Egypt at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
| Egypt at the 1992 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | EGY | ||||||||
| NPC | Egyptian Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 41 | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 19th |
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Egypt competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. The 41 member team competed in athletics, powerlifting and shooting. They won 20 medals including 7 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze, finishing 19th on the medal table. Members of the team included athletics competitors Ahmed Mohamed, Said Afifi, Aymen Ibrahim, Hany Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed and Mohamed Said, and shooter Sherif Abd Alla.
41 competitors from Egypt won 20 medals including 7 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze to finish 19th in the medal table. Medalists included Ahmed Mohamed, Hany Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed and Mohamed Said in track and field.
Egypt was represented by 41 competitors in Barcelona, all of whom were male. Members of the team included athletics competitors Ahmed Mohamed , Said Afifi, Aymen Ibrahim, Hany Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed and Mohamed Said, powerlifter Ahmed Gomaa Mohamed Ahmed, and shooter Sherif Abd Alla.
Ahmed Mohamed represented Egypt in the Men's Discus THS2, finishing fourth in the 22 deep field. His best throw was 37.92m, short of the 38.96 m distance thrown by Paralympic bronze medalist Roberto Simonazzi of Germany. He then won gold in the Men's Javelin THS2 event, with a Paralympic Record throw of 48.30m.
Aymen Ibrahim competed in the seven competitor deep Men's Discus THS4 event. He finished fifth with a throw of 38.10m, narrowly losing out on bronze. That was won by the Czech Republic's Dusan Leipert, who had a throw of 38.48m. Competing in the seven deep Men's Javelin THS4 event, he finished fifth with a throw of 32.48m, way off medal winning distance.
Hany Mohamed was another of Egypt's gold medalist in Barcelona. In the Men's Discus THW7 event, he set a world record of 34.64m. Fellow Egyptian Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed finished with a silver in the event with a throw of 34.36m. A third Egyptian in the event, Mohamed Said, finished fourteenth with a distance of 25.18m. Hany Mohamed then claimed a second gold in the Men's Shot Put THW7 event, with a world record throw of 10.61m. Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed finished sixth in the event, with a best throw of 8.95m. Mohamed Said finished ninth on a best throw of 8.44m.
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