Egypt_at_the_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics

Egypt at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Egypt at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Egypt participated with a total of 68 athletes at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Olympians have to be aged 14–18 in order to participate.

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Egypt's run in Buenos Aires has been able to set many records. With a total amount of 12 medals, this was Egypt's most-successful Olympics.

Egypt won its first Olympics medal in a kicking sport when Egypt's Youth Futsal team took bronze in the men's event. Egypt was also able to mark their first Olympics medals in karate and boxing.

It is also noteworthy that Egypt was able to set these records despite sending a record low amount of Olympians to participate (compared to 2010 and 2014 Youth Olympics).

Egypt was ranked 22nd out of 93 nations in the final medals table.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Archery

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Athletics

Egypt won a silver medal from the women's hammer event.

 Silver Rawan Ayman Bakarat Athletics Women's Hammer October 15

Badminton

Egypt qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[1]

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Basketball

Egypt qualified a girls' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.[2]

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Beach volleyball

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Boxing

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Cycling

Egypt qualified a girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.[3]

  • Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
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Equestrian

Egypt qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.[4]

  • Individual Jumping – 1 athlete
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Fencing

Egypt qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[5]

 Bronze Mazen Elaraby Fencing Boys' Sabre October 7
  • Boys' Épée – Mohamed Elsayed
  • Boys' Foil – Loaay Marouf
  • Boys' Sabre – Mazen Elaraby
  • Girls' Épée – Mariam Amer
  • Girls' Foil – Noha Hany
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Futsal

Egypt qualified to the futsal competition as African representative after its boys' team beat Angola in the final of the African qualifications.

Group A

Egypt topped their group after drawing with Argentina and winning against Panama, Iraq and Slovakia.

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(H) Hosts
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Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Miguel Oliveira (Portugal)
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Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Hussain Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
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Attendance: 850
Referee: Diego Molina (Costa Rica)
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Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Semifinal

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Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Khalid Hnich (Morocco)

Bronze medal match

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Attendance: 4,800
Referee: David Urdánoz (Spain)

After losing the semifinal against Russia, Egypt was able to secure the bronze metal after staging a remarkable comeback against the hosts.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Egypt qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[6]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota
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Rhythmic

Egypt qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.[6]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota
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Judo

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Karate

Egypt qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[7]

  • Girls' −53kg – Yasmin Nasr El-Gewily
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Modern pentathlon

Egypt qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.[8]

  • Boys' Individual – Ahmed El Gendy
  • Girls' Individual – Salma Abdelmaksoud
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Rowing

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals;


Sailing

Egypt qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[9][10]

  • Boys' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
  • Girls' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
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Shooting

Egypt qualified two sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships.[11]

  • Boys' 10m Air Pistol – 1 quota
  • Girls' 10m Air Rifle – 1 quota
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Swimming

Egypt qualified 4 competitors for the games.

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Table tennis

Egypt qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.[12]

  • Boys' singles – Youssef Abdel-Aziz
  • Girls' singles – Marwa Alhodaby
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Taekwondo

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Triathlon

Egypt qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[13]

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Weightlifting

Egypt qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.[14][15]

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Wrestling

Egypt qualified five wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. [16]

 Bronze Ahmed Mahmoud Khalil Wrestling Boys' 110 kg October 14
Key:
  • VFA – Victory by Fall
  • VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
  • VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
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References

  1. "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  6. "Twelve athletes secure places in Buenos Aires". UIPM. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. "YOG Places Decided as African Champions Draw to a Close". Techno 293 Plus. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. "2018 African Championships". UWW. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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