United_Arab_Republic_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

United Arab Republic at the
1960 Summer Olympics
United Arab Republic at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United Arab Republic
IOC code	RAU
NOC	Egyptian Olympic Committee
Website	www.egyptianolympic.org (in Arabic and English)
in Rome
Competitors	74 in 12 sports
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964;
Other related appearances
	Egypt (1912–); Syria (1948–)

Egypt and Syria, as the United Arab Republic, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Syria was a constituent of the United Arab Republic in 1960, but almost all 74 competitors for the Olympic team were from Egypt. 74 competitors, all men, took part in 34 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Avadis Nazarkoukian from Damascus (Damas) was a member of the United Arab Republic (RAU) team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome (Italy), but he did not compete. There were 80 athletes, 9 of whom did not compete.^[2]

United Arab Republic Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Osman Sayed	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight (−52 kg)
Bronze	Abdel Moneim El-Guindi	Boxing	Men's flyweight (−51 kg)

Athletics edit

Boxing edit

Diving edit

Equestrian edit

Fencing edit

Six fencers represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Farid El-Ashmawi, Moustafa Soheim, Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi, Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini, Sameh Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Zein El-Abidin

Football edit

Gymnastics edit

Rowing edit

United Arab Republic had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[3]

Men's eight

Shooting edit

Three shooters represented the United Arab Republic in 1960.

25 m pistol

Ali El-Kashef

Trap

Water polo edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ "United Arab Republic at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
^ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf (pages 828-830)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United Arab Republic Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.