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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 Moscow, because of the African boycott.

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 61 athletes, who attended the London Games four years earlier.[1] 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.[2][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

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

Men
Track & road events
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Combined events – 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
Women
Track & road events
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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohamed Flissi Flyweight Bye  Asenov (BUL)
W 3–0 		 Finol (VEN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Fahem Hammachi Bantamweight  de Jesus (BRA)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Reda Benbaziz Lightweight  Abdelaal (EGY)
W 3–0 		 Abdurashidov (RUS)
W 3–0 		 Otgondalai (MGL)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Abdelkader Chadi Light welterweight  Teixeira (BRA)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Zohir Kedache Welterweight  Donnelly (IRL)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Ilyas Abbadi Middleweight  Ngamissengue (CGO)
W 3–0 		 Alimkhanuly (KAZ)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Abdelhafid Benchabla Light heavyweight Bye  Ramirez (VEN)
W 2–0 		 Buatsi (GBR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Chouaib Bouloudinat Heavyweight Bye  St-Pierre (MRI)
L 1–2 		Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

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

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Template:2016 Summer Olympics Algeria men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football group D standings

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game D1

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game D4

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game D6

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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.[16][17]

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

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 May 30, 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.[18][19]

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

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algerian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas.[20]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Hamza Bouras RS:X 35 36 34 35 DNF 26 31 DNF 36 DNF 36 24 EL 367 36
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Katia Belabas RS:X DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 25 27 27 27 27 27 27 EL 290 26
Imène Cherif-Sahraoui 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

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 March 31, 2016.[21][22]

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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)):[23][24]

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[25] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016. London 2012 Olympian Walid Bidani and rookie Fatima-Zohra Bouchra were named to Algeria's Olympic roster on July 8, 2016.[26][27]

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[28]

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

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