Algeria first competed at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. Algeria has also sent athletes to the Winter Olympic Games on three occasions. The National Olympic Committee for Algeria is the Comité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee), founded in 1963.
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| IOC code | ALG |
| NOC | Algerian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 67th |
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History
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Before independence during the French Algeria period, the Algerian athletes were participating with France, among the most famous, the gold medalists Boughera El Ouafi in 1928, Alain Mimoun in 1956 and many others.[1]
After independence in 1962, Algeria participated in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics with gymnast Mohamed Lazhari. Algeria withdrew from the 1976 Summer Olympics due to the refusal of the IOC to ban countries who had competed in South Africa amidst its apartheid policies.[2][3] Almost every nation in Africa participated in the boycott. South Africa itself had been banned from the Olympics since 1964.
In the 1980 Summer Olympics Algeria participated for the first time in a team sport, competing in both football and handball. Their first medal came at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where Mustapha Moussa won bronze in boxing.[4][5]
Medal tables
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Medals by sport
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 Athletics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
 Boxing | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
 Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
Athletes with most medals
editOnly two Algerian athletes have won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi, and boxer Hocine Soltani.
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2012–2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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1992–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
Gold medalists
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| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | Athletics | 1970 | 1988–1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Athletics | 1988 | 2007–2021 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Athletics | 1968 | 1988–1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hocine Soltani | Boxing | 1972 | 1991–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | 1970 | 1996–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Kaylia Nemour | Gymnastics | 2006 | 2022– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Imane Khelif | Boxing | 1999 | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
List of medalists
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Flagbearers
editAlgeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament
editSee also
edit- Algeria national athletics team
- List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games
- List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
- Category:Olympic competitors for Algeria
- Algeria at the Paralympics
- Algeria at the African Games
- Algeria at the Mediterranean Games
- Algeria at the Arab Games
- Algeria at the Islamic Solidarity Games
References
edit- ^ "Jeux Olympiques, De Moussa à Makhloufi". La Gazette du Fennec. August 2, 2016.
- ^ "The Montreal Olympics boycott | NZHistory.net.nz, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1976: African countries boycott Olympics". London: News.bbc.co.uk. July 17, 1976. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ "MMustapha Moussa, Los Angeles s'en souviendra". Liberté. Rédaction nationale. July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ "Mustapha Moussa, Une ancienne gloire du noble art algérien". El Watan. Halim B. October 18, 2015.
- ^ Dubault, Fabrice (24 January 2014). "L'histoire invraisemblable de Mehdi Khelifi privé de J.O par l'Algérie". France 3. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
External links
edit- "Algeria". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "Algeria". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/ALG". olympanalyt.com.