# Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

## Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Total | 34 | 26 | 60 |

## Medallists

Algeria finished the Games ranked fourth among African nations for total gold medals won in Rio with 4. They were behind Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia. Algeria finished with 16 medals total.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Abdellatif Baka | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T13 | 11 September |
| Gold | Nassima Saifi | Athletics | Women's discus throw F56/57 | 15 September |
| Gold | Samir Nouioua | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T46 | 16 September |
| Gold | Asmahan Boudjadar | Athletics | Women's shot put F33 | 16 September |
| Silver | Lahouari Bahlaz | Athletics | Men's shot put F32 | 8 September |
| Silver | Nassima Saifi | Athletics | Women's shot put F56/57 | 8 September |
| Silver | Mounia Gasmi | Athletics | Women's club throw F31/32 | 9 September |
| Silver | Kamel Kardjena | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 | 10 September |
| Silver | Mohamed Berrahal | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T51 | 13 September |
| Bronze | Cherine Abdellaoui | Judo | Women's 52 kg | 8 September |
| Bronze | Nadia Medjemedj | Athletics | Women's shot put F56/57 | 8 September |
| Bronze | Nadia Medjemedj | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F56 | 10 September |
| Bronze | Madjid Djemai | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T37 | 11 September |
| Bronze | Lynda Hamri | Athletics | Women's long jump T12 | 13 September |
| Bronze | Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 | 15 September |
| Bronze | Sofiane Hamdi | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T37 | 16 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
Medals by day :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 8 September | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 September | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 September | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 16 September | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Nassima Saifi | Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nadia Medjemedj | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Athletics
### Men's Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Abdellatif Baka | 1500 metres T13 | — | — | 3:48.29 WR | |
| Fouad Baka | 1500 metres T13 | — | — | 3:49.84 PB | 4 |
| Madjid Djemai | 1500 metres T37 | — | — | 4:17.28 | |
| Sofiane Hamdi | 100 metres T37 | 12.08 | 5 | Did not advance |
| Sofiane Hamdi | 400 metres T37 | 54.28 | 3 Q | 53.01 SB | |
| Mohamed Berrahal | 100 metres T51 | — | — | 21.70 | |
| Mohamed Berrahal | 400 metres T51 | — | — | 1:24.06 | 4 |
| Sid Ali Bouzourine | 400 metres T36 | — | — | 1:00.22 | 7 |
| Sid Ali Bouzourine | 800 metres T36 | — | — | 2:15.03 | 4 |
| Abdellatif Baka | 400 metres T13 | 50.15 | 2 Q | DNS | DNS |
| Fouad Baka | 400 metres T13 | 49.04 PB | 3 Q | 49.09 | 4 |
| Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou | 400 metres T13 | 49.08 | 1 Q | 48.04 PB | |
| Samir Nouioua | 1500 metres T46 | — | — | 3:59.46 SB | |

### Men's Field

| Athlete | Events | Mark(m) | Rank |
| Lahouari Bahlaz | Shot Put F32 | 9.40 | |
| Abderrahim Missouni | Shot Put F32 | 8.17 | 6 |
| Karim Betina | Shot Put F32 | 7.27 | 9 |
| Lahouari Bahlaz | club throw F32 | DNS | DNS |
| Abderrahim Missouni | club throw F32 | DNS | DNS |
| Mounir Bakiri | club throw F32 | DNS | DNS |
| Kamel Kardjena | Shot Put F33 | 10.94 | |
| Firas Bentria | long jump F11 | 5.59 | 9 |

### Women's Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lynda Hamri | 100 metres T12 | 13.52 q | 2 | 13.80 | 4 | Did not advance |

### Women's Field

| Athlete | Events | Mark(m) | Rank |
| Louadjeda Benoumessad | javelin throw F34 | 16.96 | 5 |
| Nadia Medjemedj | javelin throw F56 | 20.24 | |
| Nassima Saifi | shot put F56/57 | 10.77 | |
| Nadia Medjemedj | shot put F56/57 | 9.92 | |
| Safia Djelal | shot put F56/57 | NM | NM |
| Mounia Gasmi | club throw F32 | 25.41 PB | |
| Lynda Hamri | long jump T12 | 5.53 SB | |
| Nassima Saifi | discus throw F57 | 33.33 | |
| Safia Djelal | discus throw F57 | 27.34 | 4 |
| Mounia Gasmi | shot put F32 | 3.99 | 4 |
| Asmahan Boudjadar | shot put F33 | 5.72 | |

## Goalball
### Men's tournament

Algeria's men enter the tournament ranked 12th in the world. The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 3 | |
| 8 September 2016 13:15 | Algeria | 0–10 | Germany | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 8 September 2016 13:15 | | Report | Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| 9 September 2016 17:30 | Sweden | 12–6 | Algeria | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 9 September 2016 17:30 | Weichel 5 Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3 | Report | Belhouchat 5 Mokrane 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Yoshinori Nii (JPN) |
| 11 September 2016 09:00 | Brazil | 12–2 | Algeria | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 11 September 2016 09:00 | Moreno 6 Marques 3 Sousa 2 Celente 1 | Report | Mokrane 2 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 12 September 2016 11:30 | Algeria | 17–13 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| 12 September 2016 11:30 | Mokrane 9 Godmane 6 Larbi 1 Boutaleb 1 | Report | Nesbitt 6 Hache 3 Gaulin 3 Larbi 1 (o.g) | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Alexander Knecht (GER) |

### Women's tournament

The Algeria women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after winning the African championship by defeating Egypt 11–1 in the final. Other teams participating in the qualifier included Tunisia and Morocco. Ghana was scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the event. The team played in a Rio warmup tournament in Malmo, Sweden where they finished tenth. The national team is coached by Mohamed Bettahrat. Algeria's women enter the tournament ranked 23rd in the world.
The following is the Algeria roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Israel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 | −36 | 0 | |
| 9 September 2016 14:30 | Algeria | 0–10 (walkover) | United States |
| 10 September 2016 18:45 | Israel | 10–0 (walkover) | Algeria |
| 12 September 2016 15:30 | Japan | 7–1 | Algeria | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 12 September 2016 15:30 | Temma 3 Kakehata 2 Adachi 2 | Report | Benallou 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| 13 September 2016 11:30 | Algeria | 0–10 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 13 September 2016 11:30 | | Report | Amorim 6 Custodio 3 Rocha 1 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Dawna Christy (CAN) |

## Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Algeria earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Noura Mouloud in the men's -60 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mouloud Noura | Men's -60 kg | Bye | Bologa (ROU) L 000-000 S | Did not advance | Minjae (KOR) L 000-010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mehdi Meskine | Men's -73 kg | Gavilan (ESP) W 000-000 S | Sayidov (UZB) L 000-111 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Kitazono (JPN) L 000-100 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Cherine Abdellaoui | Women's -52 kg | Bye | Gagne (CAN) W 000-000 S | Martinet (FRA) L 000-100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Ferreira (BRA) W 001-000 | |

## Powerlifting

Samira Guerioua qualified to represent Algeria at the 2016 Games in powerlifting. The 32-year-old is a member of the Bir Mourad Rais club. Nationally, she is coached by Mohamed-Salah Ben Atta.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Samira Guerioua | -45 kg | 85.0 | 6 |
| Hocine Bettir | -65 kg | NMR | NMR |

## Wheelchair basketball
### Men's tournament

The Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. The team participated in the Arab Championship "Open" in July 2016 as part of their Rio preparation efforts. At the event, Algeria defeated Iraq by a score of 48–24, Morocco by a score of 77–72, South Africa by a score of 79–53, Kuwait by a score of 87-25 and Saudi Arabia by a score of 63–33. Nabil Gueddoun led his team in scoring going into elimination play.
The following is the Algeria roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 402 | 206 | +196 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 364 | 263 | +101 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 309 | 314 | −5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 314 | +23 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 295 | 361 | −66 | 7 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 436 | −249 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 3 pts, +11 PD; Germany 3 pts, +6 PD; Iran 3 pts, −17 PD
* 8 September 2016 11:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 93–31 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 20–13, 20–6, 30–2 |||
| Pts: Sagar 19 Rebs: Sagar 11 Asts: Brown, Warburton 7 | | Pts: Ayache, Mansouri 8 Rebs: Abassi, Guedoun 5 Asts: Guedoun 5 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana
* 9 September 2016 21:00
* Report
| Algeria | 43–82 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 10–18, 4–23, 13–20 |||
| Pts: Guedoun 24 Rebs: Guedoun 12 Asts: Mansouri 5 | | Pts: Candido Sanchez 24 Rebs: Candido Sanchez, De Miranda 9 Asts: Candido Sanchez 7 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nurredin Bilmez
* 10 September 2016 18:00
* Report
| Germany | 97–41 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 32–3, 33–16, 20–8 |||
| Pts: Bohme 29 Rebs: Bienek 8 Asts: Bienek 11 | | Pts: Guedoun 22 Rebs: Guedoun 8 Asts: Guedoun 6 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexandre Lapointe
* 11 September 2016 18:00
* Report
| Algeria | 24–92 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–27, 6–22, 2–24, 12–19 |||
| Pts: Guedoun 10 Rebs: Abassi 4 Asts: Guedoun 5 | | Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Jennifer 5 Asts: Serio 9 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana
* 12 September 2016 14:00
* Report
| Iran | 72–48 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 19–13, 13–12, 16–9 |||
| Pts: Abedi 23 Rebs: Gholamazad 12 Asts: Hadiazhar 7 | | Pts: Guedoun 16 Rebs: Ayache 5 Asts: Guedoun 9 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Krunoslav Peic

#### 11th/12th place playoff

* 14 September 2016 19:30
* Report
| Canada | 70–51 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–5, 17–17, 20–15, 20–14 |||
| Pts: Goncin 19 Rebs: Miller 7 Asts: Hedges 6 | | Pts: Guedoun 22 Rebs: Guedoun 8 Asts: Guedoun 8 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Philip Haines

### Women's tournament

The Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not choose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.
The following is the Algeria roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 288 | 138 | +150 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 300 | 148 | +152 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 187 | +25 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | France | 4 | 1 | 3 | 178 | 266 | −88 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 332 | −239 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |
* 8 September 2016 21:00
* Report
| Algeria | 16–88 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–23, 0–18, 2–30, 8–17 |||
| Pts: Khemgani 6 Rebs: Khemgani 8 | | Pts: Lyu 19 Rebs: Lei 8 Asts: Long, Deng 7 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nurredin Bilmez
* 9 September 2016 17:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 107–29 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 34–10, 27–2, 24–8, 22–9 |||
| Pts: Beijer 20 Rebs: van Leeuwen 10 Asts: Huitzing 12 | | Pts: Khemcani 9 Rebs: Khemcani 6 Asts: Khemcani 3 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Karen Molina
* 11 September 2016 17:30
* Report
| Algeria | 33–72 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–23, 8–22, 8–18, 12–9 |||
| Pts: Khemgani 12 Rebs: Khemgani 6 Asts: hemgani 5 | | Pts: Saint Omer Delepine 20 Rebs: Saint Omer Delepine 7 Asts: Etavard Glemp 9 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Milutin Jelenic
* 12 September 2016 09:30
* Report
| United States | 65–15 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–4, 12–4, 20–2, 14–5 |||
| Pts: Schneider 14 Rebs: Dunkin 10 Asts: Dunkin 6 | | Pts: Khemgani 8 Rebs: Khemgani 8 Asts: Abdelali 1 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mati Quintana

#### 9th/10th place match

* 13 September 2016 09:30
* Report
| Algeria | 38–53 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 6–16, 8–14, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Foulani 12 Rebs: Zairi 6 Asts: Abdelau 7 | | Pts: Coronel 20 Rebs: Linari 11 Asts: Olmedo 8 |
* Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Jaime Oseguera