Shaimaa El-Gammal became the nation 's first female to appear in her fourth Olympic games , while former Olympic medalists Tamer Bayoumi ( taekwondo ) , Karam Gaber ( Greco-Roman wrestling ) , and Hesham Mesbah ( judo ) returned to compete again . Middleweight boxer Mohamed Hikal and skeet shooter Mostafa Hamdy also made a fourth appearance at the Games , while Gaber , Mesbah , and six other athletes made their third Olympic appearance : discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly , modern pentathlete Aya Medany , table tennis player El-sayed Lashin , Greco-Roman wrestlers Ashraf El-Gharably and Mohamed Abdelfatah , and judoka Islam El Shehaby . Skeet shooter Mona El-Hawary , aged 49 , was the oldest athlete on the team , while sprint freestyle swimmer Farida Osman was the youngest at age 17 . Bayoumi was selected as Egypt 's flagbearer for the closing ceremony . The following table lists the number of Egyptian competitors who participated in each Olympic sport . Reserves in fencing , field hockey , football , and handball are not included , nor are athletes who failed to start in their event
closing ceremony
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics