Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 45 competitors, 39 men and 6 women, took part in 29 events in nine sports.[1]

Algeria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeALG
NOCAlgerian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coa.dz
in Atlanta
Competitors45 (39 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Karim El-Mahouab
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 France (1896–1960)

Medalists
Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 628
Boxing 6–6
Fencing 112
Handball 16016
Judo 426
Rowing 011
Swimming 101
Weightlifting 3–3
Wrestling 2–2
Total39645

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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		  Missaoui (TUN)
L 16-15		 did not advance
Mohamed Bahari Middleweight  Marcus (BAR)
W (RSC-2)		  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
Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Preliminary group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 France5401145114+318
 Spain540111497+178
 Egypt5302113103+106
 Germany5302121112+96
 Algeria501495117−221
 Brazil5014100145−451
24 July
14:30		 Egypt  19–16  Algeria
25 July
10:00		 France  33–22  Algeria
27 July
10:00		 Spain  20–14  Algeria
29 July
14:30		 Germany  25–23  Algeria
31 July
19:00		 Algeria  20–20  Brazil
9th Place Match
2 August
10:00		 United States  27–26  Algeria
Team roster

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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

References
  1. "Algeria at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  2. Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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