Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ALG
NPC	Algerian National Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	60 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 16
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Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. ^[1] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability. ^[2]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	6	19
Goalball	6	6	12
Judo	2	1	3
Powerlifting	1	1	2
Wheelchair basketball	12	12	24
Total	34	26	60

Medallists

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Algeria finished the Games ranked fourth among African nations for total gold medals won in Rio with 4. They were behind Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia. Algeria finished with 16 medals total. ^[3]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Abdellatif Baka Athletics Men's 1500 metres T13 11 September  Gold Nassima Saifi Athletics Women's discus throw F56/57 15 September  Gold Samir Nouioua Athletics Men's 1500 metres T46 16 September  Gold Asmahan Boudjadar Athletics Women's shot put F33 16 September  Silver Lahouari Bahlaz Athletics Men's shot put F32 8 September  Silver Nassima Saifi Athletics Women's shot put F56/57 8 September  Silver Mounia Gasmi Athletics Women's club throw F31/32 9 September  Silver Kamel Kardjena Athletics Men's shot put F33 10 September  Silver Mohamed Berrahal Athletics Men's 100 metres T51 13 September  Bronze Cherine Abdellaoui Judo Women's 52 kg 8 September  Bronze Nadia Medjemedj Athletics Women's shot put F56/57 8 September  Bronze Nadia Medjemedj Athletics Women's javelin throw F56 10 September  Bronze Madjid Djemai Athletics Men's 1500 metres T37 11 September  Bronze Lynda Hamri Athletics Women's long jump T12 13 September  Bronze Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 15 September  Bronze Sofiane Hamdi Athletics Men's 400 metres T37 16 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 4 5 6 15 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 4 5 7 16 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 8 September 0 2 2 4 2 9 September 0 1 0 1 3 10 September 0 1 1 2 4 11 September 1 0 1 2 6 13 September 0 1 1 2 8 15 September 1 0 1 2 9 16 September 2 0 1 3 Total 4 5 7 16 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Nassima Saifi Athletics 1 1 0 2 Nadia Medjemedj Athletics 0 0 2 2

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Key1 WR = World record PR = Paralympic record AF = African record RR = Regional record NR = National record SB = Seasonal best record PB = Personal best record

Key2 Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men's Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdellatif Baka	1500 metres T13	—		3:48.29 WR
Fouad Baka		—		3:49.84 PB	4
Madjid Djemai	1500 metres T37	—		4:17.28
Sofiane Hamdi	100 metres T37	12.08	5	Did not advance
Sofiane Hamdi	400 metres T37	54.28	3 Q	53.01 SB
Mohamed Berrahal	100 metres T51	—		21.70
Mohamed Berrahal	400 metres T51	—		1:24.06	4
Sid Ali Bouzourine	400 metres T36	—		1:00.22	7
Sid Ali Bouzourine	800 metres T36	—		2:15.03	4
Abdellatif Baka	400 metres T13	50.15	2 Q	DNS
Fouad Baka		49.04 PB	3 Q	49.09	4
Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou		49.08	1 Q	48.04 PB
Samir Nouioua	1500 metres T46	—		3:59.46 SB

Men's Field

Athlete	Events	Mark(m)	Rank
Lahouari Bahlaz	Shot Put F32	9.40
Abderrahim Missouni		8.17	6
Karim Betina		7.27	9
Lahouari Bahlaz	club throw F32	DNS
Abderrahim Missouni		DNS
Mounir Bakiri		DNS
Kamel Kardjena	Shot Put F33	10.94
Firas Bentria	long jump F11	5.59	9

Women's Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lynda Hamri	100 metres T12	13.52 q	2	13.80	4	Did not advance

Women's Field

Athlete	Events	Mark(m)	Rank
Louadjeda Benoumessad	javelin throw F34	16.96	5
Nadia Medjemedj	javelin throw F56	20.24
Nassima Saifi	shot put F56/57	10.77
Nadia Medjemedj		9.92
Safia Djelal		NM
Mounia Gasmi	club throw F32	25.41 PB
Lynda Hamri	long jump T12	5.53 SB
Nassima Saifi	discus throw F57	33.33
Safia Djelal		27.34	4
Mounia Gasmi	shot put F32	3.99	4
Asmahan Boudjadar	shot put F33	5.72

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Algeria's men enter the tournament ranked 12th in the world. ^[4] The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[5]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Samir Belhouchat	B2	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 41)
2	Ishak Boutaleb	B1	(1987-04-23)23 April 1987 (aged 29)
3	Imad Eddine Godmane	B1	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 25)
4	Abdelhalim Larbi	B1	(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 32)
5	Mohamed Mokrane	B2	(1974-10-09)9 October 1974 (aged 41)
6	Djilali Chenaoui	B3	(1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 24)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	4	0	0	42	15	+27	12	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	33	23	+10	9
3	Germany	4	1	0	3	24	26	−2	3
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	26	39	−13	3
5	Algeria	4	1	0	3	25	47	−22	3

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

8 September 2016 13:15	Algeria	0–10	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
		Report	Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1

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9 September 2016 17:30	Sweden	12–6	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Weichel 5 Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3	Report	Belhouchat 5 Mokrane 1

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11 September 2016 09:00	Brazil	12–2	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
	Moreno 6 Marques 3 Sousa 2 Celente 1	Report	Mokrane 2

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12 September 2016 11:30	Algeria	17–13	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Mokrane 9 Godmane 6 Larbi 1 Boutaleb 1	Report	Nesbitt 6 Hache 3 Gaulin 3 Larbi 1 (o.g)

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The Algeria women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after winning the African championship by defeating Egypt 11–1 in the final. ^[6] Other teams participating in the qualifier included Tunisia and Morocco. ^[7] Ghana was scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the event. ^[8] The team played in a Rio warmup tournament in Malmo, Sweden where they finished tenth. ^[9] The national team is coached by Mohamed Bettahrat. ^[9] Algeria's women enter the tournament ranked 23rd in the world. ^[4]

The following is the Algeria roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[10]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Nawel Belhamiti	B1	(1980-06-01)1 June 1980 (aged 36)
2	Cherifa Bouchikhi	B2	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 31)
4	Yamina Belarbi	B3	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 26)
5	Bakhta Benallou	B3	(1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 26)
6	Saida Bourouba	B3	(1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 26)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	3	0	1	25	7	+18	9	Quarter-finals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	25	13	+12	9
3	Japan	4	2	1	1	13	8	+5	7
4	Israel	4	1	1	2	16	15	+1	4
5	Algeria	4	0	0	4	1	37	−36	0

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

9 September 2016 14:30	Algeria	0–10 (walkover)	United States

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10 September 2016 18:45	Israel	10–0 (walkover)	Algeria

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12 September 2016 15:30	Japan	7–1	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
	Temma 3 Kakehata 2 Adachi 2	Report	Benallou 1

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13 September 2016 11:30	Algeria	0–10	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Dawna Christy (CAN)
		Report	Amorim 6 Custodio 3 Rocha 1

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Algeria earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Noura Mouloud in the men's -60 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class. ^{[11] [12]}

Men

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
Mouloud Noura	Men's -60 kg	Bye	Bologa  (ROU) L 000-000 S	Did not advance	Minjae  (KOR) L 000-010	Did not advance
Mehdi Meskine	Men's -73 kg	Gavilan  (ESP) W 000-000 S	Sayidov  (UZB) L 000-111	Did not advance		Kitazono  (JPN) L 000-100	Did not advance

Women

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
Cherine Abdellaoui	Women's -52 kg	Bye	Gagne  (CAN) W 000-000 S	Martinet  (FRA) L 000-100	Did not advance		Ferreira  (BRA) W 001-000

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Samira Guerioua qualified to represent Algeria at the 2016 Games in powerlifting. The 32-year-old is a member of the Bir Mourad Rais club. Nationally, she is coached by Mohamed-Salah Ben Atta. ^[13]

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Samira Guerioua	-45 kg	85.0	6
Hocine Bettir	-65 kg	NMR

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. ^[14] The team participated in the Arab Championship "Open" in July 2016 as part of their Rio preparation efforts. At the event, Algeria defeated Iraq by a score of 48–24, Morocco by a score of 77–72, South Africa by a score of 79–53, Kuwait by a score of 87-25 and Saudi Arabia by a score of 63–33. Nabil Gueddoun led his team in scoring going into elimination play. ^[15]

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[16]

Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team – 2016 Summer Paralympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. F 4 Mohamed Reda Bentrat 38 – (1978-07-07)7 July 1978 C 5 Faical Cheraitia 35 – (1981-08-09)9 August 1981 G 6 Ayoub Badrane 22 – (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 F 7 Rafik Mansouri 35 – (1980-10-07)7 October 1980 G 8 Mostefa Abassi 38 – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 F 9 Nabil Guedoun 39 – (1977-08-04)4 August 1977 G 10 Djamal Hamache 45 – (1970-10-24)24 October 1970 C 12 Abdelkarim Megueddem 30 – (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 F 13 Abderraouf Abbad 29 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 G 14 Nouri Ksouri 40 – (1975-11-30)30 November 1975 C 15 Bilel Ayache 35 – (1981-06-02)2 June 1981	Head coach Lahcene Tagmi Assistant coach(es) Mustapha Brahimi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 10 September 2016

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	402	206	+196	10	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	5	4	1	364	263	+101	9
3	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	309	314	−5	7 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Germany	5	2	3	337	314	+23	7 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Iran	5	2	3	295	361	−66	7 [lower-alpha 1]	9th/10th place playoff
6	Algeria	5	0	5	187	436	−249	5	11th/12th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Brazil 3 pts, +11 PD; Germany 3 pts, +6 PD; Iran 3 pts, −17 PD

8 September 2016 11:45

Report

Great Britain	93–31	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:23–10, 20–13, 20–6, 30–2
Pts: Sagar 19 Rebs: Sagar 11 Asts: Brown, Warburton 7		Pts: Ayache, Mansouri 8 Rebs: Abassi, Guedoun 5 Asts: Guedoun 5

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana

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9 September 2016 21:00

Report

Algeria	43–82	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 10–18, 4–23, 13–20
Pts: Guedoun 24 Rebs: Guedoun 12 Asts: Mansouri 5		Pts: Candido Sanchez 24 Rebs: Candido Sanchez, De Miranda 9 Asts: Candido Sanchez 7

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nurredin Bilmez

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10 September 2016 18:00

Report

Germany	97–41	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:22–14, 32–3, 33–16, 20–8
Pts: Bohme 29 Rebs: Bienek 8 Asts: Bienek 11		Pts: Guedoun 22 Rebs: Guedoun 8 Asts: Guedoun 6

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexandre Lapointe

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11 September 2016 18:00

Report

Algeria	24–92	United States
Scoring by quarter: 4–27, 6–22, 2–24, 12–19
Pts: Guedoun 10 Rebs: Abassi 4 Asts: Guedoun 5		Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Jennifer 5 Asts: Serio 9

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana

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12 September 2016 14:00

Report

Iran	72–48	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:24–14, 19–13, 13–12, 16–9
Pts: Abedi 23 Rebs: Gholamazad 12 Asts: Hadiazhar 7		Pts: Guedoun 16 Rebs: Ayache 5 Asts: Guedoun 9

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Krunoslav Peic

11th/12th place playoff

14 September 2016 19:30

Report

Canada	70–51	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:13–5, 17–17, 20–15, 20–14
Pts: Goncin 19 Rebs: Miller 7 Asts: Hedges 6		Pts: Guedoun 22 Rebs: Guedoun 8 Asts: Guedoun 8

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Philip Haines

Women's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. ^[14] As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not choose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China. ^[17]

The following is the Algeria roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[18]

Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team – 2016 Summer Paralympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. F 4 Nebia Mehimda 31 – (1985-07-31)31 July 1985 G 5 Naoual Khedir 29 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987 F 6 Yamina Ghoul 44 – (1972-08-30)30 August 1972 C 7 Menouba Foulani 35 – (1981-03-15)15 March 1981 F 8 Houria Moussa 28 – (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 G 9 Djamila Khemgani 34 – (1982-01-12)12 January 1982 F 10 Halima Kedjoun 30 – (1986-01-23)23 January 1986 F 11 Dahbia Semati 40 – (1976-09-06)6 September 1976 C 12 Kheira Zairi 31 – (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 F 13 Zohra Sellami 34 – (1982-03-14)14 March 1982 G 14 Samiha Abdelali 28 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 C 15 Nourhane Boublal 23 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993	Head coach Djawed Zigh Assistant coach(es) Mohammed Tahar Kisrane Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 10 September 2016

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	288	138	+150	8	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	4	3	1	300	148	+152	7
3	China	4	2	2	212	187	+25	6
4	France	4	1	3	178	266	−88	5
5	Algeria	4	0	4	93	332	−239	4	9th/10th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

8 September 2016 21:00

Report

Algeria	16–88	China
Scoring by quarter: 6–23, 0–18, 2–30, 8–17
Pts: Khemgani 6 Rebs: Khemgani 8		Pts: Lyu 19 Rebs: Lei 8 Asts: Long, Deng 7

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nurredin Bilmez

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9 September 2016 17:30

Report

Netherlands	107–29	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:34–10, 27–2, 24–8, 22–9
Pts: Beijer 20 Rebs: van Leeuwen 10 Asts: Huitzing 12		Pts: Khemcani 9 Rebs: Khemcani 6 Asts: Khemcani 3

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Karen Molina

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11 September 2016 17:30

Report

Algeria	33–72	France
Scoring by quarter: 5–23, 8–22, 8–18, 12–9
Pts: Khemgani 12 Rebs: Khemgani 6 Asts: hemgani 5		Pts: Saint Omer Delepine 20 Rebs: Saint Omer Delepine 7 Asts: Etavard Glemp 9

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Milutin Jelenic

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12 September 2016 09:30

Report

United States	65–15	Algeria
Scoring by quarter:19–4, 12–4, 20–2, 14–5
Pts: Schneider 14 Rebs: Dunkin 10 Asts: Dunkin 6		Pts: Khemgani 8 Rebs: Khemgani 8 Asts: Abdelali 1

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana

9th/10th place match

13 September 2016 09:30

Report

Algeria	38–53	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 6–16, 8–14, 14–9
Pts: Foulani 12 Rebs: Zairi 6 Asts: Abdelau 7		Pts: Coronel 20 Rebs: Linari 11 Asts: Olmedo 8

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Jaime Oseguera

See also

• Algeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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