Algeria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. Algeria did not participate in the US-led boycott of the Moscow games and instead sending athletes to compete in Moscow. 54 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 9 sports.
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEl-Hachemi Abdenouz5000 m13:42.071 Q14:15.8512Did not advanceMehdi Aidet800 m1:50.43 Q1:48.118Did not advance1500 m3:43.862 Q3:44.859Did not advanceLahcen Babaci3000 m steeplechase8:38.687 Q8:25.476 Q8:31.8011Derradji Harek800 m1:49.95 Q1:51.818Did not advance1500 m3:45.298Did not advanceRachid Habchaoui5000 m13:59.859Did not advance10000 m29:12.96colspan=2 Did not advanceAbdel Madjid Mada10000 m30:23.46colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's marathoncolspan=4 DNFAbderrahmane Morceli1500 m3:45.967Did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAbdel Hamid SahilHigh jump2.1821Did not advanceOthmane Belfaa2.0528Did not advance
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Ahmed Siad First round — Bye Second round — Defeated Lincoln Salcedo (Ecuador) on points (5-0) Quarter Finals — Lost to Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Boualem Bel Alouane First round — Defeated Barrington Cambridge (Guyana) on points (5-0) Second round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Mohamed Bouchiche First round — Lost to Pawel Skrzecz (Poland) after walkover
Fencing
One fencer represented Algeria in 1980.
Men's foil Tahar Hamou
Football
Team Squad Head coach: Mahieddine Khalef No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 1 GK Mourad Amara Feb 19, 1959 21 0 JE Tizi-Ouzou 4 0 360 0 0 0 2 DF Mahmoud Guendouz Feb 24, 1953 27 ? MA Hussein Dey 4 0 360 0 0 1Y 4 DF Bouzid Mahyouz Jan 13, 1952 28 ? MP Alger 4 0 314 2 0 2Y 5 DF Chaabane Merzekane March 8, 1959 21 ? MA Hussein Dey 4 1 349 1 0 1Y 6 DF Mohamed Khedis Feb 29, 1952 28 ? MA Hussein Dey 3 0 270 0 0 0 7 FW Rabah Madjer Dec 15, 1958 21 ? MA Hussein Dey 4 1 348 1 0 1Y 8 MD Ali Fergani Sep 19, 1952 27 ? JE Tizi-Ouzou 4 0 360 0 0 1Y 9 FW Tedj Bensaoula Dec 25, 1954 25 ? MP Oran 4 0 360 0 0 0 10 MD Lakhdar Belloumi Dec 29, 1958 21 ? MP Alger 4 2 310 1 1 0 11 FW Salah Assad March 13, 1958 22 ? RS Kouba 4 0 343 1 0 0 12 GK Mohamed Rahmani Dec 10, 1958 21 ? EP Setif 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 DF Salah Larbès Sep 16, 1952 27 ? JE Tizi-Ouzou 4 0 360 0 0 0 14 FW Djamel Menad Jul 19, 1960 20 ? CM Belcourt 3 0 40 0 3 0 15 FW M'hamed Bouhalla Sep 29, 1954 25 ? ASO Chlef 0 0 0 00 0 16 DF Abderrahmane Derouaz Dec 12, 1955 24 ? USK Alger 3 0 108 0 2 0 17 MD Hocine Yahi Apr 25, 1960 20 ? CM Belcourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 MD Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib Jan 24, 1960 20 0 DNC Alger 1 0 90 0 0 0
Group results
Group standings Group C Team321071+65311142+2330302203301208−81
Quarter-final
Handball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Yugoslavia (18-22) Lost to Romania (18-26) Lost to Soviet Union (10-33) Lost to Switzerland (18-26) Defeated Kuwait (30-17) Classification Match 9th/10th place: Lost to Denmark (20-29) → 10th place
Team Roster Ahmed Farfar Abdelkerim Hamiche Azeddine Bouzerar Omar Azeb Ali Akacha Ahcene Djeffal Kamel Hebri Mouloud Meknache Abdelmadjid Slimani Abdelkrim Bendjemil Abdelatif Bergheul Abdelatif Bakir Rachid Mokrani Mohamed Machou
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageRepechage semifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAhmed Moussa−60 kgW 1:08L 5:00 Did not advance 11
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohamed Halimi100 m freestyle55:1631colspan=2 Did not advanceReda Yadi200 m freestyle2:06.2637colspan=2 Did not advanceMohamed Bendahmane400 m freestylecolspan=2 Did not advanceAbdelhakim BitatReda YadiMohamed BendahmaneMohamed Halimi4 × 200 m freestyle relay8:23.2212colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Bantamweight (56 kg) Ahmed Tarbi → Total: 240.0 kg → 11th place
Featherweight (60 kg) Mohamed Gouni → Total: 247.5 kg → 11th place
Heavyweight I (100 kg) Omar Yousfi → Total: 320.0 kg → 13th place
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal roundRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultFinal roundResultRankMohamed Hachaichi−52 kgW 15-8L T 4:30L T 1:22colspan=3 Did not advance10
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal roundRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultFinal roundResultRankMohamed Moualek−68 kgL T 0:58L DQ 4:56colspan=4 Did not advance13
References
External links Official Olympic Reports