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Algeria at the
Olympics
Algeria at the; Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
Medals; Ranked 67th	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 9 Total 20
Summer appearances
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	1992; 1994–2002; 2006; 2010; 2014–2022; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	France (1896–1960)

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.

History

Mustapha Moussa winning Algeria's 1st Olympic medal in Los Angeles 1984

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

Medals by Summer Games

Total		7	4	9	20	67
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896–1960	as part of France (FRA)
1964 Tokyo	1	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	3	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	5	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	54	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	32	0	0	2	2	42
1988 Seoul	42	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	35	1	0	1	2	34
1996 Atlanta	45	2	0	1	3	34
2000 Sydney	47	1	1	3	5	41
2004 Athens	61	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	62	0	1	1	2	64
2012 London	39	1	0	0	1	50
2016 Rio de Janeiro	65	0	2	0	2	62
2020 Tokyo	41	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	45	2	0	1	3	39
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
2032 Brisbane	Future event

Medals by Winter Games

Total		0	0	0	0	–
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1992 Albertville	4	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	did not participate
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin	2	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	did not participate
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing
2026 Milano Cortina	Future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City

Medals by sport

Athletes with most medals

Only two Algerian athletes have won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi, and boxer Hocine Soltani.

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Taoufik Makhloufi	Athletics	2012–2016	1	2	0	3
Hocine Soltani	Boxing	1992–1996	1	0	1	2

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

Gold medalists

In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), athletes who have won a gold medal at the Olympics.

	Athlete	Sport	Born	Period	Individual						Team						Total
					Olympics			World Ch.			Olympics			World Ch.			Individual			Team			Individual + Team
																										Tot.
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

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Mustapha Moussa	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight	9 August 1984
Bronze	Mohamed Zaoui	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight	9 August 1984
Gold	Hassiba Boulmerka	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	8 August 1992
Bronze	Hocine Soltani	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Men's featherweight	7 August 1992
Gold	Noureddine Morceli	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	3 August 1996
Gold	Hocine Soltani		Boxing	Men's lightweight	4 August 1996
Bronze	Mohamed Bahari		Boxing	Men's middleweight	1 August 1996
Gold	Nouria Merah-Benida	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	30 September 2000
Silver	Ali Saïdi-Sief		Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	30 September 2000
Bronze	Abderrahmane Hammad		Athletics	Men's high jump	24 September 2000
Bronze	Djabir Saïd-Guerni		Athletics	Men's 800 metres	27 September 2000
Bronze	Mohamed Allalou		Boxing	Men's light-welterweight	29 September 2000
Silver	Amar Benikhlef	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's -90 kg	13 August 2008
Bronze	Soraya Haddad	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's -52 kg	10 August 2008
Gold	Taoufik Makhloufi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	7 August 2012
Silver		2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	15 August 2016
Silver		2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	20 August 2016
Gold	Kaylia Nemour	2024 Paris	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	4 August 2024
Gold	Imane Khelif		Boxing	Women's 66 kg	9 August 2024
Bronze	Djamel Sedjati		Athletics	Men's 800 metres	10 August 2024

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics
Games	Athlete	Sport
1964 Tokyo	Mohamed Lazhari	Gymnastics
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich	Azzedine Azzouzi	Athletics
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles	Abdelkrim Bendjemil	Handball
1988 Seoul	Noureddine Tadjine	Athletics
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta	Karim El-Mahouab	Handball
2000 Sydney	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Athletics
2004 Athens	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Athletics
2008 Beijing	Salim Iles	Swimming
2012 London	Abdelhafid Benchabla	Boxing
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sonia Asselah	Judo
2020 Tokyo	Mohamed Flissi & Amel Melih	Boxing (Flissi) & Swimming (Melih)
2024 Paris	Yasser Triki & Amina Belkadi	Athletics (Triki) & Judo (Belkadi)

Winter Olympics
Games	Athlete	Sport
1992 Albertville	Nacera Boukamoum	Alpine skiing
1994 Lillehammer	did not participate
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin	Christelle Douibi	Alpine skiing
2010 Vancouver	Mehdi-Selim Khelifi	Cross-country skiing
2014 Sochi	did not participate^[6]
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing
2026 Milano Cortina	future event