Egypt competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 114 competitors, 108 men and 6 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
Men's 400 metres
Nafee Mersal
Heat — 46.46 (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
Ahmed Kamel Shatta
Qualifying Round — 18.58 m (→ did not advance) Ahmed Mohamed Achouche Qualifying Round — 18.11 m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Italy (62-110) Lost to Brazil (82-91) Lost to Yugoslavia (69-100) Lost to West-Germany (58-85) Lost to Australia (78-94) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Lost to PR China (73-76) 11th/12th place: Lost to France (78-102) → Twelfth and last place Team Roster Khaled Bekhit Mohamed Khaled Alain Attalah Mohamady Soliman Abdelkader Rabieh Amr Abdelmeguid Abdelhadi El-Gazzar Amin Shouman Medhat Warda Tarek El-Sabbagh Ahmed Marei Essameldin Abouelnein
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) Gamaleldin El-Koumy First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Hiroaki Takami (Japan), 1-4
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Said Daw
Preliminary Round — 407.88 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Tamer Farid Preliminary Round — 373.71 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Egypt in 1984.
Men's foil
Abdel Monem El-Husseini
Bilal Rifaat
Ahmed Diab
Men's team foil
Ahmed Diab, Abdel Monem El-Husseini, Bilal Rifaat, Khaled Soliman
Men's épée
Ihab Aly
Khaled Soliman
Abdel Monem Salem
Men's team épée
Ihab Aly, Ahmed Diab, Abdel Monem Salem, Khaled Soliman
Football
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group D) Egypt – Italy 0 – 1 Egypt – Costa Rica 4 – 1 Egypt – United States 1 – 1 Quarterfinals Egypt – France 0 – 2 (→ Did not advance) Team Roster: ( 1.) Adel Elmaamour ( 2.) Ali El Sayed Gadallah ( 3.) Rabie Yassin ( 4.) Mahmoud Saleh Hisham ( 5.) Ibrahim Youssif ( 6.) Yehia Sedky ( 7.) Mostafa Ismail ( 8.) Shawki Gharib ( 9.) Magdi Abdelghani (10.) Mahmoud El Khatib (11.) Emad Soleman (12.) Taher Abouzied (13.) Badreldin Hamed (14.) Mohamed Helmi (15.) Omar Elzeer (16.) Alaa Morsy (17.) Salem Nagui Ahmed
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Egypt in 1984.
Individual
Ihab El-Lebedy
Samy Awad
Ahmed Nasser
Test
Ihab El-Lebedy
Samy Awad
Ahmed Nasser
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Mohamed Youssef
Heat — 53.19 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Ahmed Said Heat — 55.01 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Mohamed Youssef
Heat — 1:59.71 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Sharif Nour
Heat — 59.63 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Emad El-Shafei Heat — 1:02.04 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Emad El-Shafei
Heat — 2:12.90 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Ayman Nadim
Heat — 1:09.51 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Ayman Nadim
Heat — 2:33.17 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Ahmed Said
Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Ahmed Eid Heat — 58.95 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Mohamed Youssef
Heat — 2:08.88 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Ahmed Said Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Emad El-Shafei
Heat — 2:14.87 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Mohamed Youssef, Sharif Nour, Ahmed Eid, and Ahmed Said
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Sharif Nour, Ayman Nadim, Ahmed Said, and Mohamed Youssef
Heat — 3:59.31 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Sherwite Hafez
Heat — 1:02.78 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Nevine Hafez Heat — 1:04.06 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Sherwite Hafez
Heat — 2:16.11 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
Nevine Hafez
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)