Algeria at the Olympics

Algeria at the
Olympics
IOC code ALG
NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
Website www.coalgerie.com
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Algeria first competed at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. Algeria has also sent athletes to the Winter Olympic Games on three occasions.

The National Olympic Committee for Algeria is the Comité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee), founded in 1963.

Algeria participated in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics with gymnast Mohamed Lazhari.

Algeria withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics due to the refusal of the IOC to ban countries who had competed in South Africa amidst its apartheid policies.[1][2] Almost every nation in Africa participated in the boycott. South Africa itself had been banned from the Olympics since 1964.

In the 1980 Summer Olympics Algeria participated for the first time in a team sport, competing in both football and handball. Their first medals came at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where Mustapha Moussa and Mohamed Zaoui both won bronzes in boxing.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Japan 1964 Tokyo 1 0 0 0 0 –
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 3 0 0 0 0 –
West Germany 1972 Munich 5 0 0 0 0 –
Canada 1976 Montreal Did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 54 0 0 0 0 –
United States 1984 Los Angeles 32 0 0 2 2 42
South Korea 1988 Seoul 42 0 0 0 0 –
Spain 1992 Barcelona 35 1 0 1 2 34
United States 1996 Atlanta 45 2 0 1 3 34
Australia 2000 Sydney 47 1 1 3 5 41
Greece 2004 Athens 61 0 0 0 0 –
China 2008 Beijing 62 0 1 1 2 64
United Kingdom 2012 London 39 1 0 0 1 50
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 65 0 2 0 2 62
Japan 2020 Tokyo future event
Total 5 4 8 17 63

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
France 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0 –
Norway 1994 Lillehammer Did not participate
Japan 1998 Nagano
United States 2002 Salt Lake City
Italy 2006 Turin 2 0 0 0 0 –
Canada 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 –
Russia 2014 Sochi Did not participate
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang To be determined
China 2022 Beijing
Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 4 3 2 9 38
Boxing 1 0 5 6 40
Judo 0 1 1 2 41
Total 5 4 8 17

By detail

Games Athletes Sports Athletes by sport Medals Total Rank
Japan 1964 Tokyo 1 1 ------1---------------
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 3 2 --2---1---------------
West Germany 1972 Munich 5 2 4-1-------------------
Canada 1976 Montreal did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 57 99-3-117-143---4----33---
United States 1984 Los Angeles 33 39-7----15---------2---2242
South Korea 1988 Seoul 42 712-12---145------1-2----
Spain 1992 Barcelona 35 79-8-----3---1---10221-1234
United States 1996 Atlanta 45 98-6-2--1661--1----322-1334
Australia 2000 Sydney 47 1021-7-2-1-72--32---12113541
Greece 2004 Athens 62 1021-7-7---111--6501-21---
China 2008 Beijing 62 13161712---103--51--1213-11264
United Kingdom 2012 London 39 126-812---21-11-1-12131--150
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 65 1316-822182-52311----23-2-262
Japan 2020 Tokyo 0 0----------------------00
Total 5 4 8 17

Athletes with most medals

Only two Algerian athlete have won two medals in the history of the Olympic Games: middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi and boxer Hocine Soltani.

Athlete Sport Games Total
Taoufik Makhloufi Athletics 2012–2016 1 2 0 3
Hocine Soltani Boxing 1992–1996 1 0 1 2

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

Gold medalist

In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), the men who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics (but also at the World Championships).

Athlete Sport Born Period Individual Team Total
Olympics World Ch. Olympics World Ch. Individual Team Individual + Team
Tot.
1 Noureddine Morceli Athletics 1970 1988–1998 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
2 Hassiba Boulmerka Athletics 1968 1988–1997 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4
3 Hocine Soltani Boxing 1972 1991–2000 1 0 1 0 0 1 – – – - - - 1 0 2 - - - 1 0 2 3

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
 Bronze Moussa, MustaphaMustapha Moussa United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's light-heavyweight 9 August 1984
 Bronze Zaoui, MohamedMohamed Zaoui United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's middleweight 9 August 1984
 Bronze Soltani, HocineHocine Soltani Spain 1992 Barcelona Boxing Men's featherweight 7 August 1992
 Gold Boulmerka, HassibaHassiba Boulmerka Spain 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 1500 metres 8 August 1992
 Bronze Bahari, MohamedMohamed Bahari United States 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's middleweight 1 August 1996
 Gold Morceli, NoureddineNoureddine Morceli United States 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 1500 metres 3 August 1996
 Gold Soltani, HocineHocine Soltani United States 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's lightweight 4 August 1996
 Bronze Hammad, AbderrahmaneAbderrahmane Hammad Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's high jump 24 September 2000
 Bronze Saïd-Guerni, DjabirDjabir Saïd-Guerni Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 800 metres 27 September 2000
 Bronze Allalou, MohamedMohamed Allalou Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's light-welterweight 29 September 2000
 Gold Merah-Benida, NouriaNouria Merah-Benida Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 1500 metres 30 September 2000
 Silver Saïdi-Sief, AliAli Saïdi-Sief Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 5000 metres 30 September 2000
 Bronze Haddad, SorayaSoraya Haddad China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -52 kg 10 August 2008
 Silver Benikhlef, AmarAmar Benikhlef China 2008 Beijing Judo Men's -90 kg 13 August 2008
 Gold Makhloufi, TaoufikTaoufik Makhloufi United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's 1500 metres 7 August 2012
 Silver Makhloufi, TaoufikTaoufik Makhloufi Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 800 metres 15 August 2016
 Silver Makhloufi, TaoufikTaoufik Makhloufi Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 1500 metres 20 August 2016

Flagbearers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Montreal Olympics boycott | NZHistory.net.nz, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  2. ↑ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1976: African countries boycott Olympics". London: News.bbc.co.uk. July 17, 1976. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  3. ↑ Dubault, Fabrice (24 January 2014). "L'histoire invraisemblable de Mehdi Khelifi privé de J.O par l'Algérie". France 3. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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