Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Competitors

62 in 13 sports

Flag bearer

Salim Iles (opening)
Abdelhafid Benchabla (closing)

Medals
Rank: 64

Gold
0

Silver
1

Bronze
1

Total
2

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Algeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Benikhlef, AmarAmar Benikhlef	Judo	Men's 90 kg
03 ! Bronze	Haddad, SorayaSoraya Haddad	Judo	Women's 52 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Khoudir Aggoune	10000 m	N/A				DNS
Mohamed Ameur	20 km walk	N/A				1:32.21	48
Tarek Boukensa	1500 m	3:36.11	4 Q	3:39.73	8	Did not advance
Kamel Boulahfane	1500 m	3:45.59	11	Did not advance
Nabil Madi	800 m	1:45.75	3 q	1:45.63	1 Q	1:45.96	7
Rabia Makhloufi	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.74	8	N/A		Did not advance
Nadjim Manseur	800 m	1:45.75	3 q	1:45.54	4 q	1:47.19	8
Ali Saïdi-Sief	5000 m	14:15.00	12	N/A		Did not advance
Antar Zerguelaïne	800 m	DNS		Did not advance
Antar Zerguelaïne	1500 m	3:42.30	5 Q	3:40.64	11	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Issam Nima	Long jump	DNS		Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Souad Aït Salem	Marathon	N/A		2:28.29	9
Widad Mendil	3000 m steeplechase	9:52.35	17	Did not advance
Nahida Touhami	1500 m	4:18.99	11	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Baya Rahouli	Triple jump	13.87	22	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nabil Lasmari	Men's singles	BYE	Gade (DEN) L 6–21, 4–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Algeria qualified eight boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All eight qualified at the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelhalim Ouradi	Bantamweight	Nevin (IRL) L 4–9	Did not advance
Abdelkader Chadi	Featherweight	BYE	Adi (THA) W 7–6	Kılıç (TUR) L 6–13	Did not advance
Hamza Kramou	Lightweight	Ugás (CUB) L 3–21	Did not advance
Nabil Kassel	Middleweight	BYE	Sutherland (IRL) L 14–21	Did not advance
Abdelhafid Benchebla	Light heavyweight	Kumar (IND) W 23–3	Yasser (EGY) W 13–6	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 7–12	Did not advance
Abdelaziz Touilbini	Heavyweight	N/A	Wilder (USA) L 4–10	Did not advance
Newfel Ouatah	Super heavyweight	N/A	Payares (VEN) W 7–5	Glazkov (UKR) L 4–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hichem Chaabane	Men's road race	Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hadia Bentaleb	Individual épée	N/A	Szász (HUN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Anissa Khelfaoui	Individual foil	Thompson (USA) L 2–11	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Rebahi	−60 kg	BYE	Sobirov (UZB) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Mounir Benamadi	−66 kg	BYE	Brown (AUS) W 1010–0000	Sharipov (UZB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Amar Meridja	−73 kg	N/A	Siamionau (BLR) L 0010–0102	Did not advance
Amar Benikhlef	−90 kg	N/A	El Assri (MAR) W 0011–0001	Alarza (ESP) W 1020–0001	Aschwanden (SUI) W 0001–0000	Dafreville (FRA) W 1000–0000	BYE			Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0000–0001	02 !
Hassane Azzoun	−100 kg	N/A	Miraliyev (AZE) L 0001–1000	Did not advance			Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Meriem Moussa	−48 kg	Ilendou (GAB) W 0011–0000	Baschin (GER) L 0000–0101	Did not advance
Soraya Haddad	−52 kg	Müller (LUX) W 0211–0000	Diedhiou (SEN) W 0010–0001	Kim K-O (KOR) W 0210–0001	Xian Dm (CHN) L 0000–1001	BYE			Kaliyeva (KAZ) W 0121–0010	03 !
Lila Latrous	−57 kg	Xu Y (CHN) L 0001–1001	Did not advance			Koivumäki (FIN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Kahina Saidi	−63 kg	Bezzina (MLT) W 0200–0000	Willeboordse (NED) L 0001–1100	Did not advance
Rachida Ouerdane	−70 kg	BYE	Bosch (NED) L 0010–0110	Did not advance		Nasiga (FIJ) W 1001–0000	Rousey (USA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chaouki Dries	Single sculls	7:57.65	5 SE/F	N/A		BYE		7:34.84	3 FE	7:32.82	29
Kamel Ait-Daoud Mohamed Garidi	Lightweight double sculls	6:43.94	5 R	7:05.73	6 SC/D	N/A		6:43.80	4 FD	6:47.44	19

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sofiane Daid	100 m breaststroke	1:02.45	44	Did not advance
Sofiane Daid	200 m breaststroke	2:16.15	50	Did not advance
Mehdi Hamama	200 m individual medley	2:04.91	41	Did not advance
Salim Iles	50 m freestyle	22.35	=23	Did not advance
Nabil Kebbab	100 m freestyle	49.38	32	Did not advance
Mahrez Mebarek	200 m freestyle	1:52.66	51	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Idir Khourta	Men's singles	Henzell (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's indoor tournament

Algeria entered a team in the women's tournament. The team lost all five matches in the group play, and finished last in their group. The team's final ranking was tied for 11th place.

Roster

The following is the Algerian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Hanaoui, MelindaMelinda Hanaoui	000000001990-03-18-000018 March 1990	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	288 cm (113 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Istres Volleyball
02 !2	Hanaoui, SerineSérine Hanaoui	000000001988-01-10-000010 January 1988	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	266 cm (105 in)	Istres Volleyball
04 !4	Benhamouda, SalehaSaleha Benhamouda	000000001973-10-20-000020 October 1973	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	287 cm (113 in)	GSP Algiers
07 !7	Rouabhia, RaouiaRaouia Rouabhia	000000001978-06-25-000025 June 1978	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Venelle
09 !9	Madani, NarimeneNarimène Madani	000000001984-03-12-000012 March 1984	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	287 cm (113 in)	NC Bejaïa
10	Oukazi, Fatma-ZohraFatma-Zohra Oukazi	000000001984-01-18-000018 January 1984	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	283 cm (111 in)	GSP Algiers
11	Abderrahim, MouniMouni Abderrahim	000000001985-11-19-000019 November 1985	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	ASW Bejaïa
12	Boukhima, SafiaSafia Boukhima	000000001991-01-10-000010 January 1991	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	284 cm (112 in)	ASW Bejaïa
13	Mansouri, NawelNawel Mansouri	000000001985-08-01-00001 August 1985	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	291 cm (115 in)	281 cm (111 in)	NC Bejaïa
14	Tsabet, FaizaFaïza Tsabet	000000001985-03-22-000022 March 1985	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Istres Volleyball
17	Oulmou, LydiaLydia Oulmou	000000001986-02-02-00002 February 1986	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Istres Volleyball
18	Aissou, TassaditTassadit Aïssou	000000001989-06-19-000019 June 1989	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	285 cm (112 in)	ASW Bejaïa

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	8	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 12:30	Algeria	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Liu Jiang (China), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar) Report(s): result statistics
9 August 2008 12:30	11 11 10	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

11 August 2008 10:00	Algeria	0 – 3	Serbia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee(s): Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand), Liu Jiang (China) Report(s): result statistics
11 August 2008 10:00	14 13 13	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

13 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand) Report(s): result statistics
13 August 2008 10:00	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	7 20 12

15 August 2008 10:00	Algeria	0 – 3	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Patricia Salvatore (United States), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
15 August 2008 10:00	11 19 10	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

17 August 2008 10:00	Kazakhstan	3 – 1	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Patricia Salvatore (United States), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
17 August 2008 10:00	25 25 17 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	18 20 25 16

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Leila Lassouani	Women's −63 kg	85	16	~~110~~	DNF	85	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Serir	−66 kg	BYE	Kovalenko (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					20
Messaoud Zeghdane	−74 kg	BYE	Schneider (GER) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					20
Samir Bouguerra	−96 kg	BYE	Jiang Hc (CHN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					19

References

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

America	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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