Algeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	64 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Sonia Asselah [1]
Medals Ranked 62nd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1964, Algerian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, because of the African boycott.

The Algerian Olympic Committee fielded a team of 64 athletes, 53 men and 11 women, across thirteen sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, breaking the record of 62 athletes, who attended the Beijing Games eight years earlier. ^[2] Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Algeria had representatives at the Games, returning to the Olympic scene for the first time since 1980. Among the individual-based sports represented by the nation's athletes, Algeria marked its Olympic debut in sailing.

The Algerian team featured twelve returning Olympians, with 37-year-old marathon runner Souad Aït Salem having participated in four Olympic Games as the oldest and most experienced member. Foil fencer Anissa Khelfaoui, along with boxers Abdelhafid Benchabla and Abdelkader Chadi, was among the Algerian athletes headed to their third Olympics, while eight others previously competed in London, including defending champion Taoufik Makhloufi in middle-distance running, former French fencer Victor Sintès, and heavyweight judoka Sonia Asselah, who was selected by the committee to carry the Algerian flag at the opening ceremony, the first by a female in Summer Olympic history. ^{[1] [3]}

Algeria left Rio de Janeiro with only two silver medals, won by Makhloufi in both the men's 800 and 1500 metres. ^{[4] [5]}

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Taoufik Makhloufi Athletics Men's 800 m 15 August  Silver Taoufik Makhloufi Athletics Men's 1500 m 20 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 2 0 2 Total 0 2 0 2

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[6] [7]}

A total of 15 athletes (12 men and 3 women) were named to the Algerian track and field team for the Games, including reigning Olympic champion Taoufik Makhloufi in the men's 1500 metres. ^[8]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amine Belferar	800 m	1:48.40	3 Q	1:46.55	7	did not advance
Yassine Hathat		1:46.81	3 Q	1:44.81	3	did not advance
Taoufik Makhloufi		1:49.17	1 Q	1:43.85	1 Q	1:42.61 NR
Salim Keddar	1500 m	3:40.63	11	did not advance
Taoufik Makhloufi		3:46.82	1 Q	3:39.88	2 Q	3:50.11
Abdelmalik Lahoulou	400 m hurdles	48.62 NR	1 Q	49.08	4	did not advance
Miloud Rahmani		49.73	5	did not advance
Hicham Bouchicha	3000 m steeplechase	8:33.61	8	—		did not advance
Ali Messaoudi		DSQ		—		did not advance
Bilal Tabti		8:38.87	11	—		did not advance
El-Hadi Laameche	Marathon	—				DNF
Hakim Sadi		—				2:26:47	104

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amina Bettiche	3000 m steeplechase	10:26.91	18	did not advance
Kenza Dahmani	Marathon	—		2:38.37	50
Souad Aït Salem		—		DNF

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Larbi Bourrada	Result	10.75 SB	7.52 SB	13.78 SB	2.10 PB	47.98	14.15 PB	42.39 PB	4.60	66.49	4:14.60	8521 AF	5
	Points	917	940	715	896	910	955	713	790	836	849

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has entered eight boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympians Abdelkader Chadi and Ilyas Abbadi were the only Algerians to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of their respective division in the World Series of Boxing, while five further boxers (Flissi, Benbaziz, Kedache, Benchabla, and Bouloudinat) claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon. ^{[9] [10]}

Fahem Hammachi secured an additional Olympic place on the Algerian roster as a quarterfinalist losing to the eventual champion Mykola Butsenko of Ukraine at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Flissi	Men's flyweight	Bye	Asenov  (BUL) W 3–0	Finol  (VEN) L 0–3	did not advance
Fahem Hammachi	Men's bantamweight	de Jesus  (BRA) L 1–2	did not advance
Reda Benbaziz	Men's lightweight	Abdelaal  (EGY) W 3–0	Abdurashidov  (RUS) W 3–0	Otgondalai  (MGL) L 0–3	did not advance
Abdelkader Chadi	Men's light welterweight	Teixeira  (BRA) L 1–2	did not advance
Zohir Kedache	Men's welterweight	Donnelly  (IRL) L 0–3	did not advance
Ilyas Abbadi	Men's middleweight	Ngamissengue  (CGO) W 3–0	Alimkhanuly  (KAZ) L 0–3	did not advance
Abdelhafid Benchabla	Men's light heavyweight	Bye	Ramirez  (VEN) W 2–0	Buatsi  (GBR) L 0–3	did not advance
Chouaib Bouloudinat	Men's heavyweight	Bye	St-Pierre  (MRI) L 1–2	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

Algerian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Youcef Reguigui	Men's road race	did not finish
Abderrahmane Mansouri		did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Anissa Khelfaoui claimed an Olympic spot as one of the two highest-ranked fencers from Africa outside the world's top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. ^[13] Meanwhile, former French foil fencer Victor Sintès rounded out the roster by virtue of a top finish at the African Zonal Qualifier in Algiers.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Victor Sintès	Men's foil	Bye	Kruse  (GBR) L 4–15	did not advance
Anissa Khelfaoui	Women's foil	Bye	Harvey  (CAN) L 6–15	did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Algeria men's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. ^{[14] [15]}

Team roster

The following is the Algeria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July. ^[16]

Head coach: Pierre-André Schürmann

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Abdelkader Salhi	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 23)	12	0	ASO Chlef
2	2 DF	Miloud Rebiaï	(1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	ES Sétif
3	2 DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23)	13	0	USM Alger
4	2 DF	Abdelghani Demmou*	(1989-01-29)29 January 1989 (aged 27)	1	0	MC Alger
5	2 DF	Ryad Kenniche (c)	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 23)	7	1	ES Sétif
6	3 MF	Mohamed Benkhemassa	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23)	17	2	USM Alger
7	4 FW	Baghdad Bounedjah*	(1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 24)	6	4	Al Sadd SC
8	3 MF	Haris Belkebla	(1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Tours
9	4 FW	Mohamed Benkablia	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	ASM Oran
10	4 FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22)	13	4	USM Alger
11	4 FW	Zakaria Haddouche	(1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 21)	9	1	ES Sétif
12	3 MF	Raouf Benguit	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	14	0	USM Alger
13	4 FW	Oussama Darfalou	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 22)	11	4	USM Alger
14	3 MF	Sofiane Bendebka*	(1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 23)	1	1	NA Hussein Dey
15	2 DF	Houari Ferhani	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23)	13	0	JS Kabylie
16	1 GK	Farid Chaâl	(1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	USM El Harrach
17	3 MF	Zakaria Draoui	(1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 22)	6	0	CR Belouizdad
18	4 FW	Rachid Aït-Atmane	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23)	1	0	Sporting Gijón
22	1 GK	Oussama Methazem	(1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	RC Arbaâ

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)

15:00

Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Quioto 13' Pereira 33' Lozano 79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka 68' Bounedjah 85'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20,000 ^[17]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

18:00

Argentina	2–1	Algeria
Correa 47' Calleri 70'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka 64'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 37,450 ^[18]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

13:00

Algeria	1–1	Portugal
Benkablia 30'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Paciência 25' (pen.)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 13,787 ^[19]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Algeria has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition for the first time since 1968. Mohamed Bourguieg and Farah Boufadene claimed their Olympic spots each as the only ranked male and female gymnast from Africa, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. ^{[20] [21]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Mohamed Bourguieg	Individual	12.533	12.900	13.033	13.700	13.500	12.833	78.499	48	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Farah Boufadene	Individual	13.916	12.200	10.600	11.100	46.433	53	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has qualified five judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Houd Zourdani, Lyès Bouyacoub, Mohamed-Amine Tayeb, and Abderahmane Benamadi were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while London 2012 Olympian Sonia Asselah at women's heavyweight (78 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region as the highest-ranked Algerian judoka outside of direct qualifying position. ^{[22] [23]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Houd Zourdani	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Kopinsky  (SUR) W 100–000	Davaadorj  (MGL) L 000–101	did not advance
Abderahmane Benamadi	Men's −90 kg	Juraev  (UZB) L 000–000 S	did not advance
Lyès Bouyacoub	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Remarenco  (UAE) W 010–000	Gasimov  (AZE) L 010–010 S	did not advance
Mohamed-Amine Tayeb	Men's +100 kg	—	Temuulen  (MGL) W 010–000	Riner  (FRA) L 000–100	did not advance
Sonia Asselah	Women's +78 kg	—	Bye	Yu S  (CHN) L 000–100	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has qualified one boat each in both the men's and women's single sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sid Ali Boudina	Men's single sculls	7:45.90	4 R	7:20.84	1 QF	7:13.59	5 SC/D	7:37.19	5 FD	7:06.64	23
Amina Rouba	Women's single sculls	8:55.09	4 R	8:04.21	1 QF	8:21.00	6 SC/D	8:22.34	5 FD	7:46.55	21

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algerian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas. ^[24]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Hamza Bouras	Men's RS:X	35	36	34	35	DNF	26	31	DNF	36	DNF	36	24	EL	367	36
Katia Belabas	Women's RS:X	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	25	27	27	27	27	27	27	EL	290	26
Imène Cherif-Sahraoui	Women's Laser Radial	33	35	36	34	DNF	DNF	35	38	DNS	DNC	—		EL	362	37

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has qualified one shooter to compete in the men's 10 m air rifle by virtue of his best finish at the African Continental Championships, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016. ^{[25] [26]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chafik Bouaoud	Men's 10 m air rifle	612.1	47	did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algerian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ^{[27] [28]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Sahnoune	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.27	25	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.20	31	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 African Championships. ^[29] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016. London 2012 Olympian Walid Bidani and rookie Fatima-Zohra Bouchra were named to Algeria's Olympic roster on 8 July 2016. ^{[30] [31]}

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Walid Bidani	Men's +105 kg	190 NR	10	220 NR	14	410 NR	13
Fatima-Zohra Bouchra	Women's +75 kg	87	16	105	15	192	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algeria has qualified a total of three wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic wrestling tournament. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2015 UWW World Championships, while two additional licenses were awarded to Algerian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament. ^[32]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tarek Benaissa	−66 kg	Bye	Tsarev  (KGZ) W 3–0 PO	Chunayev  (AZE) L 1–4 SP	did not advance				8
Adem Boudjemline	−85 kg	Bye	Bayryakov  (BUL) L 0–3 PO	did not advance					17
Hamza Haloui	−98 kg	Guri  (BUL) L 0–4 ST	did not advance						17

See also

• Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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