Algeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
# Algeria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 44 competitors, 40 men and 4 women, took part in 29 events in 7 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Boxing | 6 | – | 6 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Judo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 4 | 44 |

## Athletics

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Moustafa Kamel Salmi | 100 metres | 11.08 | 86 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moustafa Kamel Salmi | 200 metres | 21.24 | 28 q | 21.26 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Réda Abdenouz | 800 metres | 1:47.67 | 16 q | 1:46.97 | 16 Q | 1:45.95 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Bel Kessam | 800 metres | 1:47.96 | 21 q | 1:46.93 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachid Kram | 1500 metres | 3:39.90 | 6 q | — | 3:41.39 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Allaoua Khellil | Marathon | — | 2:21:12 | 35 |
| Noureddine Tadjine | 110 metres hurdles | 14.36 | 28 Q | 14.35 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Azzedine Brahmi | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:35.59 | 10 Q | — | 8:16.54 | 4 Q | 8:26.68 | 13 |
| Mohamed Bouhalla | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:27:10 | 34 |
| Abdel Wahab Ferguene | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:26:33 | 32 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Lotfi Khaïda | Long jump | 7.10 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lotfi Khaïda | Triple jump | 15.68 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hakim Toumi | Hammer throw | 65.78 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hassiba Boulmerka | 800 metres | 2:03.33 | 18 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassiba Boulmerka | 1500 metres | 4:08.33 | 14 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yacine Sheikh | Light flyweight | Martínez (ESA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benaissa Abed | Flyweight | Bye | Moukrim (MAR) W 3–2 | Nsubuga (UGA) W 3–2 | Tews (GDR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Slimane Zengli | Bantamweight | Gomes (ANG) W 5–0 | Santana (BRA) W 5–0 | Artemyev (URS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Azzedine Saïd | Lightweight | Mbao (ZAM) W' KO | Kubuitsile (BOT) W RSC R1 | Hegazi (EGY) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noureddine Meziane | Light middleweight | Hussain (PAK) L KO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Dine | Middleweight | Bye | Füzesy (HUN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Two male cyclists represented Algeria in 1988.

### Road

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sebti Benzine | Road race | 4:43:15 | 96 |
| Mohamed Mir | Road race | 4:32:56 | 39 |

## Handball

The Algerians elected to send only a men's team to the 1988 Olympics, with 15 members. One man, Mohamed Machou, did not start.

They finished the event with a final record of 1 win, 0 ties, and 5 losses, scoring 104 goals while letting in 130 for a point differential of -26. They made 198 attempts on goal, netting them a 52.5% success rate. They were given 12 yellow cards and 21 2-minute suspensions. They played a notably clean series of games, garnering not a single red card or disqualification. They were coached by Mohamed Lamine Aziz Derouaz.

### Summary

Key:

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Algeria men's | Men's tournament | Sweden L 18–21 | Iceland L 16–22 | Yugoslavia L 22–23 | Soviet Union L 13–26 | United States W 20–17 | 5 | Spain L 15–21 | 10 |

### Team roster

* Brahim Bourdrali - Played 6 games, scored 12 times.
* Abdelhak Bouhalissa - Played 3 games, scored 4 times.
* Omar Azzeb - Played 3 games, scored 1 time.
* Ben Ali Beghouach - Played 6 games, scored 7 times.
* Makhlouf Ait Hocine - Played 5 games, scored 15 times.
* Salah Bouchekriou - Plated 6 games, scored 7 times.
* Ahcen Djeffal - Played 5 games, scored 8 times.
* Mahmoud Bouanik - Played 6 games, scored 13 times.
* Fethnour Lacheheb - Played 6 games, scored 4 times.
* Kamel Ouchia - Played 6 games, never scored.
* Abdel Salem Ben Magh Soula - Played 6 games, scored 11 times
* Zineddine Mohamed Seghir - Played 6 games, scored 21 times.
* Abu Sofiane Draouci - Played 2 games, never scored.
* Mourad Boussebt - Played 6 games, scored 1 time.
* Mohamed Machou - Did not start.

### Group play

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 82 | +48 | 10 | Gold medal game |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 109 | +7 | 7 | Bronze medal game |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 91 | +15 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 102 | −6 | 5 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Algeria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 109 | −20 | 2 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 125 | −44 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 20 September 1988 14:00 | Sweden | 21–18 | Algeria | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 20 September 1988 14:00 | Hajas, Järphag 4 | (14–9) | Seghir 5 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 20 September 1988 14:00 | 2× 4× | | 3× 6× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 22 September 1988 18:00 | Iceland | 22–16 | Algeria | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG) |
| 22 September 1988 18:00 | Arason 8 | (11–8) | Seghir 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG) |
| 22 September 1988 18:00 | 2× 6× | | 2× 6× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG) |
| 24 September 1988 10:00 | Yugoslavia | 23–22 | Algeria | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 24 September 1988 10:00 | Smajlagić 7 | (10–11) | three players 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 24 September 1988 10:00 | 3× 7× | | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 26 September 1988 18:00 | Soviet Union | 26–13 | Algeria | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR) |
| 26 September 1988 18:00 | Gopin, Nesterov 4 | (13–5) | Bouanik 5 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR) |
| 26 September 1988 18:00 | 2× 2× | | 1× 4× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR) |
| 28 September 1988 10:00 | United States | 17–20 | Algeria | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 28 September 1988 10:00 | Hillery, Lash 5 | (8–10) | three players 3 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 28 September 1988 10:00 | 3× 4× | | 3× 2× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |

### 9th place match

| 30 September 1988 11:30 | Algeria | 15–21 | Spain | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 September 1988 11:30 | Seghir 5 | (6–11) | Marín 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR) |
| 30 September 1988 11:30 | | | 2× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR) |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ali Idir | 60 kg | Bye | Takahashi (CAN) W Ippon | Csák (HUN) L Koka | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Meziane Dahmani | 65 kg | Bećanović (YUG) L Yusei-gachi | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Meridja | 71 kg | Bye | Ruiz (ESP) L Yuko | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Riad Chibani | 86 kg | Bye | Medina (COL) W Waza-ari | Canu (FRA) L Koka | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Boualem Miloudi | +95 kg | — | Venturelli (ITA) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Warda Bouchabou | Singles | Scheuer-Larsen (DEN) L (0–6, 1–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Azzedine Basbas | 56 kg | 107.5 | 9 | 137.5 | 8 | 245.0 | 10 |
| Omar Yousfi | 110 kg | 140.0 | 16 | 170.0 | 14 | 310.0 | 14 |
