Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	36 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
France (1896–1960)

Algeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1964, Algerian athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except Montreal 1976, as part of the Congolese-led boycott. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	2	3	5
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Fencing	1	3	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	6	2	8
Total	21	15	36

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algerian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^{[2] [3]}

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Djamel Sedjati	Men's 800 m
Slimane Moula
Mohamed Ali Gouaned

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yasser Triki	Men's triple jump

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings; marking the nation returning to the sports since the last participation in 2008.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Mixed doubles					—

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Roumaysa Boualam (women's flyweight), Hadjila Khelif (women's lightweight) and Imane Khelif (women's welterweight) secured a spots in their respective division by advancing to the final match, while Jugurtha Ait Bekka (men's lightweight) and Mourad Kadi (men's super heavyweight) secured a sports in the respective division by winning the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jugurtha Ait Bekka	Men's lightweight	0
Mourad Kadi	Men's super heavyweight	—	0
Roumaysa Boualam	Women's flyweight	0
Hadjila Khelif	Women's lightweight	0
Imane Khelif	Women's welterweight	0

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Algerian canoeists confirmed a boat in the women's K-1 for the Games, by virtue of the re-allocation of unused Oceanian continental spots.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carole Bouzidi	Women's K-1

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Algeria entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Algeria secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yacine Hamza	Men's road race
Nesrine Houili	Women's road race

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Salim Heroui qualified as the highest ranked individual fencer, eligible from the African zone; and the women's sabre team qualified by becoming the highest ranked African team through the release of the FIE Official rankings.

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
Salim Heroui	Men's foil
Saoussen Boudiaf	Women's sabre
Zohra Nora Kehli
Kaouther Mohamed Belkebir
Saoussen Boudiaf Zohra Nora Kehli Kaouther Mohamed Belkebir Abik Boungab*	Women's team sabre	—

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

For the first time since 2016, Algeria qualified one female gymnast. Kaylia Nemour secured her spots directly for the games, by being among the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the all-around event, at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ^[6]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Kaylia Nemour	All-around

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algerian rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sid Ali Boudina	Men's single sculls
Nihed Benchadli	Women's single sculls

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 articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algerian sailors qualified one boats in the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt. ^[8]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																									Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
Rami Boudrouma	Men's IQFoil										—

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algerian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kocelia Adoul	Men's 10 m air rifle
Samir Bouchireb	Men's 10 m air pistol
Houda Chaabi	Women's 10 m air rifle
Kocelia Adoul Houda Chaabi	Mixed 10 m air rifle team

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Mehdi Bouloussa qualified for the games following the triumph of winning one of the four available quota places, in their respective event, through the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda; meanwhile Lynda Loghraibi qualified for the games through the African continental ranking.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehdi Bouloussa	Men's singles
Lynda Loghraibi	Women's singles

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Walid Bidani (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Walid Bidani	Men's +102 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Algeria qualified eight wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fateh Benferdjallah	Men's −86 kg
Ibtissem Doudou	Women's −50 kg
Chaimaa Fouzia Aouissi	Women's −57 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkarim Fergat	Men's −60 kg
Ishak Ghaiou	Men's −67 kg
Abdelkrim Ouakali	Men's −77 kg
Bachir Sid Azara	Men's −87 kg
Fadi Rouabah	Men's −97 kg

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