Today Oldest Olympians is continuing to finalize our look into mystery competitors from the 1948 London Olympics for whom we lack both a date of birth and confirmation as to whether they are alive or deceased. Given the time that has passed, nearly all of these Olympians would be at least 90 years old, but there is a possibility that some are still alive. Today we wanted to continue looking at the many Egyptian participants who meet this definition and, having covered all the physical power sports, we now want to move to the opposite end of the scale: artistic gymnastics.

(Results of the 1948 Egyptian national gymnastics championship)

Information on Egyptian gymnasts is difficult to uncover because, in many cases, the names presented in the Olympic report differ from the ones that they used in their home country. One whose name seems certain is Ali El-Hefnawi, who was the national horse vault champion in 1948. At the London Games, this was his best event, as he placed joint-36^th. Unfortunately, we have been unable to uncover any other definitive information about him.

Cairo-born Moustafa Abdel-Aal, of the Al-Ahly Club, was the 1948 national champion in the individual all-around, parallel bars, and floor exercise, and was competing as a junior in 1939, which gives us a rough estimate of his age. His best event in London was the rings, where he was 56^th. He may have been related to the better-known Egyptian gymnast Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, but we do not know for certain.

For the other two gymnasts, we have no biographical details at all. Ahmed Khalaf Ali had a best finish of joint-79^th in the parallel bars, while Mohamed Aly had best finishes of 81^st in both the parallel bars and the horse vault. Particularly with the latter competitor, it has been difficult to locate any details about their careers or their lives, given their common names.