Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Beijing
Competitors	62 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Salim Iles (opening) Abdelhafid Benchabla (closing)
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
France (1896–1960)

Medalists

Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Amar Benikhlef Judo Men's 90 kg 13 August  Bronze Soraya Haddad Judo Women's 52 kg 10 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 0 1 1 2 Total 0 1 1 2

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Khoudir Aggoune	10000 m	—				DNS
Mohamed Ameur	20 km walk	—				1:32.21	48
Tarek Boukensa	1500 m	3:36.11	4 Q	3:39.73	8	Did not advance
Kamel Boulahfane		3:45.59	11	Did not advance
Nabil Madi	800 m	1:45.75	3 q	1:45.63	1 Q	1:45.96	7
Rabie Makhloufi	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.74	8	—		Did not advance
Nadjim Manseur	800 m	1:45.75	3 q	1:45.54	4 q	1:47.19	8
Ali Saïdi-Sief	5000 m	14:15.00	12	—		Did not advance
Antar Zerguelaïne	800 m	DNS		Did not advance
	1500 m	3:42.30	5 Q	3:40.64	11	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Issam Nima	Long jump	DNS		Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Souad Aït Salem	Marathon	—		2:28.29	9
Widad Mendil	3000 m steeplechase	9:52.35	17	Did not advance
Nahida Touhami	1500 m	4:18.99	11	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Baya Rahouli	Triple jump	13.87	22	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nabil Lasmari	Men's singles	Bye	Gade (DEN) L 6–21, 4–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Algeria qualified eight boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All eight qualified at the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelhalim Ouradi	Bantamweight	Nevin (IRL) L 4–9	Did not advance
Abdelkader Chadi	Featherweight	Bye	Adi (THA) W 7–6	Kılıç (TUR) L 6–13	Did not advance
Hamza Kramou	Lightweight	Ugás (CUB) L 3–21	Did not advance
Nabil Kassel	Middleweight	Bye	Sutherland (IRL) L 14–21	Did not advance
Abdelhafid Benchebla	Light heavyweight	Kumar (IND) W 23–3	Yasser (EGY) W 13–6	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 7–12	Did not advance
Abdelaziz Touilbini	Heavyweight	—	Wilder (USA) L 4–10	Did not advance
Newfel Ouatah	Super heavyweight	—	Payares (VEN) W 7–5	Glazkov (UKR) L 4–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hichem Chaabane	Men's road race	Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hadia Bentaleb	Individual épée	—	Szász (HUN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Anissa Khelfaoui	Individual foil	Thompson (USA) L 2–11	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Rebahi	−60 kg	Bye	Sobirov (UZB) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Mounir Benamadi	−66 kg	Bye	Brown (AUS) W 1010–0000	Sharipov (UZB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Amar Meridja	−73 kg	—	Siamionau (BLR) L 0010–0102	Did not advance
Amar Benikhlef	−90 kg	—	El Assri (MAR) W 0011–0001	Alarza (ESP) W 1020–0001	Aschwanden (SUI) W 0001–0000	Dafreville (FRA) W 1000–0000	Bye			Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0000–0001
Hassane Azzoun	−100 kg	—	Miraliyev (AZE) L 0001–1000	Did not advance			Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Meriem Moussa	−48 kg	Ilendou (GAB) W 0011–0000	Baschin (GER) L 0000–0101	Did not advance
Soraya Haddad	−52 kg	Müller (LUX) W 0211–0000	Diedhiou (SEN) W 0010–0001	Kim K-O (KOR) W 0210–0001	Xian Dm (CHN) L 0000–1001	Bye			Kaliyeva (KAZ) W 0121–0010
Lila Latrous	−57 kg	Xu Y (CHN) L 0001–1001	Did not advance			Koivumäki (FIN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Kahina Saidi	−63 kg	Bezzina (MLT) W 0200–0000	Willeboordse (NED) L 0001–1100	Did not advance
Rachida Ouerdane	−70 kg	Bye	Bosch (NED) L 0010–0110	Did not advance		Nasiga (FIJ) W 1001–0000	Rousey (USA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chaouki Dries	Single sculls	7:57.65	5 SE/F	—		Bye		7:34.84	3 FE	7:32.82	29
Kamel Ait-Daoud Mohamed Garidi	Lightweight double sculls	6:43.94	5 R	7:05.73	6 SC/D	—		6:43.80	4 FD	6:47.44	19

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sofiane Daid	100 m breaststroke	1:02.45	44	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.15	50	Did not advance
Mehdi Hamama	200 m individual medley	2:04.91	41	Did not advance
Salim Iles	50 m freestyle	22.35	=23	Did not advance
Nabil Kebbab	100 m freestyle	49.38	32	Did not advance
Mahrez Mebarek	200 m freestyle	1:52.66	51	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Idir Khourta	Men's singles	Henzell (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's indoor tournament

Algeria entered a team in the women's tournament. The team lost all five matches in the group play, and finished last in their group. The team's final ranking was tied for 11th place.

Roster

The following is the Algerian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head Coach: Mouloud Ikhedji

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Mélinda Hennaoui	18 March 1990	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	288 cm (113 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Istres Volleyball
2	Sehryne Hanaoui	10 January 1988	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	266 cm (105 in)	Istres Volleyball
4	Nassima Ben Hamouda	20 October 1973	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	287 cm (113 in)	GSP Algiers
7	Raouia Rouabhia	25 June 1978	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Venelle
9	Narimène Madani	12 March 1984	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	287 cm (113 in)	NC Bejaïa
10	Fatima-Zohra Oukazi	18 January 1984	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	283 cm (111 in)	GSP Algiers
11	Mouni Abderrahim	19 November 1985	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	ASW Bejaïa
12	Safia Boukhima	10 January 1991	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	284 cm (112 in)	ASW Bejaïa
13	Nawal Mansouri	1 August 1985	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	291 cm (115 in)	281 cm (111 in)	NC Bejaïa
14	Faïza Tsabet	22 March 1985	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Istres Volleyball
17	Lydia Oulmou	2 February 1986	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Istres Volleyball
18	Tassadit Aïssou	19 June 1989	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	285 cm (112 in)	ASW Bejaïa

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	6	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2008 12:30	Algeria	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Liu Jiang (China), Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar)
	(11–25, 11–25, 10–25) result statistics

11 August 2008 10:00	Algeria	0–3	Serbia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand), Liu Jiang (China)
	(14–25, 13–25, 13–25) result statistics

13 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3–0	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand)
	(25–7, 25–20, 25–12) result statistics

15 August 2008 10:00	Algeria	0–3	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Osamu Sakaide (Japan)
	(11–25, 19–25, 10–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 10:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Massimo Menghini (Italy)
	(25–18, 25–20, 17–25, 25–16) result statistics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leila Lassouani	Women's −63 kg	85	16	110	DNF	85	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Serir	−66 kg	Bye	Kovalenko (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					20
Messaoud Zeghdane	−74 kg	Bye	Schneider (GER) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					20
Samir Bouguerra	−96 kg	Bye	Jiang Hc (CHN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					19

See also

• Algeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics