Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football and handball are not counted:
Archery
Two Egyptian archers qualified for the inaugural mixed team event, along with the men's and women's individual recurve, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Artistic swimming
Egypt fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event through an African continental selection in the team free routine at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
Athletics
Egyptian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Field events
Badminton
Egypt entered three badminton players (one male and two female) for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.
Boxing
Egypt entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2015 African Games silver medalist Abdelrahman Oraby scored an outright semifinal victory to secure a spot in the men's light heavyweight division at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal. Reigning African Games champion Yousry Hafez completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Africa in the men's super heavyweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
Canoeing
Sprint
Egyptian canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games by receiving spare berths freed up by South Africa at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Track
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Egypt entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.
Omnium
Diving
Egypt sent three divers (two men and one woman) into the Olympic competition by winning the gold medal each in their respective individual events at the 2019 African Qualifying Meet in Durban, South Africa.
Equestrian
Egypt fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition for the first time since 1960, after securing an outright berth, as one of two top-ranked nations, at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in Rabat, Morocco.
Jumping
Fencing
Egyptian fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil and men's team sabre for the Games as the highest-ranked nation from Africa outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. Rio 2016 Olympian Nada Hafez (women's sabre) earned another place on the Egyptian team as the highest-ranked fencer vying for individual qualification from Africa in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while Mohamed El-Sayed completed the nation's fencing roster for the Games by winning the final match of the men's épée at the African Zonal Qualifier in Cairo.
Men
Women
Football
Summary
Men's tournament
Egypt men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after an eight-year absence.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Gymnastics
Artistic
Egypt entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Mandy Mohamed booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing seventeenth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Meanwhile, Omer Mohamed and Zeina Ibrahim claimed additional places to join Mohamed on the Egyptian squad with a top-two finish in their respective individual events at the 2021 African Championships in Cairo.