Algeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Algeria at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.coa.dz/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina ; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	30 in 11 sports
Medals ; Ranked 64th	Gold0Silver5Bronze0Total5
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ;

Last updated July 30, 2025

Algeria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Fateh Benferdjallah	Wrestling	Boys' freestyle 80 kg	14 October
Silver	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Athletics	Boys' 800 metres	15 October
Silver	Loubna Benhadja	Athletics	Girls' 400 metre hurdles	16 October
Silver	Farid Douibi	Boxing	Boys' middleweight	17 October
Silver	Mohamed Amine Hacid	Boxing	Boys' heavyweight	17 October

Mixed NOC

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Team	Date
Bronze	Yassamine Djellab	Judo	Mixed team	Rio de Janeiro	10 October
Bronze	Ahmed Rebahi	Judo	Mixed team	London	10 October

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Stage 1	Stage 2	Final Placing
Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Men's 800m	1:50.08	1:51.66
Hamdani Benahamed	Men's 1500m/Cross Country	4:01.72	DNF	DNF
Mohamed A Zadi	Men's 110m Hurdles	14.46	14.50	15
Bilel Afer	Men's High Jump	2.00	1.98	12
Said Khoufache	Men's 5000m Race Walk	22:00.00	23:39.49	13
Loubna Benhadja	Women's 400m Hurdles	1:00.98	59.70

Badminton

Algeria qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Halla Bouksani	Girls' singles	Wang Zhiyi (CHN) L (10–21 10–21)	Hirari Mizui (JPN) L (1–21 9–21)	Léonice Huet (FRA) L (15–21 10–21)	4	Did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Gamma Halla Bouksani (ALG) Uriel Canjura (ESA) Joel Koh (SGP) Li Shifeng (CHN) Alonso Medel (CHI) Fernanda Saponara Rivva (PER) Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (IND)	Mixed Teams	Omega (MIX) L (99–110)	Sigma (MIX) L (86–110)	Theta (MIX) W (110–107)	3Q	Alpha (MIX) L (94–110)	Did not advance		5

Boxing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hichem Maouche	-52 kg	Clancy (IRL) L0–5	Price (GBR) L0–5	Did not advance	Naeemi (AFG) WWO	5
Farid Douibi	-75 kg	Bye	Jiménez (VEN) W5–0	Poutoa (SAM) W5–0	Machado (BRA) L0–5
Mohamed-Amine Hacid	-91 kg	Bye	Matthes (SAM) W5–0	Mikušťák (CZE) W3–2	Oralbay (KAZ) L0–5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ichrak Chaib	-75 kg	Bye	Brillaux (FRA) L0–5	Ryabets (KAZ) L0–5	4

Fencing

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[3]

Gymnastics

Artistic

Algeria qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship,^[4] however they did not participate in the competition.

Trampoline

Algeria qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Noureddine Younes Belkhir	Boys'	91.965	10	Did not advance

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Kohei Uchimura (Blue)	Daryna Plokhotniuk (UKR) Oleksandr Madei (UKR)	10	—			407	8
	Abdulaziz Mirvaliev (UZB)	—	115	—
	Michael Torres (PUR)		117
	Ondřej Kalný (CZE)		–
	Amelie Morgan (GBR)		20
	Tang Xijing (CHN)		9
	Csenge Bácskay (HUN)		5
	Josephine Juul Møller (NOR)	—		34	—
	Denisa Stoian (ROU)			47
	Anna Kamenshchikova (BLR)			22
	Noureddine-Younes Belkhir (ALG)	—			21
	Emily Mussmann (SUI)	—			7
Team Rosie MacLennan (Light Blue)	Noa Kazado Yakar (ISR) Yonatan Fridman (ISR)	9	—			441	11
	Sam Dick (NZL)	—	79	—
	Gabriel Burtănete (ROU)		14
	Yin Dehang (CHN)		32
	Emma Spence (CAN)		26
	Nazlı Savranbaşı (TUR)		57
	Sofia Nair (ALG)		22
	Tia Sobhy (EGY)	—		99	—
	Azra Dewan (RSA)			93
	Lina Wahada (TUN)			-
	Benny Wizani (AUT)	—			8
	Yuki Okuno (JPN)	—			10

Judo

Algeria qualified two competitors based on the International Judo Federation World ranking list.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Rebahi	−81 kg	Mohamed Fahmy (EGY) W 11s1–0s3	Young (CAN) W 10s1–0	Bezděk (CZE) L 0s1–1	van Dijk (NED) L 1s2–10	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yassamine Djellab	−63 kg	Brothers (AUS) L 0s1–1s1	Did not advance		Bozkurt (TUR) L 0–10	Did not advance	9

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rio de Janeiro Erza Muminoviq (KOS) Milana Charygulyyeva (TKM) Yassamine Djellab (ALG) Metka Lobnik (SLO) Jamshed Sulaimoni (TJK) Sultan Zhenishbekov (KGZ) Abrek Naguchev (RUS) Fleury Nihozeko (BDI)	Mixed team	Sydney (MIX) W 4-3	Atlanta (MIX) W 5-4	Athens (MIX) L 3-5	Did not advance
London Yangchen Wangmo (BHU) Noemi Huayhuameza Orneta (PER) Rachel Krapman (CAN) Edith Ortiz (ECU) Daniel Leutgeb (AUT) João Santos (BRA) Ahmed Rebahi (ALG) Bekarys Saduakas (KAZ)	Mixed team	Bye	Moscow (MIX) W 4-3	Beijing (MIX) L 0-7	Did not advance

Rowing

Algeria qualified 3 competitors (1 male and 2 female) for the games.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neil Nekkache	Single sculls	Bye			4	1:54.50	3	2	1:49.44	3	1:45.20	2	1:43.30	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nihed Benchadli Rahma Amira Sebbouh	Pair	—	4:24.28	12	1	1:55.57	4	2	2:00.23	4	—		1:52.54	4

Sailing

Algeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[5]^[6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Imad Eddine Brighet	Techno 293+	16	19	DNF	19	CAN	19	22	22	20	22	21	UDF	23	203	23

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Lina Tessa Ait Ali Slimane	Techno 293+	BFD	22	DNF	22	CAN	21	23	21	21	23	DNF	20	21	194	22

Swimming

Algeria qualified 3 competitors in swimming for the games.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdellah Ardjoune	50 m backstroke	26.38	11 Q	26.64	13	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	56.93	13 Q	56.86	14	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:04.91	14	Did not advance
Moncef Aymen Balamane	50 m breaststroke	29.30	19	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:03.72	15 Q	1:03.35	13	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.61	24	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.73	34	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.39	5 Q	—		2:04.17	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Majda Chebaraka	200 m freestyle	2:10.39	32	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Algiera qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.^[7]^[8]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Farid Saadi	Boys' +85 kg	138	6	170	6	308	6
Nour El Houda Sabri	Girls' 53 kg	47	8	70	8	117	8

Wrestling

Algeria qualified three wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. ^[9]

Key:

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

Boys' freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final / BM / CR
		Opposition Result		Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Opposition Result	Rank
Oussama Laribi	−55 kg	Whitt (GUM) W 10–0 ^ST	Almendra (ARG) L 4–5 ^PP	Ostapenko (UKR) L 0–10 ^ST	4
Fateh Benferdjallah	−80 kg	Yairegpie (FSM) W 10–0 ^ST	Lee (CAN) W 8–7 ^PP	Tembotov (RUS) L 0–10 ^ST

Boys' Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final / BM
		Opposition Result		Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Abdelhakim Merikhi	−60 kg	Hovhannisyan (ARM) L 0–10 ^ST	Chkhikvadze (GEO) L 1–4 ^SP	Kellner (NZL) W 10–2 ^SP	5

References

↑ NOC Schedule Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine buenosaires2018.com
↑ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
1 2 "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ "YOG Places Decided as African Champions Draw to a Close". Techno 293 Plus. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
↑ "Boys Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
↑ "Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
↑ "2018 African Championships". UWW . 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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[1] NOC Schedule Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine buenosaires2018.com

[2] "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[3] "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[Gymnastics-4] 1 2 "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[5] "YOG Places Decided as African Champions Draw to a Close". Techno 293 Plus. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[6] "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[7] "Boys Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[8] "Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[9] "2018 African Championships". UWW . 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea‑Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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