Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Algeria IOC code  ALG NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	45 (39 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Karim El-Mahouab
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 3
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Algeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 45 competitors, 39 men and 6 women, took part in 29 events in 9 sports.

Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Noureddine Morceli	Athletics	Men's 1.500 metres
Gold	Hocine Soltani	Boxing	Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Bronze	Mohamed Bahari	Boxing	Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amar Hecini	400 metres	DSQ		Did not advance
Adem Hecini	800 metres	1:47.23	26	N/A		Did not advance
Ahmed Krama	1500 metres	3:42.09	35	N/A		Did not advance
Noureddine Morceli	1500 metres	3:41.95	21 Q	N/A		3:32.88	1 Q	3:35.78
Aïssa Bel Aout	5000 metres	13:51.96	5 Q	N/A		14:04.56	15 Q	14:06.52	15
Réda Benzine	5000 metres	14:03.06	23 Q	N/A		13:37.52	8 q	13:42.34	13

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nouria Mérah-Benida	800 metres	2:02.44	24	N/A		Did not advance
Hassiba Boulmerka	1500 metres	4:09.96	11 Q	N/A		4:23.86	23	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mehdi Assous	Flyweight	Gereo (PNG) W 11-4	Narváez (ARG) W 20-4	Lunka (GER) L 19-6	Did not advance
Abdelaziz Boulehia	Bantamweight	Tsiripidis (GRE) W 10-6	Malakhbekov (RUS) L (RSC-3)	Did not advance
Noureddine Madjhoud	Featherweight	Aragón (CUB) L 9-6	Did not advance
Hocine Soltani	Lightweight	İşsever (TUR) W 14-2	Magalhães (BRA) W 11-1	Shin (KOR) W 16-10	Doroftei (ROM) W 9-6	Tontchev (BUL) W 3-3
Mohamed Alalou	Light-Middleweight	Bulinga (KEN) W 17-3	Bielski (POL) W 19-8	22x20px Missaoui (TUN) L 16-15	Did not advance
Mohamed Bahari	Middleweight	Marcus (BAR) W (RSC-2)	22x20px Kakauridze (GEO) W 8-5	Magee (IRL) W 15-9	Beyleroğlu (TUR) L 11-11	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Raouf Salim Bernaoui	Men's sabre individual	Covaliu (ROM) L 15-7	Did not advance
Ferial Salhi	Women's foil individual	Liang (CHN) L 15-7	Did not advance

Handball

Preliminary group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	0	1	145	114	+31	8
Spain	5	4	0	1	114	97	+17	8
Egypt	5	3	0	2	113	103	+10	6
Germany	5	3	0	2	121	112	+9	6
Algeria	5	0	1	4	95	117	−22	1
Brazil	5	0	1	4	100	145	−45	1

24 July 14:30	Egypt	19–16	Algeria

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25 July 10:00	France	33–22	Algeria

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27 July 10:00	Spain	20–14	Algeria

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29 July 14:30	Germany	25–23	Algeria

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31 July 19:00	Algeria	20–20	Brazil

9th Place Match

2 August 10:00	United States	27–26	Algeria

Team roster

• Amar Daoud
• Abdelghani Loukil
• Redouane Aouachria
• Salim Nedjel Hammou
• Nabil Rouabhi
• Redouane Saïdi
• Ben Ali Beghouach
• Sofiane Lamali
• Abdeldjalil Bouanani
• Mahmoud Bouanik
• Rabah Gherbi
• Achour Hasni
• Sofiane Khalfallah
• Mohamed Bouziane
• Salim Abes
• Karim El-Mahouab

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Result
Amar Meridja	Extra-Lightweight	9
Abdelhakim Harkat	Lightweight	13
Lyes Cherifi	Half-Middleweight	17
Kamel Larbi	Heavyweight	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Result
Salima Souakri	Extra-Lightweight	5
Lynda Mekzine	Half-Lightweight	9

Rowing

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samia Hireche	Single sculls	9:08.31	6	9:28.41	6	N/A		9:09.92	17

Swimming

Men

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Salim Iles	50 m freestyle	23.61	36	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.87	25	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:54.10	31	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athletes	Events	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Azzedine Basbas	-64 kg	120	28	160	12	280	24
Fouad Bouzenada	-64 kg	115	29	152.5	26	267.5	29
Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui	-70 kg	150	7	185	4	335	5

Wrestling

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Repechage Round 3	Repechage Round 4	Bronze Medal Bout
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Omar Kedjaouer	-52 kg	Tohuzov (UKR) L 10-0	Did not advance				Rodríguez (MEX) W 2-0	Topaktaş (TUR) L (fall)	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Repechage Round 3	Repechage Round 4	Bronze Medal Bout
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Youssef Bouguerra	-74 kg	Katayama (JPN) L 13-2	Did not advance				Stoyanov (BUL) L 5-0	Did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database