Algeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Algeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. 54 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 9 sports.

## Athletics

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| El-Hachemi Abdenouz | 5000 m | 13:42.07 | 1 Q | 14:15.85 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mehdi Aidet | 800 m | 1:50.4 | 3 Q | 1:48.11 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mehdi Aidet | 1500 m | 3:43.86 | 2 Q | 3:44.85 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lahcen Babaci | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:38.68 | 7 Q | 8:25.47 | 6 Q | 8:31.80 | 11 |
| Derradji Harek | 800 m | 1:49.9 | 5 Q | 1:51.81 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Derradji Harek | 1500 m | 3:45.29 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachid Habchaoui | 5000 m | 13:59.85 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachid Habchaoui | 10000 m | 29:12.9 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdel Madjid Mada | 10000 m | 30:23.4 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdel Madjid Mada | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Abderrahmane Morceli | 1500 m | 3:45.96 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Abdel Hamid Sahil | High jump | 2.18 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Othmane Belfaa | High jump | 2.05 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* Ahmed Siad
   * First round — Bye
   * Second round — Defeated Lincoln Salcedo (Ecuador) on points (5-0)
   * Quarter Finals — Lost to Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

* Boualem Bel Alouane
   * First round — Defeated Barrington Cambridge (Guyana) on points (5-0)
   * Second round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

* Mohamed Bouchiche
   * First round — Lost to Pawel Skrzecz (Poland) after walkover

## Fencing

One fencer represented Algeria in 1980.

### Men's foil

* Tahar Hamou

## Football

### Team Squad

Head coach: Mahieddine Khalef

| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Mourad Amara | Feb 19, 1959 | 21 | 0 | JE Tizi-Ouzou | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Mahmoud Guendouz | Feb 24, 1953 | 27 | ? | MA Hussein Dey | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1Y |
| 4 | DF | Bouzid Mahyouz | Jan 13, 1952 | 28 | ? | MP Alger | 4 | 0 | 314 | 2 | 0 | 2Y |
| 5 | DF | Chaabane Merzekane | March 8, 1959 | 21 | ? | MA Hussein Dey | 4 | 1 | 349 | 1 | 0 | 1Y |
| 6 | DF | Mohamed Khedis | Feb 29, 1952 | 28 | ? | MA Hussein Dey | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Rabah Madjer | Dec 15, 1958 | 21 | ? | MA Hussein Dey | 4 | 1 | 348 | 1 | 0 | 1Y |
| 8 | MD | Ali Fergani | Sep 19, 1952 | 27 | ? | JE Tizi-Ouzou | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1Y |
| 9 | FW | Tedj Bensaoula | Dec 25, 1954 | 25 | ? | MP Oran | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MD | Lakhdar Belloumi | Dec 29, 1958 | 21 | ? | MP Alger | 4 | 2 | 310 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Salah Assad | March 13, 1958 | 22 | ? | RS Kouba | 4 | 0 | 343 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Mohamed Rahmani | Dec 10, 1958 | 21 | ? | EP Setif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Salah Larbès | Sep 16, 1952 | 27 | ? | JE Tizi-Ouzou | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Djamel Menad | Jul 19, 1960 | 20 | ? | CM Belcourt | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | M'hamed Bouhalla | Sep 29, 1954 | 25 | ? | ASO Chlef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Abderrahmane Derouaz | Dec 12, 1955 | 24 | ? | USK Alger | 3 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MD | Hocine Yahi | Apr 25, 1960 | 20 | ? | CM Belcourt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MD | Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib | Jan 24, 1960 | 20 | 0 | DNC Alger | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group standings

Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Syria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |

## Handball

### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (18-22)
   * Lost to Romania (18-26)
   * Lost to Soviet Union (10-33)
   * Lost to Switzerland (18-26)
   * Defeated Kuwait (30-17)
* Classification Match
   * 9th/10th place: Lost to Denmark (20-29) → 10th place

Team Roster

* Ahmed Farfar
* Abdelkerim Hamiche
* Azeddine Bouzerar
* Omar Azeb
* Ali Akacha
* Ahcene Djeffal
* Kamel Hebri
* Mouloud Meknache
* Abdelmadjid Slimani
* Abdelkrim Bendjemil
* Abdelatif Bergheul
* Abdelatif Bakir
* Rachid Mokrani
* Mohamed Machou

## Judo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ahmed Moussa | −60 kg | Bye | Sissoko (MLI) W 1:08 | Emizh (URS) L 5:00 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mohamed Halimi | 100 m freestyle | 55:16 | 31 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reda Yadi | 200 m freestyle | 2:06.26 | 37 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Bendahmane | 400 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdelhakim Bitat Reda Yadi Mohamed Bendahmane Mohamed Halimi | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:23.22 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Bantamweight (56 kg)

* Ahmed Tarbi → Total: 240.0 kg → 11th place

Featherweight (60 kg)

* Mohamed Gouni → Total: 247.5 kg → 11th place

Heavyweight I (100 kg)

* Omar Yousfi → Total: 320.0 kg → 13th place

## Wrestling

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Mohamed Hachaichi | −52 kg | Thieng (VIE) W 15-8 | Efremov (YUG) L T 4:30 | Beloglazov (URS) L T 1:22 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 10 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Mohamed Moualek | −68 kg | Gaál (HUN) L T 0:58 | Nalbandyan (URS) L DQ 4:56 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 13 |
