Algeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Algeria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Algeria – Flag bearers IOC code  ALG NOC Comité Olympique Algérien
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	61 (46 men and 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Djabir Saïd-Guerni
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Algeria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Algeria first competed in the Olympics in 1964, and entered the 2004 Athens Games having won a total of twelve medals — including one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. These medals were in athletics (three gold, one silver, two bronze) and boxing (one gold, five bronze). 61 competitors, 46 men and 15 women, took part in 57 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men

Women

• 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
• DNF = Did not finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mebarek Soltani	Flyweight	Balakshin (RUS) L 15–26	Did not advance
Malik Bouziane	Bantamweight	Hallab (FRA) W 19–16	Kovalev (RUS) L 20–23	Did not advance
Hadj Belkheir	Featherweight	Tichtchenko (RUS) L 17–37	Did not advance
Fillali Nasserredine	Light welterweight	Georgiev (BUL) L (RSC)	Did not advance
Meskine Benamar	Welterweight	Martirosyan (USA) L 20–45	Did not advance
Kassel Nabil	Middleweight	Abreu (BRA) W 41–36	Dirrell (USA) L (RSC)	Did not advance
Abdelhani Kensi	Light heavyweight	Song (KOR) W 25–19	Haydarov (UZB) L 19–31	Did not advance

Key:

• RSC = Referee stopped contest

Fencing

Algeria fielded 8 fencers. All three of the male sabre fencers were defeated in the round of 64, as was the female épéeist. Sofiane el Azizi won his first match in foil, advancing to the round of 32.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abderrahmane Daidj	Men's individual épée	Karuchenko (UKR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Sofiane el Azizi	Men's individual foil	Dupree (USA) W 16–15	Guyart (FRA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Nassim Islam Bernaoui	Men's individual sabre	Huang (CHN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Raouf Salim Bernaoui	Men's individual sabre	Manetas (GRE) L 10–15	Did not advance
Reda Benchehima	Men's individual sabre	Chen (CHN) L 3–15	Did not advance
Raouf Salim Bernaoui Nassim Islam Bernaoui Reda Benchehima	Men's team sabre	N/A		Greece L 25–45	Did not advance
Zahra Gamir	Women's individual épée	Branza (ROU) L 14–15	Did not advance
Wassila Redouane Saïd-Guerni	Women's individual foil	N/A		Meng (CHN) L 12–15	Did not advance

• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Omar Rebahi	-60 kg	Donbay (KAZ) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Amar Meridja	-66 kg	Mohamed (EGY) W 1000–0001	Vaks (ISR) W 0010–0000	Krnáč (SLO) L 0000–1001	Did not advance		BYE	Penas (ESP) L 0001–0020	Did not advance
Nouredinne Yagoubi	-73 kg	Latu (TGA) W 1111–0000	Bilodid (UKR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Amar Benikhlef	-81 kg	Aboumedan (EGY) W 1020–0000	Wanner (GER) L 0000–1002	Did not advance
Khaled Meddah	-90 kg	Honorato (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Sami Belgroun	-100 kg	Ayala (PUR) W 1010–0000	Jikurauli (GEO) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Mohamed Bouaichaoui	+100 kg	Pertelson (EST) L 0010–1010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Soraya Haddad	-48 kg	Ali (CAF) W 1110–0000	Zambrano (CUB) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) L 0001–1101	Did not advance
Salima Souakri	-52 kg	Nareks (SLO) W 0010–0001	Xian (CHN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lila Latrous	-57 kg	Liu (CHN) L 0011–1100	Did not advance
Rachida Ouer Dane	-70 kg	Qin (CHN) L 0010–0110	Did not advance

Rowing

• Mohamed Aich - men's single sculls, D/E semifinals
• Amina Benelhadj Djelloul
• Basma Dries
• Chaouki Dries
• Mohamed Riad Garidi

Swimming

• Raouf Benabid
• Sabria Dahane - women's 400 m individual medley, 24th
• Sofiane Daid - men's 100 m breaststroke, 32nd
• Sarah Hadj Abderrahmane
• Salim Iles - men's 100 m freestyle, in finals
• Nabil Kebbab
• Mahrez Mebarek - men's 200 m freestyle, 35th
• Aghiles Slimani - men's 200 m butterfly, 32nd

Table tennis

• Leila Boucetta - women's singles, defeated in first round
• Mohamed Boudjadja - men's singles, defeated in first round
• Mohamed Boudjadja and Abdel Hakim Djaziri - men's doubles, defeated in first round
• Asma Menaifi and Souad Nechab - women's doubles, defeated in first round

Tennis

Men's Singles

• Lamine Ouahab — defeated in round of 64

Weightlifting

Algeria was represented by two weightlifters in Athens. Nafaa Benami, competing in the men's 56 kg class, did not complete the clean and jerk portion of the event.

• Nafaa Benami - men's 56 kg, did not finish
• Ahmed Keroui -

Wrestling

There were two wrestlers from Algeria at the Athens games.

• Samir Benchenaf
• Leila Francoise Lassouani

Officials

• President: Mustapha Berraf
• Secretary General: Naidji Mohamed Nacereddine

See also

• Algeria at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

References