Algeria (ALG)

Overview

NOCComité Olympique et Sportif Algérien
Flagbearers40

Participants

Olympic Games 398
Youth Olympic Games 84
Other competitors with ALG nationality 23

Description

Prior to Algeria’s independence in July 1962, several Algerian athletes competed for France at the Olympics. The first were four gymnasts from Oran, who took part in the 1900 Olympic Games, and they had the distinction of being the first African Olympians. Two Olympic marathon winners, Bouguera El Ouafi (1928) and Alain Mimoun (1956), were both Algerians representing France.

Algeria formed a National Olympic Committee on 18 October 1963, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 27 January 1964, at the IOC session in Innsbruck. Algeria first competed officially at the 1964 Olympic Games, and it has since competed at the Olympic Games of 1968, 1972, and all Olympics since 1980.

Through 2022, Algerians have won 17 medals: nine in track & field athletics, six in boxing, and two in judo. Boxer Hocine Soltani was the first Algerian to win two medals, a bronze in 1992 and a gold in 1996. The most successful competitor for Algeria is track and field athlete Taoufik Makhloufi, who won gold in the 2012 1500 metres, followed by two silvers in the 2016 800 metres and 1,500 metres.

Algeria competed at the Olympic Winter Games in 1992, 2006, and 2010. They have had six Winter Olympians, with two women and four men. Their best finish came in 2006, in the women’s downhill Alpine skiing, when Christelle Douibi placed 40th.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1964 Summer Olympics Algeria 1 0 1 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Algeria 3 0 3 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Algeria 5 0 5 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Algeria 54 0 54 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Algeria 33 0 33 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Algeria 40 2 42 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Algeria 33 2 35 Results
1992 Winter Olympics Algeria 3 1 4 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Algeria 39 6 45 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Algeria 37 10 47 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Algeria 46 15 61 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Algeria 1 1 2 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Algeria 34 22 56 Results
2010 Winter Olympics Algeria 1 0 1 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Algeria 21 17 38 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Algeria 54 10 64 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Algeria 25 13 38 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Algeria 13 8 21 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Algeria 17 16 33 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Algeria 18 12 30 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 3 2 5 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 3 1 4 Results
Athletics 78 12 90 Results
Badminton 1 0 1 Results
Boxing 53 3 56 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 0 1 1 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 2 0 2 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 7 0 7 Results
Fencing 9 8 17 Results
Football (Football) 32 0 32 Results
Handball 45 0 45 Results
Judo 24 8 32 Results
Karate 0 1 1 Results
Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) 0 1 1 Results
Rowing 6 2 8 Results
Sailing 1 3 4 Results
Shooting 2 1 3 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 15 2 17 Results
Table Tennis 6 3 9 Results
Taekwondo 1 0 1 Results
Tennis 1 1 2 Results
Trampolining (Gymnastics) 1 0 1 Results
Volleyball (Volleyball) 10 16 26 Results
Weightlifting 9 2 11 Results
Wrestling 22 0 22 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 1 3 4 Results
Athletics 16 8 24 Results
Badminton 1 1 2 Results
Boxing 4 1 5 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 2 2 4 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 1 0 1 Results
Fencing 1 3 4 Results
Judo 2 3 5 Results
Mixed Sports 1 1 2 Results
Rowing 2 3 5 Results
Sailing 3 3 6 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 3 3 6 Results
Table Tennis 0 2 2 Results
Trampolining (Gymnastics) 1 0 1 Results
Weightlifting 3 2 5 Results
Wrestling 8 2 10 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 0 1 3
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 3 5
1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 5 0 5
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 0 2
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 1 2
1984 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 2 2

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 4 3 2 9
Boxing 1 0 5 6
Judo 0 1 1 2

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 2 0 2
Boxing 0 2 0 2
Wrestling 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1 2 0 3
Hocine Soltani ALG 1 0 1 2
Nouria Mérah-Benida ALG 1 0 0 1
Hassiba Boulmerka ALG 1 0 0 1
Noureddine Morceli ALG 1 0 0 1
Ali Saïdi-Sief ALG 0 1 0 1
Amar Benikhlef ALG 0 1 0 1
Mustapha Moussa ALG 0 0 1 1
Mohamed Zaoui ALG 0 0 1 1
Mohamed Allalou ALG 0 0 1 1
Mohamed Bahari ALG 0 0 1 1
Abderrahmane Hammad ALG 0 0 1 1
Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG 0 0 1 1
Soraya Haddad ALG 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mohamed Ali Gouaned ALG 0 1 0 1
Farid Douibi ALG 0 1 0 1
Mohamed Amine Hacid ALG 0 1 0 1
Fateh Benferdjallah ALG 0 1 0 1
Loubna Benhadja ALG 0 1 0 1
Zakaria Hamici ALG 0 0 1 1
Ahmed Rebahi ALG 0 0 1 1
Yassamine Djellab ALG 0 0 1 1

IOC Members

Mohamed Zerguini 1974—2001
Mustapha Larfaoui 1995—2009
Hassiba Boulmerka 1999—2000
Mustapha Larfaoui 2009—
Mustapha Berraf 2019—