Algeria_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Algeria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Algeria at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Atlanta
Competitors	45 (39 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Karim El-Mahouab
Medals; Ranked 34th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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	France (1896–1960)

Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.^[1]

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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

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amar Hecini	400 metres	DSQ		did not advance
Adem Hecini	800 metres	1:47.23	26	N/A		did not advance
Ahmed Krama	1500 metres	3:42.09	35	N/A		did not advance
Noureddine Morceli	1500 metres	3:41.95	21 Q	N/A		3:32.88	1 Q	3:35.78
Aïssa Bel Aout	5000 metres	13:51.96	5 Q	N/A		14:04.56	15 Q	14:06.52	15
Réda Benzine	5000 metres	14:03.06	23 Q	N/A		13:37.52	8 q	13:42.34	13

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athletes	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nouria Mérah-Benida	800 metres	2:02.44	24	N/A		did not advance
Hassiba Boulmerka	1500 metres	4:09.96	11 Q	N/A		4:23.86	23	did not advance

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
Abdelaziz Boulehia	Bantamweight	Tsiripidis (GRE) W 10-6	Malakhbekov (RUS) L (RSC-3)	Did not advance
Noureddine Madjhoud	Featherweight	Aragón (CUB) L 9-6	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
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

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
Ferial Salhi	Women's foil individual	Liang (CHN) L 15-7	did not advance

Algeria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Result
Salima Souakri	Extra-Lightweight	5
Lynda Mekzine	Half-Lightweight	9

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		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		9:09.92	17

Athletes	Events	Snatch		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