# Algeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 47 competitors, 37 men and 10 women, took part in 42 events across 10 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 30 September |
| Silver | Ali Saidi-Sief | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres | 30 September |
| Bronze | Abderrahmane Hammad | Athletics | Men's high jump | 24 September |
| Bronze | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 27 September |
| Bronze | Mohamed Allalou | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight | 29 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Boxing | 7 | – | 7 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 37 | 10 | 47 |

## Athletics
### 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

### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Malik Louahla | 400 metres | 46.06 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Djabir Saïd-Guerni | 800 metres | 1:47.95 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:44.19 | 1 Q | 1:45.16 | |
| Adem Hecini | 800 metres | 1:47.62 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:45.08 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Noureddine Morceli | 1500 metres | 3:38.41 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 4:00.78 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kamel Boulahfane | 1500 metres | 3:39.01 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 3:43.98 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Khaldi | 1500 metres | 3:41.16 | 8 | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ali Saïdi-Sief | 5000 metres | 13:29.24 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13:36.20 | |
| Reda Benzine | 5000 metres | 13:23.10 SB | 4 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13:40.95 | 11 |
| Samir Moussaoui | 10,000 metres | 28:08.22 | 6 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28:17.25 | 16 |
| Malik-Khaled Louahla Kamel Talhaoui Samir-Adel Louahla Adem Hecini | 4 × 400 metres relay | DQ | DQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laid Bessou | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:21.14 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8:33.07 | 11 |
| Mourad Benslimani | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:59.07 | 11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moussa Aouanouk | 20 kilometres walk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:25:04 | 23 |
| Kamal Kohil | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:17:46 | 23 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Abderrahmane Hammad | High jump | 2.27 | 4 q | 2.32 | |

### Track & road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nouria Merah-Benida | 1500 metres | 4:10.24 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 4:05.24 | 1 Q | 4:05.10 | |
| Nasria Baghdad | 10,000 metres | 35:31.53 | 20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bahia Boussad | 20 kilometres walk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:52.50 | 45 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Baya Rahouli | Triple jump | 13.98 | 12 q | 14.17 | 5 |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Yasmina Azzizi | Result | 13.64 | 1.60 | 14.17 | 24.59 | 5.88 | 46.28 | 2:21.82 | 5896 SB | 17 |
| Yasmina Azzizi | Points | 1030 | 736 | 805 | 925 | 813 | 788 | 799 | 5896 SB | 17 |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mebarek Soltani | Light flyweight | Romero (MEX) L 15–16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nacer Keddam | Flyweight | Kooner (CAN) L 11–18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hichem Blida | Bantamweight | Cruz (PUR) W 11–10 | Rahimov (UZB) L 8–17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nouzeddine Medjehoud | Featherweight | Mathebula (RSA) L 5–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Allalou | Light welterweight | Konečný (CZE) W 17–9 | Neequaye (GHA) W 15–6 | Paris (ITA) W 22–8 | Abdoollayev (UZB) L 7–20 | Did not advance | |
| Abdelhani Kenzi | Middleweight | Diaconu (ROU) L 9–19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Azzaoui | Heavyweight | Bye | Chanet (FRA) L 21–22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Fencing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wassila Rédouane-Saïd-Guerni | Women's foil | Arai (JPN) L 3–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zahra Gamir | Women's épée | Stevens (USA) L 2–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Omar Rebahi | −60 kg | Jacinto (DOM) W | Mukhtarov (UZB) L | did not advance | did not advance | Labrosse (SEY) W | Ismayilov (AZE) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Amar Meridja | −66 kg | Ottiano (USA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Noureddine Yagoubi | −73 kg | Denanyoh (TOG) W | Camilo (BRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | Offer (ISR) W | Almeida (POR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Khaled Meddah | −90 kg | Hachicha (TUN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sami Belgroun | −100 kg | Jang (KOR) W | Traineau (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | Stepkine (RUS) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Bouaichaoui | +100 kg | Hernandes (BRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Salima Souakri | −52 kg | Clement (BEL) W | Schmutz (SUI) W | Narazaki (JPN) L | did not advance | did not advance | Baillargeon (CAN) W | Aluaș (ROU) L | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rafik Amrane | Men's single sculls | 7:44.48 | 5 R | 7:42.17 | 4 SC/D | 7:38.51 | 4 FD | 7:35.66 | 21 |
| Samia Hireche | Women's single sculls | 8:28.65 | 5 R | 8:21.67 | 4 SC/D | 8:18.16 | 4 FC | 8:12.89 | 17 |
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; R=Repechage

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Salim Iles | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.95 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Salim Iles | Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.70 NR | 8 Q | 49.70 =NR | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mehdi Addadi | Men's 100 metre butterfly | 56.04 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mehdi Addadi | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 58.74 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenza Bennaceur | Women's 100 metre butterfly | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| David Kaci Farid Oulami | Men's doubles | Hoyama / Kawai (BRA) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Trampolining

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Ali Bourai | Men's | 62.60 | | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Leila Lassouani | Women's 58 kg | 60.0 | 16 | 82.5 | 14 | 142.5 | 14 |

## Wrestling

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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yassine Djakrir | −63 kg | Manukyan (KAZ) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Singh (IND) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Maren (CUB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 18 |
| Kader Slila | −76 kg | Erofaylov (UZB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Lindland (USA) L 0–4 $^{PA}$ | Melelashvili (GEO) L 0–4 $^{PA}$ | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 20 |