Algeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Algeria – Flag bearers
IOC code  ALG
NOC Comité Olympique Algérien
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 35 in 7 sports
Medals
Rank: 34		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
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Algeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation won its first ever gold medal at these Games.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Boulmerka, HassibaHassiba Boulmerka athletics women's 1500 metres
 Bronze Soltani, HocineHocine Soltani boxing men's featherweight (57 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Track and road events
Athletes Events Heat Round 1 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Réda Abdenouz 800 m 1:46.82 10 Q 1:46.06 6 q 1:48.34 7
Noureddine Morceli 1500 m 3:37.98 14 Q 3:39.22 8 Q 3:41.70 7
Aïssa Bel Aout 5000 m 15:02.76 50 N/A Did not advance
Mohamed Salmi Marathon N/A 2:26:56 59
Azzedine Brahmi 3000 m steeplechase 8:28.01 8 Q 8:25.85 6 Q 8:20.71 8
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yacine Mousli High jump 2.10 =33 Did not advance
Abdelkader Klouchi Long jump 5.33 46 Did not advance
Lotfi Khaïda Triple jump 16.31 23 Did not advance

Women

Track and road events
Athletes Events Heat Round 1 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hassiba Boulmerka 1500 m 4:09.91 15 Q 4:03.81 2 Q 3:55.30

Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Mohamed Haioun Light-Flyweight  Barbu (ROM)
L 11-2		 Did not advance
Yacine Sheikh Flyweight  Filippov (EUN)
W 5-3		  Peden (AUS)
L (KO)		 Did not advance
Slimane Zengli Bantamweight  Zhang (CHN)
W 4-0		  Achik (MAR)
L 12-8		 Did not advance
Hocine Soltani Featherweight  Maglioni (ARG)
W (RSCH-1)		  Gerena (PUR)
W 23-0		  Damián Sosa (DOM)
W 13-4		  Tews (GER)
L 11-1		 Did not advance
Laïd Bouneb Light-Welterweight  Gollen (IND)
W 11-4		  Henry (BAR)
W 17-3		  Leduc (CAN)
L 8-1		 Did not advance
Noureddine Meziane Light-Middleweight  Syed (PAK)
W 7-0		  Klemetsen (NOR)
L 14-3		 Did not advance
Ahmed Dine Middleweight  Russo (ITA)
W 6-4		  Joval (NED)
W 22-14		  Byrd (USA)
L 21-2		 Did not advance
Mohamed Ben Guesmia Light-Heavyweight  Yant (VEN)
W 15-11		  Bartnik (POL)
L 14-3		 Did not advance

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Result
Abdelhakim Harkat Half-Lightweight =17
Meziane Dahmani Lightweight =9
Women
Athlete Event Result
Salima Souakri Extra-Lightweight =5

Swimming

Men
Athletes Events Heat Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Abderzak Bella 100 m breaststroke 1:07.88 46 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.35 42 Did not advance

Volleyball

Men

Team roster:

Preliminary round - Pool B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Rk Team Points Played Won Lost PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1  Brazil 10 5 5 0 248 165 1.503 15 2 7.500
2  Cuba 9 5 4 1 231 180 1.283 13 5 2.600
3 Unified Team 8 5 3 2 229 205 1.117 11 7 1.571
4  Netherlands 7 5 2 3 218 181 1.204 8 9 0.889
5  South Korea 6 5 1 4 142 212 0.670 3 12 0.250
6  Algeria 5 5 0 5 100 225 0.444 0 15 0.000
July 26, 1992
15:00		 Algeria  0 – 3 Unified Team
8
7
4
–
–		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 15
15
15
–
–
July 28, 1992
10:30		 Cuba  3 – 0  Algeria
15
15
15
–
–		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 4
3
2
–
–
August 30, 1992
15:00		 Algeria  0 – 3  South Korea
8
11
12
–
–		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 15
15
15
–
–
August 1, 1992
15:00		 Netherlands  3 – 0  Algeria
15
15
15
–
–		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 2
5
4
–
–
August 3, 1992
17:30		 Algeria  0 – 3  Brazil
8
13
9
–
–		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 15
15
15
–
–

Weightlifting

For more details on this topic, see Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Athletes Events Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Azzedine Basbas -60 kg 115 =19 150 =11 265 16
Abdelmaanane Yahiaoui -67.5 kg 140 =4 175 =3 315 4

Wrestling

Greco-Roman
Athletes Events Eliminatory round Final round Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Mazouz Ben Djedaa Lightweight  Chamangoli (IRI)
L 6-0		  Kim (KOR)
L 15-0		 Eliminated
Youssef Bouguerra Welterweight  Marchl (AUT)
L 11-3		  Kornbakk (SWE)
L 17-1		 Eliminated

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