Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Algeria at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	45 (27 men and 18 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Yasser Triki & Amina Belkadi
Officials	Kheireddine Barbari, chef de mission
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Frankreich (1896–1960)

Algeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1964, Algerian athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except Montreal 1976, as part of the Congolese-led boycott.^[1]

Algeria garnered some controversy due to boxer Imane Khelif having previously barred from 2022 and 2023 sporting events due to not meeting the International Boxing Association determination of sex to compete as a woman. Khelif later became the first female boxer from Algeria to win an Olympic medal.^[2]

Competitors

Kheireddine Barbari will be Algeria's chef de mission at the Games.^[3]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	1	8
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	2	3	5
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Fencing	1	3	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	2	1	3
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	6	2	8
Total	27	18	45

Athletics

Algerian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[4]^[5]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Djamel Sedjati	Men's 800 m
Slimane Moula
Mohamed Ali Gouaned
Amine Bouanani	Men's 110 m hurdles
Bilal Tabti	Men's 3000 m steeplechase			—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yasser Triki	Men's triple jump
Oussama Khennoussi	Men's discus throw
Zahra Tatar	Women's hammer throw

Badminton

Algeria entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings; marking the nation returning to the sports since the last participation in 2008.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Mixed doubles	Seo S-j / Chae Y-j (KOR) L (10–21, 7–21)	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) L (14–21, 9–21)	Tabeling / Piek (NED) L (18–21, 9–21)	4	Did not advance

Boxing

Algeria entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Roumaysa Boualam (women's flyweight), Hadjila Khelif (women's lightweight) and Imane Khelif (women's welterweight) secured a spots in their respective division by advancing to the final match, while Jugurtha Ait Bekka (men's lightweight) and Mourad Kadi (men's super heavyweight) secured a sports in the respective division by winning the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jugurtha Ait Bekka	Men's 63.5 kg	Bye	Álvarez (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Mourad Kadi	Men's +92 kg	Bye	Aboudou Moindze (FRA) L 1–4
Roumaysa Boualam	Women's 50 kg	Bye	Villegas (PHI) L 0-5
Hadjila Khelif	Women's 60 kg	Bye	Šadrina (SRB) L 0–5
Imane Khelif	Women's 66 kg	Bye	Carini (ITA) W ABD	Hámori (HUN) W 5-0	Suwannapheng (THA)

Canoeing

Slalom

Algerian canoeists confirmed a boat in the women's K-1 for the Games, by virtue of the re-allocation of unused Oceanian continental spots.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank
Carole Bouzidi	Women's K-1	99.41	14	99.50	17	99.41	19 Q	106.75	14	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Algeria entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Algeria secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Zeit	Rank
Yacine Hamza	Men's road race	DNF
Nesrine Houili	Women's road race

Fencing

Algeria entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Salim Heroui qualified as the highest ranked individual fencer, eligible from the African zone; and the women's sabre team qualified by becoming the highest ranked African team through the release of the FIE Official rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Salim Heroui	Men's foil	Jurkiewicz (POL) L 8–15	Did not advance
Saoussen Boudiaf	Women's sabre	Kravatska (UKR) L 8–15
Zohra Nora Kehli		Daghfous (TUN) L 12–15
Chaima Benadouda		Sarybay (KAZ) L 9–15
Saoussen Boudiaf Zohra Nora Kehli Chaima Benadouda Abik Boungab*	Women's team sabre	—			Frankreich L 32-45	Vereinigte Staaten L 28-45	Italien L 27-45	8

Gymnastics

Artistic

For the first time since 2016, Algeria qualified one female gymnast. Kaylia Nemour secured her spots directly for the games, by being among the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the all-around event, at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Kaylia Nemour	All-around	14.000	15.600	13.200	13.166	55.966	5 Q	14.033	15.533	13.233	13.100	55.899	5

Judo

Algeria qualified three judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Africa.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Messaoud Dris	Men's −73 kg	Batul (ISR) L DSQ	Did not advance
Mohamed Lili	Men's +100 kg	Magomedomarov (UAE) L 00–10	Did not advance
Amina Belkadi	Women's −63 kg	Barrios (VEN) W 01–00	Leški (SLO) L 01–10	Did not advance

Rowing

Algerian rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank
Sid Ali Boudina	Men's single sculls	7:02.94	4 R	7:10.23	1 QF	7:06.31	5 SC/D	6:57.06	3 FC	6:51.99	18
Nihed Benchadli	Women's single sculls	8:06.62	5 R	8:10.34	3 SE/F	—		8:34.67	1 FE	7:54.25	25

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

Algerian sailors qualified one boats in the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt.^[10]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening series																						Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Net points	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Rami Boudrouma	Men's IQFoil	22	21	19	20	24	22	17	22	20	24	23	~~DNF~~	24	Cancelled							234	24	Did not advance

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Algerian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kocelia Adoul	Men's 10 m air rifle	613.4	49	Did not advance
Samir Bouchireb	Men's 10 m air pistol	563	29
Houda Chaabi	Women's 10 m air rifle	DNS

Swimming

Algeria sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank
Jaouad Syoud	Men's 200 m medley	1:59.41	15 Q	2:00.13	15	Did not advance
Nesrine Medjahed	Women's 100 m freestyle	57.34	24	Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

Algeria entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Mehdi Bouloussa qualified for the games following the triumph of winning one of the four available quota places at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda; meanwhile, Lynda Loghraibi qualified for the games through the African continental ranking.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehdi Bouloussa	Men's singles	Bye	Pucar (CRO) L 0–4	Did not advance
Lynda Loghraibi	Women's singles	Bye	Chen (CHN) L 0–4

Weightlifting

Algeria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Walid Bidani (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Walid Bidani	Men's +102 kg

Wrestling

Algeria qualified eight wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fateh Benferdjallah	Men's −86 kg
Ibtissem Doudou	Women's −50 kg
Chaimaa Fouzia Aouissi	Women's −57 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkarim Fergat	Men's −60 kg
Ishak Ghaiou	Men's −67 kg
Abdelkrim Ouakali	Men's −77 kg
Bachir Sid Azara	Men's −87 kg
Fadi Rouabah	Men's −97 kg

References

^ "1976: African countries boycott Olympics". London: BBC. 17 July 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ "Paris 2024: Imane Khelif reduced to tears after historic medal amid gender row". India Today. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Kheireddine Barbari appointed Chef de Mission of the Algerian Olympic delegation". CIJM. June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Athlétisme/JO-2024 : Djamel Sedjati réalise les minimas mais…" [Athletics/Olympics-2024: Djamel Sedjati achieves the minimum but...] (in French). La Gazette Di Fennec. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "African rowers secure their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "FIVE AFRICAN NATIONS EARN PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION IN EGYPT". World Sailing. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Algeria wins 5 Paris quotas at African & Oceania qualifiers; Elsayed falls". United World Wrestling. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^ "Sghaier beats Hamza; New Zealand, Algeria earn historic Paris Olympic spots". United World Wrestling. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^ "Samoa, Australia, South Africa end Olympic drought with Paris spots in Alexandria". United World Wrestling. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

[1] "1976: African countries boycott Olympics". London: BBC. 17 July 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[2] "Paris 2024: Imane Khelif reduced to tears after historic medal amid gender row". India Today. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[cijm-alg-24-3] "Kheireddine Barbari appointed Chef de Mission of the Algerian Olympic delegation". CIJM. June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

[4] "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[5] "Athlétisme/JO-2024 : Djamel Sedjati réalise les minimas mais…" [Athletics/Olympics-2024: Djamel Sedjati achieves the minimum but...] (in French). La Gazette Di Fennec. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[6] "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[7] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[8] "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[9] "African rowers secure their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[10] "FIVE AFRICAN NATIONS EARN PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION IN EGYPT". World Sailing. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[11] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[12] "Algeria wins 5 Paris quotas at African & Oceania qualifiers; Elsayed falls". United World Wrestling. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

[13] "Sghaier beats Hamza; New Zealand, Algeria earn historic Paris Olympic spots". United World Wrestling. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

[14] "Samoa, Australia, South Africa end Olympic drought with Paris spots in Alexandria". United World Wrestling. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

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