| Algeria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ALG |
| NPC | Algerian National Paralympic Committee |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 33 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Nadia Medjemedj |
| Medals Ranked 26th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Algeria competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. [1] [2] 33 competitors participate at the 2012 Paralympics with 26 men and 7 women are accompanied by managers, coaches and other support staff.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 18* | 6 | 24 |
| Goalball | 6* | 0 | 6 |
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 7 | 33 |
* There is one man competitor who participate in Athletics and Goalball, so number of men competitors is 26 not 27. [3]
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | | | | Total | |
| 1 | 30 August | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 31 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 September | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 September | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 4 September | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 8 | 6 September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 7 September | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 8 September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||
| Multiple medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sport | | | | Total | |
| Mohamed Berrahal | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kamel Kardjena | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samir Nouioua | Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lahouari Bahlaz | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Abdellatif Baka won a gold medal for Algeria in the Men's 800m T13 event on September 6. [4] The next day, Lynda Hamri won a silver for Algeria in the Women's Long Jump F13 event. Lahouari Bahlaz also won a bronze in the Men's Discus F32/33/34 event. [4]
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| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Abdellatif Baka | 800 m T13 | 1:54.79 PB | 2Q | — | 1:53.01 PR | | |
| 1500 m T13 | 3:58.72 PB | 13 | — | did not advance | |||
| Mohamed Berrahal | 100 m T51 | — | 22.97 RR | | |||
| Allel Boukhalfa | 100 m T35 | 13.26 | 5Q | — | 13.38 | 5 | |
| 200 m T35 | 27.39 | 4Q | — | 26.70 RR | 4 | ||
| Madjid Djemai | 800 m T37 | — | 2:04.93 | 4 | |||
| 1500 m T37 | — | 4:16.50 PB | 4 | ||||
| Sofiane Hamdi | 100 m T37 | 12.01 | 8q | — | 11.80 | 6 | |
| 200 m T37 | 24.39 | 7q | — | 23.67 | 5 | ||
| Khaled Hanani | 800 m T37 | — | 2:14.31 | 8 | |||
| 1500 m T37 | — | 4:29.23 | 10 | ||||
| Nacereddine Karfas | 1500 m T13 | 4:08.35 | 17 | — | did not advance | ||
| 5000 m T12 | — | 15:11.41 | 7 | ||||
| Marathon T12 | — | DNF | |||||
| Djamil Nasser | 200 m T13 | 22.73 PB | 9 | — | did not advance | ||
| 400 m T13 | 50.45 PB | 5Q | — | 49.88 PB | 6 | ||
| Samir Nouioua | 800 m T46 | 1:55.38 | 2Q | — | 1:52.33 RR | | |
| 1500 m T46 | 3:57.27 | 1Q | — | 3:51.80 PB | | ||
| Zine Eddine Sekhri | 400 m T13 | 51.92 | 8q | — | 51.16 PB | 7 | |
| 800 m T13 | 1:58.14 PB | 5Q | — | Dq | |||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Lahouari Bahlaz | Club throw F31/32/51 | 36.31 PR | |
| Discus throw F32-34 | 22.30 WR | | |
| Mounir Bakiri | Shot put F32-33 | 9.49 | |
| Samir Belhouchat | Javelin throw F12–13 | 52.62 SB | 8 |
| Firas Bentria | Long jump F11 | 5.83 RR | 6 |
| Mohamed Berrahal | Discus throw F51–53 | 12.37 WR | |
| Karim Betina | Club throw F31/32/51 | 29.75 SB | 8 |
| Discus throw F32-34 | NM | ||
| Shot put F32-33 | 10.37 | | |
| Hocine Gherzouli | Discus throw F40 | 30.89 PB | 10 |
| Shot put F40 | 12.91 RR | | |
| Kamel Kardjena | Discus throw F32-34 | 25.50 | 14 |
| Javelin throw F33-34 | 26.40 WR | | |
| Shot put F32-33 | 12.14 PR | | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Lynda Hamri | 100 m T13 | 13.60 SB | 10 | — | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Safia Djelal | Javelin throw F58 | 28.87 PB | |
| Shot put F57–58 | 10.52 PB | 4 | |
| Mounia Gasmi | Club throw F31/32/51 | 1052 pts PB | |
| Shot put F32-34 | 5.56 | 7 | |
| Lynda Hamri | Long jump F13 | 5.31 PB | |
| Nadia Medjemedj | Discus throw F57–58 | 24.80 SB | 4 |
| Shot put F57–58 | NM | ||
| Fatiha Mehdi | Discus throw F40 | 13.64 | 6 |
| Shot put F40 | 6.49 | 6 | |
| Nassima Saifi | Discus throw F57–58 | 40.34 PR | |
| Shot put F57–58 | 9.77 | 7 | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
 China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | |
 Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | |
 Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | |
 South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
 Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 |
| 30 August 2012 15:00 | South Korea | 4 – 3 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Carla Da Matta (BRA) |
| Hong 4 | Report | Mokrane 2 Larbi 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Algeria | 5 – 2 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| Mokrane 3 Larbi 2 | Report | de Rick 1 Bihi 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 19:45 | Algeria | 0 – 1 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Ali Aldarsony (KSA) |
| Report | Yao 1 | |||
| 2 September 2012 16:15 | Canada | 6 – 8 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| Caron 4 Gaulin 2 | Report | Mokrane 8 | ||
| 3 September 2012 10:15 | Iran | 4 – 2 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1 | Report | Mokrane 2 | ||
| 5 September 2012 15:45 | Turkey  | 3 – 1 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| Karakaya 3 | Report | Mokrane 1 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sid Ali Lamri | Men's -66 kg | — |  Hirose (JPN)L 0001-001 | Did not advance |  Garcia del Valle (ESP)W 100-000 |  Mustafayev (AZE)W 1021-0002 | Did not advance | |
| Mouloud Noura | Men's -60 kg |  Aajim (MGL)W 1001-0001 |  Quilter (GBR)W 1021-0000 | Li (CHN) L 000-100 | BYE | Lee (KOR) W 110-001 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Zoubida Bouazoug | Women's +70 kg | — | Yuan (CHN) L 000-020 | Did not advance |  Davis (USA)W 020-000 |  Manzuoli (FRA)W 023-0002 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamza Bouali | -100 kg | DNS | |
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