| Npc: | ALG |
| Npcname: | Algerian National Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 60 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Rank: | 27 |
| Gold: | 4 |
| Silver: | 5 |
| Bronze: | 7 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1992 |
Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
See main article: article and Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.[1] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[2]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 13 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Wheelchair basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 26 | 60 |
Algeria finished the Games ranked fourth among African nations for total gold medals won in Rio with 4. They were behind Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia. Algeria finished with 16 medals total. [3] | width=75% align=left valign=top |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September | ||||
| 15 September | ||||
| 16 September | ||||
| 16 September | ||||
| 8 September | ||||
| 8 September | ||||
| 9 September | ||||
| 10 September | ||||
| 13 September | ||||
| 8 September | ||||
| 8 September | ||||
| 10 September | ||||
| 11 September | ||||
| 13 September | ||||
| 15 September | ||||
| 16 September | ||||
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| Medals by sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | ||||
| Athletics | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Total | ||||
| 1 | 8 September | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | 9 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 10 September | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 11 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 13 September | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 15 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 16 September | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Multiple medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sport | Total | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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| width="80%" align="left" valign="top" |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Abdellatif Baka | align=left rowspan=2 | 1500 metres T13 | 3:48.29 | |||
| Fouad Baka | 3:49.84 | 4 | ||||
| Madjid Djemai | 1500 metres T37 | 4:17.28 | ||||
| Sofiane Hamdi | 100 metres T37 | 12.08 | 5 | colspan=2 | ||
| Sofiane Hamdi | 400 metres T37 | 54.28 | 3 Q | 53.01 | ||
| Mohamed Berrahal | 100 metres T51 | 21.70 | ||||
| Mohamed Berrahal | 400 metres T51 | 1:24.06 | 4 | |||
| Sid Ali Bouzourine | 400 metres T36 | 1:00.22 | 7 | |||
| Sid Ali Bouzourine | 800 metres T36 | 2:15.03 | 4 | |||
| Abdellatif Baka | align=left rowspan=3 | 400 metres T13 | 50.15 | 2 Q | ||
| Fouad Baka | 49.04 | 3 Q | 49.09 | 4 | ||
| Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou | 49.08 | 1 Q | 48.04 | |||
| Samir Nouioua | 1500 metres T46 | 3:59.46 | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Mark | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Lahouari Bahlaz | align=left rowspan=3 | Shot Put F32 | 9.40 | |
| align=left | Abderrahim Missouni | 8.17 | 6 | ||
| align=left | Karim Betina | 7.27 | 9 | ||
| align=left | Lahouari Bahlaz | align=left rowspan=3 | club throw F32 | ||
| align=left | Abderrahim Missouni | ||||
| align=left | Mounir Bakiri | ||||
| align=left | Kamel Kardjena | align=left | Shot Put F33 | 10.94 | |
| align=left | Firas Bentria | align=left | long jump F11 | 5.59 | 9 |
| Athlete | Events | Mark | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Louadjeda Benoumessad | align=left | javelin throw F34 | 16.96 | 5 |
| align=left | Nadia Medjemedj | align=left | javelin throw F56 | 20.24 | |
| align=left | Nassima Saifi | align=left rowspan=3 | shot put F56/57 | 10.77 | |
| align=left | Nadia Medjemedj | 9.92 | |||
| align=left | Safia Djelal | ||||
| align=left | Mounia Gasmi | align=left | club throw F32 | 25.41 | |
| align=left | Lynda Hamri | align=left | long jump T12 | 5.53 | |
| align=left | Nassima Saifi | align=left rowspan=2 | discus throw F57 | 33.33 | |
| align=left | Safia Djelal | 27.34 | 4 | ||
| align=left | Mounia Gasmi | shot put F32 | 3.99 | 4 | |
| align=left | Asmahan Boudjadar | shot put F33 | 5.72 | ||
See main article: article and Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. Algeria's men enter the tournament ranked 12th in the world.[4] ------------
See main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. The Algeria women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after winning the African championship by defeating Egypt 11–1 in the final.[5] Other teams participating in the qualifier included Tunisia and Morocco.[6] Ghana was scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the event.[7] The team played in a Rio warmup tournament in Malmo, Sweden where they finished tenth.[8] The national team is coached by Mohamed Bettahrat. Algeria's women enter the tournament ranked 23rd in the world.[4]
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See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Algeria earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Noura Mouloud in the men's -60 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class.[9] [10]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mouloud Noura | Men's -60 kg | L 000-000 | Did not advance | L 000-010 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mehdi Meskine | Men's -73 kg | W 000-000 | L 000-111 | Did not advance | L 000-100 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Samira Guerioua qualified to represent Algeria at the 2016 Games in powerlifting. The 32-year-old is a member of the Bir Mourad Rais club. Nationally, she is coached by Mohamed-Salah Ben Atta.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samira Guerioua | -45 kg | 85.0 | 6 | |
| Hocine Bettir | -65 kg | |||
See main article: article and Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. The Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[12] The team participated in the Arab Championship "Open" in July 2016 as part of their Rio preparation efforts. At the event, Algeria defeated Iraq by a score of 48–24, Morocco by a score of 77–72, South Africa by a score of 79–53, Kuwait by a score of 87-25 and Saudi Arabia by a score of 63–33. Nabil Gueddoun led his team in scoring going into elimination play.[13]
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See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. The Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[12] As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not choose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.[14]
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