Algeria at the 1965 All-Africa Games

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Algeria at the
1965 All-Africa Games
Flag of Algeria.svg
IOC code ALG
NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
in Brazzaville
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
11
All-Africa Games appearances (overview)
Youth appearances

Algeria , participated at the 1965 All-Africa Games held in the city of Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville. [1]

Algeria Country in North Africa

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). It has the highest human development index of all the non-island African countries.

1965 All-Africa Games first edition of the All-Africa Games

The 1st All-Africa Games – Brazzaville 1965 was a multi-sport event played from July 18, 1965, to July 25, 1965, in Brazzaville, Congo.

Brazzaville Capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 1.8 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace, 40% of whom are employed in non-agricultural professions. During World War II, Brazzaville was also the capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942.

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Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing 0112
Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling 2103
Judo pictogram.svg Judo 0011
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming 0145
Total23611

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ahmed Djellil Cycling Men's Individual road race (143 km)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tahar Zaâf, Hamza Ouachek Cycling Men's time trial
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Omar "Kaddour" Aliane Boxing Men's Heavyweight (-91 kg)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tahar Zaâf Cycling Men's Individual road race (143 km)
Silver medal icon.svg SilverAlgeria team Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kouider Ayad Boxing Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ahmed Chabi Judo Men's Heavyweight (+100 kg)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze... Ladjel Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze... Khemissa Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze... Belhocine Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeAlgeria team Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

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References

  1. "Algeria at the All-Africa Games" (PDF). Algerian Olympic Committee official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-03.