The Algeria national judo team represents Algeria at the international judo competitions such as Olympic Games or World Judo Championships.
Algeria has 9 participations in the Summer Olympic of 27 editions held from 1896 to 2016.
Competition | Medal table | ||||
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Tot. | Rank | ||||
Summer Olympics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
Paralympic Games | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Universiade | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
World Championships | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
Mediterranean Games | 6 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 8 |
African Games | 53 | 24 | 38 | 105 | 1 |
African Championships | 67 | 50 | 82 | 199 | 0 |
Total | 129 | 82 | 152 | 363 |
Medal | Name | Games | Event | Date |
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Soraya Haddad | Women's -52 kg | 10 August 2008 | ||
Amar Benikhlef | Men's -90 kg | 13 August 2008 | ||
Medal | Name | Games | Event | Date |
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Messaoud Nine | Men's Middleweight 90kg | 20 September 2004 | ||
Mouloud Noura | Men -60 kg | 7 September 2008 | ||
Sidali Lamri | Men -66 kg | 7 September 2008 | ||
Zoubida Bouazoug | Women's +70 kg | 9 September 2008 | ||
Mouloud Noura | Men's 60 kg | 30 August 2012 | ||
Sid Ali Lamri | Men's 66 kg | 30 August 2012 | ||
Zoubida Bouazoug | Women's +70 kg | 1 September 2012 | ||
Medal | Name | Games | Event | Date |
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Abderahmane Benamadi | Men's Half-middleweight | |||
Soraya Haddad | Women's Extra-lightweight | |||
Medal | Name | Games | Event |
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Meriem Moussa | Women's Extra-lightweight (48 kg) | ||
Meriem Moussa | Women's Half-lightweight (−52 kg) |
Final results for the Judo events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:
The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games.
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