Algeria at the Olympics

Algeria at the Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 8 Total 17
Summer appearances
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1992 1994–2002 2006 2010 2014–2018
Other related appearances
France (1896-1960)

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.

History[]

Mustapha Moussa winning Algeria's 1st Olympic medal in Los Angeles 1984

Before independence during the French Algeria period, the Algerian athletes were participating with France, among the most famous, the gold medalists Boughera El Ouafi in 1928, Alain Mimoun in 1956 and many others.^[1]

After independence in 1962, 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.^[2][3] 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 medal came at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where Mustapha Moussa won bronze in boxing.^[4][5]

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1964 Tokyo 1 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 3 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Munich 5 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Montreal Did not participate 1980 Moscow 54 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Los Angeles 32 0 0 2 2 42 1988 Seoul 42 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 35 1 0 1 2 34 1996 Atlanta 45 2 0 1 3 34 2000 Sydney 47 1 1 3 5 41 2004 Athens 61 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 62 0 1 1 2 64 2012 London 39 1 0 0 1 50 2016 Rio de Janeiro 65 0 2 0 2 62 2020 Tokyo 41 0 0 0 0 – 2024 Paris Future Event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 5 4 8 17 70

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer Did not participate 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi Did not participate 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing Future Event 2026 Milan–Cortina Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	3	2	9
Boxing	1	0	5	6
Judo	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 sports)	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	Taoufik Makhloufi	Athletics	1988	2007–	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4
3	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
4	Hocine Soltani	Boxing	1972	1991–2000	1	0	1	0	0	1	–	–	–	-	-	-	1	0	2	-	-	-	1	0	2	3
5	Nouria Merah-Benida	Athletics	1970	1996–2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Mustapha Moussa	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight	9 August 1984
Bronze	Mohamed Zaoui	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight	9 August 1984
Gold	Hassiba Boulmerka	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	8 August 1992
Bronze	Hocine Soltani	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Men's featherweight	7 August 1992
Gold	Noureddine Morceli	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	3 August 1996
Gold	Hocine Soltani	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's lightweight	4 August 1996
Bronze	Mohamed Bahari	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's middleweight	1 August 1996
Gold	Nouria Merah-Benida	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	30 September 2000
Silver	Ali Saïdi-Sief	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	30 September 2000
Bronze	Abderrahmane Hammad	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's high jump	24 September 2000
Bronze	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	27 September 2000
Bronze	Mohamed Allalou	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight	29 September 2000
Silver	Amar Benikhlef	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's -90 kg	13 August 2008
Bronze	Soraya Haddad	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's -52 kg	10 August 2008
Gold	Taoufik Makhloufi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	7 August 2012
Silver	Taoufik Makhloufi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	15 August 2016
Silver	Taoufik Makhloufi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	20 August 2016

Flagbearers[]

Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1964 Tokyo Mohamed Lazhari Gymnastics 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich Azzedine Azzouzi Athletics 1976 Montreal Did not participate 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles Abdelkrim Bendjemil Handball 1988 Seoul Noureddine Tadjine Athletics 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta Karim El-Mahouab Handball 2000 Sydney Djabir Saïd-Guerni Athletics 2004 Athens Djabir Saïd-Guerni Athletics 2008 Beijing Salim Iles Swimming 2012 London Abdelhafid Benchabla Boxing 2016 Rio de Janeiro Sonia Asselah Judo 2020 Tokyo Mohamed Flissi & Amel Melih Boxing (Flissi) & Swimming (Melih) 2024 Paris Future event

Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1992 Albertville Nacera Boukamoum Alpine skiing 1994 Lillehammer Did not participate 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin Christelle Douibi Alpine skiing 2010 Vancouver Mehdi-Selim Khelifi Cross-country skiing 2014 Sochi Did not participate[6] 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing Future event

Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament[]

See also[]

• Algeria national athletics team
• List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games
• List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
• Category:Olympic competitors for Algeria
• Algeria at the Paralympics
• Algeria at the African Games
• Algeria at the Mediterranean Games
• Algeria at the Pan Arab Games
• Algeria at the Islamic Solidarity Games

References[]

External links[]

• "Algeria". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Algeria". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ALG". olympanalyt.com.