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Algeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Summary

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.

Algeria at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeALG
NOCAlgerian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coa.dz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors64 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Sonia Asselah[1]
Medals
Ranked 62nd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 France (1896–1960)

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 edit

Athletics (track and field) edit

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 edit

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 edit

Road edit

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 edit

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 edit

Men's tournament edit

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 1GK Abdelkader Salhi (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 23) 12 0   ASO Chlef
2 2DF Miloud Rebiaï (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 22) 0 0   ES Sétif
3 2DF Ayoub Abdellaoui (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23) 13 0   USM Alger
4 2DF Abdelghani Demmou* (1989-01-29)29 January 1989 (aged 27) 1 0   MC Alger
5 2DF Ryad Kenniche (c) (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 23) 7 1   ES Sétif
6 3MF Mohamed Benkhemassa (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23) 17 2   USM Alger
7 4FW Baghdad Bounedjah* (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 24) 6 4   Al Sadd SC
8 3MF Haris Belkebla (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 22) 0 0   Tours
9 4FW Mohamed Benkablia (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 22) 0 0   ASM Oran
10 4FW Abderrahmane Meziane (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22) 13 4   USM Alger
11 4FW Zakaria Haddouche (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 21) 9 1   ES Sétif
12 3MF Raouf Benguit (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20) 14 0   USM Alger
13 4FW Oussama Darfalou (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 22) 11 4   USM Alger
14 3MF Sofiane Bendebka* (1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 23) 1 1   NA Hussein Dey
15 2DF Houari Ferhani (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23) 13 0   JS Kabylie
16 1GK Farid Chaâl (1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 22) 0 0   USM El Harrach
17 3MF Zakaria Draoui (1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 22) 6 0   CR Belouizdad
18 4FW Rachid Aït-Atmane (1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23) 1 0   Sporting Gijón
22 1GK 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
Honduras  3–2  Algeria
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 20,000[17]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Argentina  2–1  Algeria
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 37,450[18]
Algeria  1–1  Portugal
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 13,787[19]

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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