's –52 kg

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AFRICAN ROWERS SECURE THEIR SPOTS FOR THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES". World Rowing. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Penultimate men's and women's teams secure positions for Paris 2024". World ParaVolley. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Places at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Reserved in Giza". International Table Tennis Federation. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Morocco wins three licences for Paris 2024 Paralympics through African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.