Algeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Algeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. It 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.

## Athletics

Algerian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### 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 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Khoudir Aggoune | 5000 m | 13:29.37 | 10 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moussa Aouanouk | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:28:38 | 31 |
| Saïd Belhout | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:22:32 | 49 |
| Mustapha Bennacer | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tarek Boukensa | 1500 m | 3:37.94 | 5 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamal Boulahfane | 1500 m | 3:38.59 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:41.27 | 5 Q | 3:39.02 | 11 |
| Adem Hecini | 400 m | 46.50 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Khaldi | 1500 m | 3:42.47 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Malik Louahla | 200 m | 20.67 | 2 Q | 20.93 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdelhakim Maazouz | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:36.12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nabil Madi | 800 m | 1:47.50 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Samir Moussaoui | 5000 m | 13:24.98 | 8 q | — | — | — | — | 14:02.01 | 14 |
| Djabir Saïd-Guerni | 800 m | 1:45.90 | 3 q | — | — | 1:45.80 | 1 Q | 1:45.61 | 7 |
| Ali Saidi Sief | 5000 m | 13:18.94 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 13:32.57 | 10 |
| Rachid Ziar | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Abderrahmane Hammad | High jump | 2.25 | =15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Souad Ait Salem | 5000 m | 16:02.10 | 16 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Souad Ait Salem | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Nasria Azaidj | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Nouria Merah Benida | 1500 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nahida Touhami | 1500 m | 4:06.41 | 8 q | 4:07.21 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Baya Rahouli | Triple jump | 14.89 | 2 Q | 14.86 | 6 |

## Boxing

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

## 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.

### Men

| 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 |
| Abderrahmane Daidj | Individual épée | Karyuchenko (UKR) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofiane El Azizi | Individual foil | Dupree (USA) W 16–15 | Guyart (FRA) L 3–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nassim Islam Bernaoui | Individual sabre | Huang Yj (CHN) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raouf Salim Bernaoui | Individual sabre | Manetas (GRE) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reda Benchehima | Individual sabre | Chen F (CHN) L 3–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raouf Salim Bernaoui Nassim Islam Bernaoui Reda Benchehima | Team sabre | — | — | Greece (GRE) L 25–45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### 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 |
| Zahra Gamir | Individual épée | Brânză (ROM) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wassila Saïd-Guerni | Individual foil | — | Meng J (CHN) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

### Men

| 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 |
| Omar Rebahi | −60 kg | Donbay (KAZ) L 0000–0001 | 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 Meridja | −66 kg | El Hady (EGY) W 1000–0001 | Vaks (ISR) W 0010–0000 | Krnáč (SLO) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Bye | Peñas (ESP) L 0001–0020 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noureddine Yagoubi | −73 kg | Latu (TGA) W 1111–0000 | Bilodid (UKR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amar Benikhlef | −81 kg | El Sayed (EGY) W 1020–0000 | Wanner (GER) L 0000–1002 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khaled Meddah | −90 kg | Honorato (BRA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sami Belgroun | −100 kg | Ayala (PUR) W 1010–0000 | Jikurauli (GEO) L 0001–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Bouaichaoui | +100 kg | Pertelson (EST) L 0010–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Soraya Haddad | −48 kg | Ali (CAF) W 1110–0000 | Zambrano (CUB) W 1000–0000 | Tani (JPN) L 0001–1101 | Did not advance | Bye | Karagiannopoulou (GRE) L 0100-0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salima Souakri | −52 kg | Nareks (SLO) W 0010–0001 | Xian Dm (CHN) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Imbriani (GER) W 0110–0001 | Aluaş (ROM) W 0120–0100 | Savón (CUB) L 0000–1000 | 5 |
| Lila Latrous | −57 kg | Liu Yx (CHN) L 0011–1100 | Did not advance | 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 | Qin Dy (CHN) L 0010–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mohammed Aich | Single sculls | 7:41.85 | 4 R | 7:46.98 | 4 SD/E | 7:22.05 | 5 FE | 7:25.49 | 28 |

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; R=Repechage

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Raouf Benabid | 200 m individual medley | 2:06.34 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofiane Daid | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.63 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofiane Daid | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.78 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salim Iles | 50 m freestyle | 22.26 | 4 Q | 22.16 NR | 4 Q | 22.37 | 8 |
| Salim Iles | 100 m freestyle | 49.72 | 16 Q | 49.13 | 5 Q | 49.30 | 7 |
| Mahrez Mebarek | 200 m freestyle | 1:53.00 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mahrez Mebarek | 400 m freestyle | 3:59.10 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aghiles Slimani | 100 m butterfly | 56.22 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aghiles Slimani | 200 m butterfly | 2:04.93 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sabria Dahane | 400 m individual medley | 5:10.20 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | 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 | Rank |
| Mohamed Boudjadja | Men's singles | Kamal (IND) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Boudjadja Abdel Hakim Djaziri | Men's doubles | — | Arai / Yuzawa (JPN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leila Boucetta | Women's singles | Huang I-H (TPE) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Asma Menaifi Souad Nechab | Women's doubles | Ben Kahia / Guenni (TUN) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lamine Ouahab | Men's singles | Robredo (ESP) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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.

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Nafaa Benami | Men's −56 kg | 105 | 12 | 130 | DNF | 105 | DNF |
| Leila Lassouani | Women's −63 kg | 85 | 8 | 115 | 6 | 200 | 7 |

## Wrestling

Algeria has qualified a single wrestler.

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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Samir Benchenaf | −55 kg | Rivas (CUB) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Rangraz (IRI) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
