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Egypt
first participated at the
Olympic Games
in
1912
, and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the
Summer Olympic Games
since then. Along with
Iraq
and
Lebanon
, Egypt boycotted the
1956 Games
in protest of the tripartite
Israeli
,
British
, and
French
invasion of Egypt in the
Suez War
. However, the
equestrian events
for the 1956 Games were held in
Stockholm
,
Sweden
five months earlier (because of Australian quarantine regulations), and three Egyptian riders competed there. Egypt withdrew from the
1976 Summer Olympics
after three days of competition to join the broad African boycott in response to the participation of
New Zealand
, who still had sporting links with
apartheid
South Africa
. Egypt also participated in the
American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
. Egypt's lone participation at the
Winter Olympic Games
was a single
alpine skier
in 1984.
Egyptian athletes have won a total of 24 medals, with
weightlifting
as the top medal-producing sport.
The
National Olympic Committee
for Egypt is the
Egyptian Olympic Committee
, and was created in 1910.
Medalists
Medal tables
Medals by Games
Medals by sport
See also
Olympic competitors for Egypt
References
Egypt at the Olympics
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