# Algeria at the Olympics

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.

## History

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.
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. 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.

## Medal tables
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |

## Athletes with most medals

Only two Algerian athletes have won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi, and boxer Hocine Soltani.
| Athlete | Sport | Games | | | | Total |
| Taoufik Makhloufi | Athletics | 2012–2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hocine Soltani | Boxing | 1992–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

## Gold medalists

In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), athletes who have won a gold medal at the Olympics.
| | Athlete | Sport | Born | Period | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| | Athlete | Sport | Born | Period | Olympics | Olympics | Olympics | World Ch. | World Ch. | World Ch. | Olympics | Olympics | Olympics | World Ch. | World Ch. | World Ch. | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team | Individual + Team | Individual + Team | Individual + Team | Individual + Team |
| | Athlete | Sport | Born | Period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 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 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | 1970 | 1996–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 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 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

## List of medalists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Mustapha Moussa | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight | 9 August 1984 |
| Bronze | Mohamed Zaoui | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 9 August 1984 |
| Gold | Hassiba Boulmerka | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 8 August 1992 |
| Bronze | Hocine Soltani | 1992 Barcelona | Boxing | Men's featherweight | 7 August 1992 |
| Gold | Noureddine Morceli | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 3 August 1996 |
| Gold | Hocine Soltani | 1996 Atlanta | Boxing | Men's lightweight | 4 August 1996 |
| Bronze | Mohamed Bahari | 1996 Atlanta | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 1 August 1996 |
| Gold | Nouria Merah-Benida | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 30 September 2000 |
| Silver | Ali Saïdi-Sief | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres | 30 September 2000 |
| Bronze | Abderrahmane Hammad | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's high jump | 24 September 2000 |
| Bronze | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 27 September 2000 |
| Bronze | Mohamed Allalou | 2000 Sydney | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight | 29 September 2000 |
| Silver | Amar Benikhlef | 2008 Beijing | Judo | Men's -90 kg | 13 August 2008 |
| Bronze | Soraya Haddad | 2008 Beijing | Judo | Women's -52 kg | 10 August 2008 |
| Gold | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 7 August 2012 |
| Silver | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 15 August 2016 |
| Silver | Taoufik Makhloufi | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 20 August 2016 |
| Gold | Kaylia Nemour | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 4 August 2024 |
| Gold | Imane Khelif | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Women's 66 kg | 9 August 2024 |
| Bronze | Djamel Sedjati | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 10 August 2024 |

## Flagbearers

Summer Olympics :
| Games | Athlete | Sport |
| 1964 Tokyo | Mohamed Lazhari | Gymnastics |
| 1968 Mexico City | | |
| 1972 Munich | Azzedine Azzouzi | Athletics |
| 1976 Montreal | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1980 Moscow | | |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Abdelkrim Bendjemil | Handball |
| 1988 Seoul | Noureddine Tadjine | Athletics |
| 1992 Barcelona | | |
| 1996 Atlanta | Karim El-Mahouab | Handball |
| 2000 Sydney | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Athletics |
| 2004 Athens | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Athletics |
| 2008 Beijing | Salim Iles | Swimming |
| 2012 London | Abdelhafid Benchabla | Boxing |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sonia Asselah | Judo |
| 2020 Tokyo | Mohamed Flissi & Amel Melih | Boxing (Flissi) & Swimming (Melih) |
| 2024 Paris | Yasser Triki & Amina Belkadi | Athletics (Triki) & Judo (Belkadi) |
Winter Olympics :
| Games | Athlete | Sport |
| 1992 Albertville | Nacera Boukamoum | Alpine skiing |
| 1994 Lillehammer | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1998 Nagano | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2006 Turin | Christelle Douibi | Alpine skiing |
| 2010 Vancouver | Mehdi-Selim Khelifi | Cross-country skiing |
| 2014 Sochi | did not participate |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | did not participate |
| 2022 Beijing | did not participate |
| 2026 Milano Cortina | future event | future event |