Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Algeria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Algeria.svg
IOC code ALG
NOC Algerian Olympic Committee
Website www.coa.dz
in Atlanta
Competitors45 (39 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Karim El-Mahouab
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of France.svg  France (1896–1960)

Algeria was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Algerian Olympic Committee.

Contents

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 1500 m 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. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 628
Boxing 6–6
Fencing 112
Handball 16016
Judo 426
Rowing 011
Swimming 101
Weightlifting 3–3
Wrestling 2–2
Total39645

Medalists

Algeria won a total of three medals at the games including two golds and one bronze. [1]

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noureddine Morceli Athletics Men's 1500 metres 3 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hocine Soltani Boxing Men's lightweight 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohamed Bahari 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. [1]

Men
Track and road events
AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Amar Hecini 400 metres DSQdid not advance
800 metres 1:47.2326N/Adid not advance
Ahmed Krama 1500 metres 3:42.0935N/Adid not advance
Noureddine Morceli 1500 metres 3:41.9521 QN/A3:32.881 Q3:35.78 Gold medal icon.svg
Aïssa Bel Aout 5000 metres 13:51.965 QN/A14:04.5615 Q14:06.5215
Réda Benzine 5000 metres 14:03.0623 QN/A13:37.528 q13:42.3413

Source: [2]

Women
Track and road events
AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nouria Mérah-Benida 800 metres 2:02.4424N/Adid not advance
Hassiba Boulmerka 1500 metres 4:09.9611 QN/A4:23.8623did not advance

Source: [2]

Boxing

In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the boxing events – Mohamed Alalou, Mehdi Assous, Mohamed Bahari, Abdelaziz Boulehia, Noureddine Madjhoud and Hocine Soltani. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Mehdi Assous Flyweight Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Gereo  (PNG)
W11-4		Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Narváez  (ARG)
W20-4		Flag of Germany.svg  Lunka  (GER)
L 19-6		Did not advance
Abdelaziz Boulehia Bantamweight Flag of Greece.svg  Tsiripidis  (GRE)
W10-6		Flag of Russia.svg  Malakhbekov  (RUS)
L (RSC-3)		Did not advance
Noureddine Madjhoud Featherweight Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Aragón  (CUB)
L 9-6		Did not advance
Hocine Soltani LightweightFlag of Turkey.svg  İşsever  (TUR)
W14-2		Flag of Brazil.svg  Magalhães  (BRA)
W11-1		Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Shin  (KOR)
W16-10		Flag of Romania.svg  Doroftei  (ROM)
W9-6		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tontchev  (BUL)
W3-3 Gold medal icon.svg
Mohamed Alalou Light-MiddleweightFlag of Kenya.svg  Bulinga  (KEN)
W17-3		Flag of Poland.svg  Bielski  (POL)
W19-8		Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Missaoui  (TUN)
L 16-15		did not advance
Mohamed Bahari MiddleweightFlag of Barbados.svg  Marcus  (BAR)
W (RSC-2)		Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Kakauridze  (GEO)
W8-5		Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Magee  (IRL)
W15-9		Flag of Turkey.svg  Beyleroğlu  (TUR)
L 11-11 Bronze medal icon.svg 		Did not advance

Source: [2]

Fencing

In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the fencing events – Raouf Salim Bernaoui and Ferial Salhi. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Raouf Salim Bernaoui Men's sabre individual Flag of Romania.svg  Covaliu  (ROM)
L 15-7		did not advance
Ferial Salhi Women's foil individual Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang  (CHN)
L 15-7		did not advance

Source: [2]

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. [1]

Preliminary group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPoints
Flag of France.svg  France 5401145114+318
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 540111497+178
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5302113103+106
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5302121112+96
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 501495117−221
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5014100145−451
24 July
14:30		 Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg19–16Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
25 July
10:00		 France  Flag of France.svg33–22Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
27 July
10:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg20–14Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
29 July
14:30		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg25–23Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
31 July
19:00		 Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg20–20Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
9th Place Match
2 August
10:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg27–26Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Source: [2]

Judo

In total, six Algerian athletes participated in the judo events – Lyes Cherifi, Abdelhakim Harkat, Kamel Larbi, Lynda Mekzine, Amar Meridja and Salima Souakri. [1]

Men
AthleteEventResult
Amar Meridja Extra-Lightweight9
Abdelhakim Harkat Lightweight13
Lyes Cherifi Half-Middleweight17
Kamel Larbi Heavyweight21

Source: [2]

Women
AthleteEventResult
Salima Souakri Extra-Lightweight5
Lynda Mekzine Half-Lightweight9

Source: [2]

Rowing

In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the rowing events – Samia Hireche. [1]

Women
Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Samia Hireche Single sculls 9:08.3169:28.416N/A9:09.9217

Source: [2]

Swimming

In total, one Algerian athlete participated in the swimming events – Salim Iles. [1]

Men
AthletesEventsHeatFinals
TimeRankTimeRank
Salim Iles 50 m freestyle 23.6136Did not advance
100 m freestyle 50.8725Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:54.1031Did not advance

Source: [2]

Weightlifting

In total, three Algerian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Azzedine Basbas, Fouad Bouzenada and Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui. [1]

AthletesEventsSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Azzedine Basbas -64 kg 120281601228024
Fouad Bouzenada -64 kg 11529152.526267.529
Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui -70 kg 150718543355

Source: [2]

Wrestling

In total, two Algerian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Youssef Bouguerra and Omar Kedjaouer. [1]

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRepechage
Round 1		Repechage
Round 2		Repechage
Round 3		Repechage
Round 4		Bronze Medal
Bout
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Omar Kedjaouer -52 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Tohuzov  (UKR)
L 10-0		did not advanceFlag of Mexico.svg  Rodríguez  (MEX)
W2-0		Flag of Turkey.svg  Topaktaş  (TUR)
L (fall)		did not advance

Source: [2]

Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRepechage
Round 1		Repechage
Round 2		Repechage
Round 3		Repechage
Round 4		Bronze Medal
Bout
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Youssef Bouguerra -74 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Katayama  (JPN)
L 13-2		did not advanceFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Stoyanov  (BUL)
L 5-0		did not advance

Source: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Algeria at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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