 Abouelkassem akakwanisa kuenda kumitambo yeOlympic ya2012 uye akapinda mumutambo wemunhu mumwe chete.mumutambo we 32, vachikunda muAmerica Miles Chamley-Watson 15-10. Akawana mhedzisiro yakafanana naPeter Joppich wekuGerman naAndrea Cassarà wekuItaly mumutambo we16 uye quarterfinals zvichiteerana, asati aenderera mberi nekukunda Choi Byung-Chul wekuSouth Korea 15-12 mumasemifainari. Abouelkassem akarasikirwa nemenduru yegoridhe 13-15 kuna Lei Sheng wekuChina, asi menduru yesirivheri yaakakunda yaive menduru yekutanga yeOlympic fencing yemukwikwidzi anomiririra nyika yeAfrica. Akatorawo chikamu mumutambo weboka, apo vaIjipita vakaparadzwa neboka reBritain nehuwandu hwe45-33 mumutambo wokutanga. 