Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

| 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

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Khoudir Aggoune | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | DNS | 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 | Did not advance |
| Kamel Boulahfane | 1500 m | 3:45.59 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | 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 | Did not advance |
| Antar Zerguelaïne | 800 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antar Zerguelaïne | 1500 m | 3:42.30 | 5 Q | 3:40.64 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

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

### Track & road events

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

### Field events

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

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

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

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

## Cycling

### Road

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

## Fencing

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anissa Khelfaoui | Individual foil | Thompson (USA) L 2–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mounir Benamadi | −66 kg | Bye | Brown (AUS) W 1010–0000 | Sharipov (UZB) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amar Meridja | −73 kg | — | Siamionau (BLR) L 0010–0102 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Bye | Bye | Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0000–0001 | |
| Hassane Azzoun | −100 kg | — | Miraliyev (AZE) L 0001–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Bye | Bye | Kaliyeva (KAZ) W 0121–0010 | |
| Lila Latrous | −57 kg | Xu Y (CHN) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Koivumäki (FIN) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kahina Saidi | −63 kg | Bezzina (MLT) W 0200–0000 | Willeboordse (NED) L 0001–1100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachida Ouerdane | −70 kg | Bye | Bosch (NED) L 0010–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Nasiga (FIJ) W 1001–0000 | Rousey (USA) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chaouki Dries | Single sculls | 7:57.65 | 5 SE/F | — | — | Bye | 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

### Men

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

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball

### 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.

| № | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 353 | 312 | 1.131 | 10 | 6 | 1.667 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 343 | 349 | 0.983 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 323 | 404 | 0.800 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 230 | 392 | 0.587 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | Eliminated |

## Weightlifting

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

## Wrestling

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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
| Messaoud Zeghdane | −74 kg | Bye | Schneider (GER) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
| Samir Bouguerra | −96 kg | Bye | Jiang Hc (CHN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
