IPC code EGY 1 1 | Competitors 28 1 5 | |
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NPC Egyptian Paralympic Committee Medals
Ranked 33rd Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
1
5
7 | ||
Egypt competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. The country's 28 representatives participated in several sports including goalball, winning 7 medals.
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Background
These were the first Games that Egypt participated in under the aegis of a national disability sports federation.
Medals
28 competitors from Egypt won 7 medals including 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze and finished 33rd in the medal table.
Goalball
Egypt won a silver medal in goalball, losing the gold medal match to the United States.
Wheelchair basketball
The men's wheelchair basketball event took place at Stoke Mandeville, England at the Ludwig Guttmann Sports Center. These were the first Games where players with a disability other than a spinal cord injury could compete in wheelchair basketball. Egypt's team included Sallama Abdel Aal, Ramadan Nel Assal, Yossri Aziz, Mohamed Malakouf, Essmat Mawgood, Mohamed Nada, Wagih Nagib, Ibrahim Abdel Samee, Mohamed Samir, and Mohamed Shaat. They finished with a record of 0 wins and 4 losses. They opened against France, losing 118 - 30. Their next game was against, where they went down 108 - 13. Their third game was against Japan, where they lost 125 - 26. Their last game was against Australia, who crushed them 120 - 19. They finished last in Pool C.