Algeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Algeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Barcelona
Competitors	35 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Algeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation won its first ever gold medal at these Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hassiba Boulmerka	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	8 August
Bronze	Hocine Soltani	Boxing	Featherweight	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	1	9
Boxing	8	–	8
Judo	2	1	3
Swimming	1	0	1
Volleyball	10	0	10
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	33	2	35

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Réda Abdenouz	800 m	1:46.82	10 Q	1:46.06	6 q	1:48.34	7
Noureddine Morceli	1500 m	3:37.98	14 Q	3:39.22	8 Q	3:41.70	7
Aïssa Bel Aout	5000 m	15:02.76	50	N/A		Did not advance
Mohamed Salmi	Marathon	N/A				2:26:56	59
Azzedine Brahmi	3000 m steeplechase	8:28.01	8 Q	8:25.85	6 Q	8:20.71	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yacine Mousli	High jump	2.10	=33	did not advance
Abdelkader Klouchi	Long jump	5.33	46	did not advance
Lotfi Khaïda	Triple jump	16.31	23	did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hassiba Boulmerka	1500 m	4:09.91	15 Q	4:03.81	2 Q	3:55.30

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohamed Haioun	Light-Flyweight	Barbu (ROM) L 11-2	Did not advance
Yacine Sheikh	Flyweight	Filippov (EUN) W 5-3	Peden (AUS) L (KO)	Did not advance
Slimane Zengli	Bantamweight	Zhang (CHN) W 4-0	Achik (MAR) L 12-8	Did not advance
Hocine Soltani	Featherweight	Maglioni (ARG) W (RSCH-1)	Gerena (PUR) W 23-0	Damián Sosa (DOM) W 13-4	Tews (GER) L 11-1	Did not advance
Laïd Bouneb	Light-Welterweight	Gollen (IND) W 11-4	Henry (BAR) W 17-3	Leduc (CAN) L 8-1	Did not advance
Noureddine Meziane	Light-Middleweight	Syed (PAK) W 7-0	Klemetsen (NOR) L 14-3	Did not advance
Ahmed Dine	Middleweight	Russo (ITA) W 6-4	Joval (NED) W 22-14	Byrd (USA) L 21-2	Did not advance
Mohamed Ben Guesmia	Light-Heavyweight	Yant (VEN) W 15-11	Bartnik (POL) L 14-3	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Result
Abdelhakim Harkat	Half-Lightweight	=17
Meziane Dahmani	Lightweight	=9

Women

Athlete	Event	Result
Salima Souakri	Extra-Lightweight	=5

Swimming

Men

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abderzak Bella	100 m breaststroke	1:07.88	46	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.35	42	Did not advance

Volleyball

Men

Team roster:

• Tayeb ElHadi BenKhelfallah
• Krimo Bernaoui
• Ali Dif
• Faycal Gharzouli
• Mourad Malaoui
• Adel Sennoun
• Mourad Sennoun
• Foudil Taalba
• Faycal Tellouche
• Lies Tizi-Oualou

Preliminary round - Pool B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	5	0	248	165	1.503	15	2	7.500
2	Cuba	9	5	4	1	231	180	1.283	13	5	2.600
3	Unified Team	8	5	3	2	229	205	1.117	11	7	1.571
4	Netherlands	7	5	2	3	218	181	1.204	8	9	0.889
5	South Korea	6	5	1	4	142	212	0.670	3	12	0.250
6	Algeria	5	5	0	5	100	225	0.444	0	15	0.000

July 26, 1992 15:00	Algeria	0–3	Unified Team
	(8–15, 7–15, 4–15, –––, –––)

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July 28, 1992 10:30	Cuba	3–0	Algeria
	(15–4, 15–3, 15–2, –––, –––)

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August 30, 1992 15:00	Algeria	0–3	South Korea
	(8–15, 11–15, 12–15, –––, –––)

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August 1, 1992 15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Algeria
	(15–2, 15–5, 15–4, –––, –––)

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August 3, 1992 17:30	Algeria	0–3	Brazil
	(8–15, 13–15, 9–15, –––, –––)

Weightlifting

Athletes	Events	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Azzedine Basbas	-60 kg	115	=19	150	=11	265	16
Abdelmaanane Yahiaoui	-67.5 kg	140	=4	175	=3	315	4

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athletes	Events	Eliminatory round						Final round	Rank
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
Mazouz Ben Djedaa	Lightweight	Chamangoli (IRI) L 6-0	Kim (KOR) L 15-0	Eliminated
Youssef Bouguerra	Welterweight	Marchl (AUT) L 11-3	Kornbakk (SWE) L 17-1	Eliminated

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database