# Algeria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation won its first ever gold medal at these Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Hassiba Boulmerka | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 8 August |
| Bronze | Hocine Soltani | Boxing | Featherweight | 7 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Boxing | 8 | – | 8 |
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 33 | 2 | 35 |

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Men
##### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Réda Abdenouz | 800 m | 1:46.82 | 10 Q | 1:46.06 | 6 q | 1:48.34 | 7 |
| Noureddine Morceli | 1500 m | 3:37.98 | 14 Q | 3:39.22 | 8 Q | 3:41.70 | 7 |
| Aïssa Bel Aout | 5000 m | 15:02.76 | 50 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Salmi | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:26:56 | 59 |
| Azzedine Brahmi | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.01 | 8 Q | 8:25.85 | 6 Q | 8:20.71 | 8 |

##### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yacine Mousli | High jump | 2.10 | =33 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Abdelkader Klouchi | Long jump | 5.33 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lotfi Khaïda | Triple jump | 16.31 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women
##### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hassiba Boulmerka | 1500 m | 4:09.91 | 15 Q | 4:03.81 | 2 Q | 3:55.30 | |

### Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Mohamed Haioun | Light-Flyweight | Barbu (ROM) L 11-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yacine Sheikh | Flyweight | Filippov (EUN) W 5-3 | Peden (AUS) L (KO) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Slimane Zengli | Bantamweight | Zhang (CHN) W 4-0 | Achik (MAR) L 12-8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hocine Soltani | Featherweight | Maglioni (ARG) W (RSCH-1) | Gerena (PUR) W 23-0 | Damián Sosa (DOM) W 13-4 | Tews (GER) L 11-1 | Did not advance |
| Laïd Bouneb | Light-Welterweight | Gollen (IND) W 11-4 | Henry (BAR) W 17-3 | Leduc (CAN) L 8-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noureddine Meziane | Light-Middleweight | Syed (PAK) W 7-0 | Klemetsen (NOR) L 14-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Dine | Middleweight | Russo (ITA) W 6-4 | Joval (NED) W 22-14 | Byrd (USA) L 21-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Ben Guesmia | Light-Heavyweight | Yant (VEN) W 15-11 | Bartnik (POL) L 14-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Abdelhakim Harkat | Half-Lightweight | =17 |
| Meziane Dahmani | Lightweight | =9 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Salima Souakri | Extra-Lightweight | =5 |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athletes | Events | Heat | Heat | Finals | Finals |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Abderzak Bella | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.88 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abderzak Bella | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.35 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Volleyball
#### Men

Team roster:
* Tayeb ElHadi BenKhelfallah
* Krimo Bernaoui
* Ali Dif
* Faycal Gharzouli
* Mourad Malaoui
* Adel Sennoun
* Mourad Sennoun
* Foudil Taalba
* Faycal Tellouche
* Lies Tizi-Oualou

#### Preliminary round - Pool B

* Qualified for the quarterfinals
* Eliminated
| Rk | Team | Points | Played | Won | Lost | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| 1 | Brazil | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 248 | 165 | 1.503 | 15 | 2 | 7.500 |
| 2 | Cuba | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 231 | 180 | 1.283 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 |
| 3 | Unified Team | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 229 | 205 | 1.117 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 218 | 181 | 1.204 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 212 | 0.670 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 225 | 0.444 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 |

### Weightlifting

| Athletes | Events | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athletes | Events | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Azzedine Basbas | -60 kg | 115 | =19 | 150 | =11 | 265 | 16 |
| Abdelmaanane Yahiaoui | -67.5 kg | 140 | =4 | 175 | =3 | 315 | 4 |

### Wrestling
#### Greco-Roman

| Athletes | Events | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Final round | Rank |
| Athletes | Events | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final round | Rank |
| Mazouz Ben Djedaa | Lightweight | Chamangoli (IRI) L 6-0 | Kim (KOR) L 15-0 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Youssef Bouguerra | Welterweight | Marchl (AUT) L 11-3 | Kornbakk (SWE) L 17-1 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |