Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)

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Algeria at the1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code ALG
NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
Website www.coa.dz
in Atlanta
Competitors 45 (39 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Karim El-Mahouab
MedalsRanked 34th Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
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Algeria was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Algerian Olympic Committee.

In total, 45 athletes including 39 men and six women represented Algeria in nine different sports including athletics, boxing, fencing, handball, judo, rowing, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling.

Algeria won three medals at the games after Noureddine Morceli and Hocine Soltani won gold in the men's 1500 m and the men's lightweight boxing respectively and Mohamed Bahari won bronze in the men's middleweight boxing.

In total, 45 athletes represented Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across nine different sports.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 2 8
Boxing 6 6
Fencing 1 1 2
Handball 16 0 16
Judo 4 2 6
Rowing 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Weightlifting 3 3
Wrestling 2 2
Total 39 6 45

Algeria won a total of three medals at the games including two golds and one bronze.[1]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Noureddine Morceli Athletics Men's 1500 metres 3 August
Gold Hocine Soltani Boxing Men's lightweight 4 August
Bronze Mohamed Bahari Boxing Men's middleweight 1 August

In total, eight Algerian athletes participated in the athletics events – Aïssa Bel Aout, Réda Benzine, Hassiba Boulmerka, Amar Hecini, Ahmed Krama, Nouria Mérah-Benida and Noureddine Morceli.[1]

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
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

Source:[2]

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

Source:[2]

In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the boxing events – Mohamed Alalou, Mehdi Assous, Mohamed Bahari, Abdelaziz Boulehia, Noureddine Madjhoud and Hocine Soltani.[1]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult
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

Source:[2]

In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the fencing events – Raouf Salim Bernaoui and Ferial Salhi.[1]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult
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

Source:[2]

In total, 10 Algerian athletes participated in the handball – Salim Abes, Ben Ali Beghouach, Redouane Aouachria, Mohamed Bouziane, Abdeldjalil Bouanani, Mahmoud Bouanik, Amar Daoud, Karim El-Mahouab, Rabah Gherbi, Salim Nedjel Hammou, Achour Hasni, Sofiane Khalfallah, Sofiane Lamali, Abdelghani Loukil, Nabil Rouabhi and Redouane Saïdi.[1]

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 | | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |


| 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 | | | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Source:[2]

In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the judo events – Lyes Cherifi, Abdelhakim Harkat, Kamel Larbi, Lynda Mekzine, Amar Meridja and Salima Souakri.[1]

Men

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

Source:[2]

Women

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

Source:[2]

In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the rowing events – Samia Hireche.[1]

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

Source:[2]

In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the swimming events – Salim Iles.[1]

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

Source:[2]

In total, three Algerian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Azzedine Basbas, Fouad Bouzenada and Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui.[1]

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

Source:[2]

In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Youssef Bouguerra and Omar Kedjaouer.[1]

Freestyle

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final RepechageRound 1 RepechageRound 2 RepechageRound 3 RepechageRound 4 Bronze MedalBout
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult
Omar Kedjaouer -52 kg Tohuzov (UKR)L 10-0 did not advance Rodríguez (MEX)W 2-0 Topaktaş (TUR)L (fall) did not advance

Source:[2]

Greco-Roman

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final RepechageRound 1 RepechageRound 2 RepechageRound 3 RepechageRound 4 Bronze MedalBout
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult
Youssef Bouguerra -74 kg Katayama (JPN)L 13-2 did not advance Stoyanov (BUL)L 5-0 did not advance

Source:[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Algeria at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-04.