Career
He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and an Egyptian record holder in the 50 m freestyle. Hamed made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Hamed competed only in a sprint freestyle double.
In the 100 m freestyle, Hamed placed forty-fourth on the morning prelims.
Swimming in heat four, he edged out Colombia"s Fernando Jácome and Singapore"s Mark Chay to race for a fourth seed by a tenth of a second (010) in 52.14. Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Hamed participated in heat five against seven other swimmers, including three-time Olympians Richard Sam Bera of Indonesia and Allan Murray of the Bahamas, top 16 finalist in Atlanta four years earlier.
He raced to a fifth seed and forty-sixth overall in 23.77, just a small fraction off his entry time.