Egypt spent 1.4 billion pounds in the new millennium and achieved 23 Olympic medals

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Egypt spent 1.4 billion pounds in the new millennium and achieved 23 Olympic medals

Martial arts, weightlifting, and modern pentathlon win Egypt medals in the twenty-first century

Egypt’s preparations have begun for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with expectations indicating that Egypt will achieve between 10 and 15 various Olympic medals.

Egypt has achieved 23 various medals in its Olympic participations since the beginning of the millennium, all in martial arts, weightlifting, and modern pentathlon, It was as follows:

Sydney Olympics 2000

Egypt participated with 89 male and female players in 20 sports, and nearly 7 million pounds were spent, but we did not achieve any medals.

Athens Olympics 2004

Egypt participated with 97 male and female athletes in 17 sports, and 10 million pounds were spent, resulting in 5 medals, one gold, one silver, and 3 bronze, won by the players:

Karam Gaber, Romanian wrestling, gold medal

Mohamed Ali Reda, silver boxing

Ahmed Ismail, silver boxing

Mohamed El-Baz, silver boxing

Tamer Sabah, taekwondo, bronze

Beijing Olympics 2008

Egypt participated in a delegation that included 103 male and female players in 17 sports, and 20 million pounds were spent, resulting in two bronze medals, won by:

Hisham Mesbah in judo, bronze medal in 90 kg competitions

Abeer Abdel Rahman in weightlifting, bronze medal in competitions Weight 69 kg

Evolution of the cost of an Olympic medal

By calculation, we find that the Sydney tournament at the beginning of the twenty-first century was the worst, as we spent 7 million pounds on 89 players and did not achieve any medal, and the cost of the player at that time was approximately 79 thousand pounds.

As for the Athens tournament in 2004, we participated with 97 players, and we spent about 10 million pounds, and we achieved 5 medals, The cost of the medal would be two million pounds, and the cost of the player would exceed 103 thousand pounds.

In Beijing in 2008, about 103 players participated, and the value of the expenses amounted to 20 million pounds, bringing the cost of the player to about 194 thousand pounds, and we achieved only two medals, bringing the cost of the medal to 10 million pounds.

And in the London Olympics 2012 The number of players increased to 113 and the value of expenses doubled to 40 million pounds, bringing the cost of a player to approximately 354 thousand pounds. We achieved 4 medals, keeping the cost of a medal at 10 million pounds.

In the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Egypt participated with a delegation of 120 male and female players in 22 games, and expenses reached 28.7 million, bringing the cost of preparing the player to 239 thousand pounds, and the Rio medal would have cost us approximately 9.6 million pounds.

In 2020, Egypt participated in the Tokyo tournament with 146 male and female players, 134 main players and 12 reserves, bringing the total number to 146 athletes who competed in 25 games, and won 6 medals, to be clear. The Tokyo medal cost us approximately 33.6 million pounds, while the cost of preparing the player amounted to approximately 1.370 million.

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Egypt participated in a delegation that included 164 players, with 148 starting players and 16 reserve players, bringing the total number to 164 athletes who competed in 22 games, and we spent 1.1 billion pounds, increasing The cost of preparing the player reached 6,707 million, while the Paris medal cost us approximately 366.6 million pounds.

This means that Egypt spent approximately 1.4 billion pounds in the twenty-first century and achieved 23 Olympic medals.

Egypt spent 1.4 billion pounds in the new millennium and achieved 23 Olympic medals