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

Sporting event delegation

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 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]

Medalists

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Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

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 Medals by sport Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total Athletics 1 0 0 1 Boxing 1 0 1 2 Total 2 0 1 3

Competitors

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

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

Athletics

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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

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Team roster

Judo

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

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

References

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  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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