Algeria at the Olympics

Algeria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Algeria
IOC code  ALG
NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.comiteolympiquealgerien.com (French)
Olympic history
Summer Games
Winter Games

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 thrice.

The National Olympic Committee for Algeria is the Comité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee in English), and was founded in 1963.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Japan 1964 Tokyo 1 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 3 0 0 0 0
West Germany 1972 Munich 5 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 54 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 32 0 0 2 2 42
South Korea 1988 Seoul 42 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 35 1 0 1 2 34
United States 1996 Atlanta 45 2 0 1 3 34
Australia 2000 Sydney 47 1 1 3 5 41
Greece 2004 Athens 61 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 62 0 1 1 2 64
United Kingdom 2012 London 39 1 0 0 1 50
Total 5 2 8 15 63

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
France 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0
Norway 1994 Lillehammer did not participate
Japan 1998 Nagano
United States 2002 Salt Lake City
Italy 2006 Turin 2 0 0 0 0
Canada 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0
Russia 2014 Sochi did not participate
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 4 1 2 7 42
Boxing 1 0 5 6 37
Judo 0 1 1 2 37
Total 5 2 8 15

Algeria Medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Moussa, MustaphaMustapha Moussa United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's light-heavyweight
 Bronze Zaoui, MohamedMohamed Zaoui United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's middleweight
 Gold Boulmerka, HassibaHassiba Boulmerka Spain 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 1500 metres
 Bronze Soltani, HocineHocine Soltani Spain 1992 Barcelona Boxing Men's featherweight
 Gold Morceli, NoureddineNoureddine Morceli United States 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 1500 metres
 Gold Soltani, HocineHocine Soltani United States 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Bahari, MohamedMohamed Bahari United States 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's middleweight
 Gold Merah-Benida, NouriaNouria Merah-Benida Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 1500 metres
 Silver Saïdi-Sief, AliAli Saïdi-Sief Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 5000 metres
 Bronze Saïd-Guerni, DjabirDjabir Saïd-Guerni Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 800 metres
 Bronze Hammad, AbderrahmaneAbderrahmane Hammad Australia 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's high jump
 Bronze Allalou, MohamedMohamed Allalou Australia 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's light-welterweight
 Silver Benikhlef, AmarAmar Benikhlef China 2008 Beijing Judo Men's -90 kg
 Bronze Haddad, SorayaSoraya Haddad China 2008 Beijing Judo Women's -52 kg
 Gold Makhloufi, TaoufikTaoufik Makhloufi United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's 1500 metres

Flagbearers

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 Cross-country skiing
2010 Vancouver Mehdi-Selim Khelifi Cross-country skiing
2014 Sochi Did not participate[1]

See also

References

  1. Dubault, Fabrice (24 January 2014). "L'histoire invraisemblable de Mehdi Khelifi privé de J.O par l'Algérie". France 3. Retrieved 24 January 2014.