Algeria at the Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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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. The nation has also sent athletes to compete at 3 Winter Olympic Games.
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| IOC code | ALG |
| NOC | Algerian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 67th |
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 France (1896–1960) | |
The National Olympic Committee for Algeria is the Comité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee), founded in 1963.
History
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
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by summer sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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
Only 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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| 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.
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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 | Kaylia Nemour | Gymnastics | 2006 | 2022– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hocine Soltani | Boxing | 1972 | 1991–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Imane Khelif | Boxing | 1999 | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | 1970 | 1996–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
List of medalists
Flagbearers
Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament
See also
- 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