Algeria Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Algeria at 2016 Rio Olympics

In 2016 Rio Olympics, Algeria will make its 13th appearance. The nation has participated in all Olympic Games since 1964, except for the 1976 games, which they failed to participate due to the African boycott.

Their first appearance in the winter edition was in the year 1992 when the games were hosted in Albertville, France. Since then, they have participated thrice but are yet to win a medal. Algeria sent its largest delegation of athletes in the summer games of 2004 but sent a measly 38 athletes to 2012 London Olympics.

Algeria’s medal tally

In the 15 Olympic Games that the country has participated – 12 summer and 3 winter games – it has won 15 medals which averages to one medal per event. The medals include 5 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze medals. Algeria is one of those countries that bagged all of their medals in the summer games. The country is ranked 63rd in the worldwide medal ranking.

Players and events at the 2016 Olympics

The team has 40 athletes who have qualified in a number of events. In the 2016 Olympics, they will be participating in athletics, boxing, fencing, cycling, soccer, shooting, sailing, and rowing among others. The team expects to win most of its medals in athletics and boxing which they have had numerous successes in the past.

The team hopes to go beyond their low medal count. Athletes such as Mohamed Flissi (Boxing) and Taoufik Makhloufi (track and field) hold the hopes of a nation in their hands as they await their chance to make their countrymen proud.

However, the opinion held by most sports experts is that anything above four medals will surpass what is expected of them at the games.

The 2016 Games in Numbers

• Sports : 13
• Athletes Participating : 68
• Events : 54

Algeria Olympic Athletes at 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes Name	Sports
Mohamed Flissi	Boxing
Abdelhafid Benchabla	Boxing
Abdelkader Chadi	Boxing
Chouaib Bouloudinats	Boxing
Ilyas Abbadi	Boxing
Reda Benbaziz	Boxing
Fahem Hammachi	Boxing
Youcef Reguigui	Cycling - Road
Abderrahmane Mansouri	Cycling - Road
Victor Sintes	Fencing
Anissa Khelfaoui	Fencing
Farah Boufadene	Gymnastics
Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg	Gymnastics
Sonia Asselah	Judo
Abderahmane Benamadi	Judo
Lyes Bouyakoub	Judo
Mohammed Amine Tayeb	Judo
Houd Zourdani	Judo
Amina Rouba	Rowing
Sid Boudina	Rowing
Hamza Bouras	Sailing
Katia Belabbas	Sailing
Imane Cherif Sahraoui	Sailing
Chafik Bouaoud	Shooting
Baghdad Bounedjah	Soccer
Haris Belkebla	Soccer
Rachid	Soccer
Abdelghani Demmou	Soccer
Abdelraouf Benguit	Soccer
Farid Chaâl	Soccer
Ayoub Abdellaoui	Soccer
Oussama Darfalou	Soccer
Ryad Kenniche	Soccer
Mohamed Benkablia	Soccer
Houari Ferhani	Soccer
Abdelkader Salhi	Soccer
Zakaria Haddouche	Soccer
Mohamed Benkhemassa	Soccer
Sofiane Bendebka	Soccer
Zakaria Draoui	Soccer
Abdelkader Meziane-Bentahar	Soccer
Miloud Rebiai	Soccer
Oussama Sahnoune	Swimming
Taoufik Makhloufi	Track & field
Bilal Tabti	Track & field
Larbi Bourrada	Track & field
Salim Keddar	Track & field
Souad Aït Salem	Track & field
Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Track & field
Kenza Dahmani	Track & field
Amina Bettiche	Track & field
Miloud Rahmani	Track & field
Hicham Bouchicha	Track & field
Yassine Hathat	Track & field
Mohamed Ameur	Track & field
El Hadi Laameche	Track & field
Amine Belferar	Track & field
Ali Messaoudi	Track & field
Walid Bidani	Weightlifting
Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech	Weightlifting
Tarek Aziz Benaissa	Wrestling
Hamza Haloui	Wrestling
Adem Boudjemline	Wrestling

Olympic Medals Count Algeria
GAMES	SUMMER / WINTER	MEDALS
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
London 2012	Summer Games	1	0	0	1
Beijing 2008	Summer Games	0	1	1	2
Sydney 2000	Summer Games	1	1	3	5
Atlanta 1996	Summer Games	2	0	1	3
Barcelona 1992	Summer Games	1	0	1	2
Los Angeles 1984	Summer Games	0	0	2	2

Last Updated On : August 05, 2016