Claim: Representing Algeria, Mohamed Kamel Selmi placed 59th in the 1992 Olympic Games in which 43 events in athletics were contested.
Evidence: Mohamed Salmi (born 1963) is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He finished 59th in the 1992 Olympic marathon. 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 59th 2:26:56 The 1992 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad and commonly known as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1992 was also the first year South Africa was re-indicted into the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee, after a thirty-two year ban from participating in international sport. South Africa rejoined the Summer Olympics having been banned for its apartheid policy after the 1960 Summer Olympics. The Women's 10,000 metres event was hotly contested. White South African runner Elana Meyer and black Ethiopian runner Derartu Tulu (winner) ran hand-in-hand in a victory lap. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders.