Algeria at the 1993 Mediterranean Games | |
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IOC code | ALG |
NOC | Algerian Olympic Committee |
in Languedoc-Roussillon | |
Competitors | 116 |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Mediterranean Games appearances (overview) | |
Algeria (ALG) competed at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. [1]
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.
The XII Mediterranean Games – Languedoc-Roussillon 1993, commonly known as the 1993 Mediterranean Games, were the 12th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, from 16 June to 27 June 1993, where 2,598 athletes from 19 countries participated. There were a total of 221 medal events from 25 different sports.
Languedoc-Roussillon is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Occitanie. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea on the other side. It is the southernmost region of mainland France.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Noureddine Morceli | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | |
Hassiba Boulmerka | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | |
Abdelhakim Harkat | Judo | Men's 65 kg | |
Abdelmanaam Yahiaoui | Weightlifting | Men's 70 kg | |
Aïssa Belaout | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres | |
Azzedine Brahmi | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | |
Hassiba Boulmerka | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | |
Hocine Soltani | Boxing | Men's 60 kg | |
Football | Men's tournament | ||
Réda Abdenouz | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | |
Lotfi Khaïda | Athletics | Men's Triple jump | |
Fayçal Bousbiat | Judo | Men's 60 kg | |
Meziane Dahmani | Judo | Men's 71 kg | |
Mohamed Haioun | Boxing | Men's 48 kg | |
Ahmed Dine | Boxing | Men's 75 kg | |
Mohamed Benguesmia | Boxing | Men's 81 kg | |
Reda Benkaddour | Karate | Men's 65 kg | |
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