# Algeria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

## Athletics

Algeria qualified 12 athletes.
Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Tahar Lazaar | 800 m | 2:00.99 | 17 qC | 1:59.45 | 14 |
| Taufiq Bouziane | 3000 m | 8:21.58 PB | 8 Q | 8:18.98 PB | 6 |
| Amine Bouanani | 110 m hurdles | 13.92 PB | 14 qC | 14.19 | 18 |
| Ahmed Kenzi Saidia | 2000 m steeplechase | 5:41.73 PB | 4 Q | 5:49.22 | 6 |
| Djaber Bouras | 10000 m walk | — | — | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki | Long jump | NM qB | NM qB | No mark | No mark |
| Hicham Bouhanoun | High jump | 2.07 | 7 Q | 2.08 | 7 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Abir Reffas | 1500 m | 4:41.17 | 16 qB | 4:36.88 | 14 |
| Noura Kherroubi | 3000 m | 10:08.86 | 14 qB | 10:11.15 | 15 |
| Ilham Zenati | 2000 m steeplechase | 7:30.59 | 16 qB | 7:29.17 | 17 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Yousra Arar | High jump | 1.60 | 15 qB | No mark | No mark |
| May Massika Mesioud | Pole vault | NM qB | NM qB | DNS | DNS |

## Boxing

Algeria qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tamma Salem | Boys' −56 kg | Bye | Mihaylov (BUL) L 0–2 | Bronze-medal match McGrail (GBR) L 0–3 | 4 |

## Cycling

Algeria qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Cross-Country Eliminator | Cross-Country Eliminator | Time Trial | Time Trial | Time Trial | BMX | BMX | Cross-Country Race | Cross-Country Race | Cross-Country Race | Road Race | Road Race | Road Race | Total Pts | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Total Pts | Rank |
| Zoheir Benyoub Islam Mansouri | Boys' team | 28 | 0 | 5:28.66 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 0 | –3 laps | 26 | 0 | 1:37:29 1:37:23 | 30 8 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Yasmine Elmeddah Nour Megherbi | Girls' team | 24 | 0 | 7:11.64 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 0 | −2 laps | 28 | 0 | DNF 1:27:52 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 31 |

### Mixed relay

| Athletes | Event | Cross-Country Girls' Race | Cross-Country Boys' Race | Boys' Road Race | Girls' Road Race | Total Time | Rank |
| Yasmine Elmeddah Islam Mansouri Zoheir Benyoub Nour Megherbi | Mixed team relay | 4:25 | 3:23 | 5:41 | 7:25 | 20:54 | 27 |

## Fencing

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Cadet World Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Pool Round | Seed | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Salim Heroui | Individual foil | 1–6 | 12 | Bianchi (ITA) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Pool Round | Seed | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abik Boungab | Individual sabre | 1-4 | 9 | Crovari (ITA) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Mixed team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals / PM | Final / PM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Africa Abik Boungab (ALG) Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY) Yara El-Shakrawy (EGY) Fares Ferjani (TUN) Shirwit Gaber (EGY) Salim Heroui (ALG) | Mixed team | Americas 2 L 20–30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Algeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

#### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Fatima Mokhtari | Qualification | 7.750 | 12.550 | 3.325 | 9.500 | 33.125 | 40 |

## Judo

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Rep 1 | Rep 2 | Rep 3 | Rep 4 | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Salim Rebahi | Boys' −66 kg | Manzi (ITA) L 0002-000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | Wawrzyczek (POL) L 0002-0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Sadjia Amrane | Girls' −52 kg | — | Mbazoghe (GAB) W 101-0002 | Temelkova (BUL) L 0002-000 | Did not advance | — | — | Lee (KOR) L 0001-1012 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Team Nevzorov Mihanta Andriamifehy (MAD) Brigitte Carabalí (COL) Nicolas Grinda (MON) Bryan Jolly (AUS) Tamazi Kirakozashvili (GEO) Salim Rebahi (ALG) Aleksandra Samardzic (BIH) | Mixed team | Bye | Team Douillet (MIX) L 2 – 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Team Ruska Sadjia Amrane (ALG) Jose Basile (BRA) Harutyun Dermishyan (ARM) Szabina Gercsák (HUN) Lovro Kovac (CRO) Kamila Pasternak (POL) Julian Sancho (CRC) Betina Temelkova (BUL) | Mixed team | Bye | Team Rouge (MIX) L 2 – 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Rowing

Algeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Qualification Regatta.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Boucif Mohammed Belhadj | Boys' single sculls | 3:47.18 | 5 R | 3:39.77 | 4 SC/D | 3:41.68 | 5 FD | 3:47.99 | 21 |
| Thiziri Douki | Girls' single sculls | 4:30.10 | 6 R | 4:25.32 | 5 SC/D | 4:27.52 | 5 FD | 4:32.59 | 22 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Algeria qualified one boat based on its performance at the Byte CII African Continental Qualifier. Later they were given a reallocation spot based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net Points | Final Rank |
| Amine Guedmim | Boys' Byte CII | 20 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 31 | 22 | 23 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 25 | 151 | 26 |
| Nouha Akil | Girls' Byte CII | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 24 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 26 | 172 | 29 |

## Swimming

Algeria qualified one swimmer.

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hamida Nefsi | 200 m butterfly | 2:29.20 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hamida Nefsi | 200 m individual medley | 2:26.30 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Algeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the African Qualification Event.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sannah Lagsir | Girls | Khetkuan (THA) L 8–11, 3–11, 5–11 | Yee (SIN) W 11–5, 11–7, 8–11, 11–7 | Luo (CAN) L 7–11, 11–13, 10–12 | 3 qB | Consolation round Kim (UZB) W 11–8, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9 | Consolation round Imre (HUN) L 10–12, 15–13, 10–12, 8–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Africa 1 Sannah Lagsir (ALG) Kerem Ben Yahia (TUN) | Mixed | Wan (GER) Ort (GER) L 0–3 | Piccolin (ITA) Schmid (SUI) L 0–3 | Lorenzotti (URU) Calderano (BRA) L 0–3 | 4 qB | Consolation round Imre (HUN) Szudi (HUN) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 25 |
Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

## Weightlifting

Algeria qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Junior & Youth African Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Aymen Touairi | +85 kg | 133 | 5 | 171 | 6 | 304 | 6 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Meryem Benmiloud | −58 kg | 66 | 7 | 82 | 7 | 148 | 7 |

## Wrestling

Algeria qualified three athletes based its performance at the 2014 African Cadet Championships.
Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Boys' Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Habib Belghelam | −42 kg | Leilua (ASA) W 4–0 | Masyk (UKR) L 1–3 | Aslan (TUR) L 0–4 | 3 | 5th place match Perez (MEX) L 0–4 $^{VT}$ | 6 |
| Houssem Bounasri | −50 kg | Bakhromov (UZB) L 0–4 | Muller (MHL) W 4–0 | Correa (BRA) W 4–0 | 2 | Bronze-medal match Aghaniachari (IRI) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 4 |

### Girls' freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Khadidja Kadour | −46 kg | Castillo (VEN) L 0–4 | Bolormaa (MGL) L 0–4 | Roik (BLR) W 4–0 | 3 | 5th place match Bramley (NZL) W 4–0 $^{VT}$ | 5 |