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 1500m and the men's lightweight boxing respectively and Mohamed Bahari won bronze in the men's middleweight boxing.
Competitors In total, 45 athletes represented Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across nine different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 2 8Boxing 6 – 6Fencing 1 1 2Handball 16 0 16Judo 4 2 6Rowing 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1Weightlifting 3 – 3Wrestling 2 – 2 Total 39 6 45
Medalists
Algeria won a total of three medals at the games including two golds and one bronze.
MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 1500 metres 3 August Boxing Men's lightweight 4 August Boxing Men's middleweight 1 August
Athletics
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.
Men Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAmar Hecini400 metresDSQdid not advance800 metres1:47.2326N/Adid not advanceAhmed Krama1500 metres3:42.0935N/Adid not advanceNoureddine Morceli1500 metres3:41.9521 QN/A3:32.881 Q3:35.78Aïssa Bel Aout5000 metres13:51.965 QN/A14:04.5615 Q14:06.5215Réda Benzine5000 metres14:03.0623 QN/A13:37.528 q13:42.3413
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Women Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNouria Mérah-Benida800 metres2:02.4424N/Adid not advanceHassiba Boulmerka1500 metres4:09.9611 QN/A4:23.8623did not advance
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Boxing
In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the boxing events – Mohamed Alalou, Mehdi Assous, Mohamed Bahari, Abdelaziz Boulehia, Noureddine Madjhoud and Hocine Soltani.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMehdi AssousFlyweightW 11-4W 20-4L 19-6Did not advanceAbdelaziz BoulehiaBantamweightW 10-6L (RSC-3)Did not advanceNoureddine MadjhoudFeatherweightL 9-6Did not advanceHocine SoltaniLightweightW 14-2W 11-1W 16-10W 9-6W 3-3 Mohamed AlalouLight-MiddleweightW 17-3W 19-8L 16-15did not advanceMohamed BahariMiddleweightW (RSC-2)W 8-5W 15-9L 11-11 Did not advance
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Fencing
In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the fencing events – Raouf Salim Bernaoui and Ferial Salhi.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRaouf Salim BernaouiMen's sabre individualL 15-7did not advanceFerial SalhiWomen's foil individualL 15-7did not advance
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Handball
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.
Preliminary group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPoints 5 4 0 1 145 114 +31 8 5 4 0 1 114 97 +17 8 5 3 0 2 113 103 +10 6 5 3 0 2 121 112 +9 6 5 0 1 4 95 117 −22 1 5 0 1 4 100 145 −45 1
9th Place Match
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Judo
In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the judo events – Lyes Cherifi, Abdelhakim Harkat, Kamel Larbi, Lynda Mekzine, Amar Meridja and Salima Souakri.
Men AthleteEventResultAmar MeridjaExtra-Lightweight9Abdelhakim HarkatLightweight13Lyes CherifiHalf-Middleweight17Kamel LarbiHeavyweight21
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Women
AthleteEventResultSalima SouakriExtra-Lightweight5Lynda MekzineHalf-Lightweight9
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Rowing
In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the rowing events – Samia Hireche.
Women Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankSamia HirecheSingle sculls9:08.3169:28.416N/A9:09.9217
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Swimming
In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the swimming events – Salim Iles.
Men AthletesEventsHeatFinalsTimeRankTimeRankSalim Iles50 m freestyle23.6136Did not advance100 m freestyle50.8725Did not advance200 m freestyle1:54.1031Did not advance
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Weightlifting
In total, three Algerian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Azzedine Basbas, Fouad Bouzenada and Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui.
AthletesEventsSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankAzzedine Basbas-64 kg120281601228024Fouad Bouzenada-64 kg11529152.526267.529Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui-70 kg150718543355
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Wrestling
In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Youssef Bouguerra and Omar Kedjaouer.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRepechageRound 1RepechageRound 2RepechageRound 3RepechageRound 4Bronze MedalBoutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOmar Kedjaouer-52 kgL 10-0 did not advanceW 2-0L (fall) did not advance
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Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRepechageRound 1RepechageRound 2RepechageRound 3RepechageRound 4Bronze MedalBoutOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultYoussef Bouguerra-74 kgL 13-2 did not advanceL 5-0 did not advance
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References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database