title: Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
text: # Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  
  Algeria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 45 competitors, 39 men and 6 women, took part in 29 events in nine sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Noureddine Morceli | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 3 August |
  | Gold | Hocine Soltani | Boxing | Men's lightweight | 4 August |
  | Bronze | Mohamed Bahari | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 1 August |
  
  Medals by sport :
  
  | Sport | | | | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  
  ## Competitors
  
  The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 6 | 2 | 8 |
  | Boxing | 6 | – | 6 |
  | Fencing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Handball | 16 | 0 | 16 |
  | Judo | 4 | 2 | 6 |
  | Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Weightlifting | 3 | – | 3 |
  | Wrestling | 2 | – | 2 |
  | Total | 39 | 6 | 45 |
  
  ## Athletics
  
     ### Track and road events
  
  | Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Amar Hecini | 400 metres | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Adem Hecini | 800 metres | 1:47.23 | 26 | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ahmed Krama | 1500 metres | 3:42.09 | 35 | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Noureddine Morceli | 1500 metres | 3:41.95 | 21 Q | N/A | N/A | 3:32.88 | 1 Q | 3:35.78 | |
  | Aïssa Bel Aout | 5000 metres | 13:51.96 | 5 Q | N/A | N/A | 14:04.56 | 15 Q | 14:06.52 | 15 |
  | Réda Benzine | 5000 metres | 14:03.06 | 23 Q | N/A | N/A | 13:37.52 | 8 q | 13:42.34 | 13 |
  
     ### Track and road events
  
  | Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Nouria Mérah-Benida | 800 metres | 2:02.44 | 24 | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hassiba Boulmerka | 1500 metres | 4:09.96 | 11 Q | N/A | N/A | 4:23.86 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Boxing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
  | Mehdi Assous | Flyweight | Gereo (PNG) W 11-4 | Narváez (ARG) W 20-4 | Lunka (GER) L 19-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Abdelaziz Boulehia | Bantamweight | Tsiripidis (GRE) W 10-6 | Malakhbekov (RUS) L (RSC-3) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Noureddine Madjhoud | Featherweight | Aragón (CUB) L 9-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Hocine Soltani | Lightweight | İşsever (TUR) W 14-2 | Magalhães (BRA) W 11-1 | Shin (KOR) W 16-10 | Doroftei (ROM) W 9-6 | Tontchev (BUL) W 3-3 |
  | Mohamed Alalou | Light-Middleweight | Bulinga (KEN) W 17-3 | Bielski (POL) W 19-8 | Missaoui (TUN) L 16-15 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Mohamed Bahari | Middleweight | Marcus (BAR) W (RSC-2) | Kakauridze (GEO) W 8-5 | Magee (IRL) W 15-9 | Beyleroğlu (TUR) L 11-11 | Did not advance |
  
  ## Fencing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
  | Raouf Salim Bernaoui | Men's sabre individual | Covaliu (ROM) L 15-7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ferial Salhi | Women's foil individual | Liang (CHN) L 15-7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Handball
  
  ### Preliminary group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 114 | +31 | 8 |
  | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 97 | +17 | 8 |
  | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 103 | +10 | 6 |
  | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 112 | +9 | 6 |
  | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 95 | 117 | −22 | 1 |
  | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 145 | −45 | 1 |
  | 24 July 14:30 | Egypt | 19–16 | Algeria |
  | 25 July 10:00 | France | 33–22 | Algeria |
  | 27 July 10:00 | Spain | 20–14 | Algeria |
  | 29 July 14:30 | Germany | 25–23 | Algeria |
  | 31 July 19:00 | Algeria | 20–20 | Brazil |
  
  ### 9th Place Match
  
  | 2 August 10:00 | United States | 27–26 | Algeria |
  | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Team roster
  
  * Amar Daoud
  * Abdelghani Loukil
  * Redouane Aouachria
  * Salim Nedjel Hammou
  * Nabil Rouabhi
  * Redouane Saïdi
  * Ben Ali Beghouach
  * Sofiane Lamali
  * Abdeldjalil Bouanani
  * Mahmoud Bouanik
  * Rabah Gherbi
  * Achour Hasni
  * Sofiane Khalfallah
  * Mohamed Bouziane
  * Salim Abes
  * Karim El-Mahouab
  
  ## Judo
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result |
  | - | - | - |
  | Amar Meridja | Extra-Lightweight | 9 |
  | Abdelhakim Harkat | Lightweight | 13 |
  | Lyes Cherifi | Half-Middleweight | 17 |
  | Kamel Larbi | Heavyweight | 21 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result |
  | - | - | - |
  | Salima Souakri | Extra-Lightweight | 5 |
  | Lynda Mekzine | Half-Lightweight | 9 |
  
  ## Rowing
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Samia Hireche | Single sculls | 9:08.31 | 6 | 9:28.41 | 6 | N/A | N/A | 9:09.92 | 17 |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athletes | Events | Heat | Heat | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Salim Iles | 50 m freestyle | 23.61 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Salim Iles | 100 m freestyle | 50.87 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Salim Iles | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.10 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Weightlifting
  
  | Athletes | Events | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Azzedine Basbas | -64 kg | 120 | 28 | 160 | 12 | 280 | 24 |
  | Fouad Bouzenada | -64 kg | 115 | 29 | 152.5 | 26 | 267.5 | 29 |
  | Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui | -70 kg | 150 | 7 | 185 | 4 | 335 | 5 |
  
  ## Wrestling
  
  ### Freestyle
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Repechage Round 1 | Repechage Round 2 | Repechage Round 3 | Repechage Round 4 | Bronze Medal Bout |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
  | Omar Kedjaouer | -52 kg | Tohuzov (UKR) L 10-0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Rodríguez (MEX) W 2-0 | Topaktaş (TUR) L (fall) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Greco-Roman
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Repechage Round 1 | Repechage Round 2 | Repechage Round 3 | Repechage Round 4 | Bronze Medal Bout |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
  | Youssef Bouguerra | -74 kg | Katayama (JPN) L 13-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Stoyanov (BUL) L 5-0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  