| Noc: | ALG |
| Nocname: | Algerian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Olympics |
| Rank: | 67 |
| Gold: | 7 |
| Silver: | 4 |
| Bronze: | 9 |
| See also: | (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.
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]
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896–1960 | as part of | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 41 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 39 | |||
| Future event | |||||||
| Total | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 67 | ||
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| Future event | |||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
Only two Algerian athletes have won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi, and boxer Hocine Soltani.
| width=150 | Athlete | width=150 | Sport | width=100 | Games | width=50 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left bgcolor=Khaki | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2012–2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Hocine Soltani | 1992–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
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 | align=left bgcolor= | 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 | – | – | – | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | 1970 | 1996–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 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 | – | – | – | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | bgcolor=#cedff2 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's light-heavyweight | |||||
| Men's middleweight | |||||
| Men's featherweight | |||||
See also: List of flag bearers for Algeria at the Olympics.
| Games | Athlete | Sport | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Lazhari | Gymnastics | ||
| Azzedine Azzouzi | Athletics | ||
| did not participate | |||
| Abdelkrim Bendjemil | Handball | ||
| Noureddine Tadjine | Athletics | ||
| Karim El-Mahouab | Handball | ||
| Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Athletics | ||
| Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Athletics | ||
| Salim Iles | Swimming | ||
| Abdelhafid Benchabla | Boxing | ||
| Sonia Asselah | Judo | ||
| Mohamed Flissi & Amel Melih | Boxing (Flissi) & Swimming (Melih) | ||
| Yasser Triki & Amina Belkadi | Athletics (Triki) & Judo (Belkadi) |
| Games | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| Nacera Boukamoum | Alpine skiing | |
| did not participate | ||
| Christelle Douibi | Alpine skiing | |
| Mehdi-Selim Khelifi | Cross-country skiing | |
| did not participate[6] | ||
| future event |
See main article: article and Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament.