Algeria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Algeria IOC code  ALG NOC Comité Olympique Algérien
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	60 (59 men and 1 women)
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Algeria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Athletics 1.2 Boxing 1.3 Football (soccer) 1.3.1 Men's Team Competition 1.4 Handball 1.4.1 Men's Team Competition 1.5 Swimming 2 References

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Mehdi Aidet

• Heat — 1:50.4
• Semifinals — 1:48.2 (→ did not advance)

• Derradji Harrek

• Heat — 1:49.9
• Semifinals — 1:51.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Mehdi Aidet

• Heat — 3:43.9
• Semifinals — 3:44.9 (→ did not advance)

• Abderrahmane Morceli

• Heat — 3:46.0 (→ did not advance)

• Derradji Harek

• Heat — 3:45.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Rachid Habchaoui

• Heat — 13:59.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Rachid Habchaoui

• Heat — 29:12.9 (→ did not advance)

• Abdelmadjid Mada

• Heat — 30:23.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Abdelmadjid Mada

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Lahcene Babaci

• Heat — 8:38.7
• Semifinals — 8:25.5
• Final — 8:31.8 (→ 11th place)

Men's High Jump

• Abdelhamid Sahil

• Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

• Othmane Belfaa

• Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

[edit] 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 Belaouane

• First Round — Defeated Barrington Cambridge (Guyana) on points (5-0)
• Second Round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (0-5)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Defeated Syria (3-0)
• Lost to East Germany (0-1)
• Drew with Spain (1-1)

• Quarter Finals

• Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)

• Team Roster

• Mourad Amara
• Mahmoud Guendouz
• Bouzid Mahiouz
• Chaabane Merzekane
• Mohamed Kheddis
• Rabah Madjer
• Ali Fergani
• Tedj Bensaoula
• Lakhdar Belloumi
• Salah Assad
• Mohamed Rahmani
• Salah Larbes
• Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib
• Abderrahmane Derouaz
• Hocine Yahi
• Djamel Menad

• Head Coach: Mahieddine Khalef

[edit] Handball

[edit] 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

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Mohamed Halimi

• Heats — 55,16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Reda Yadi

• Heats — 2.06,26 (→ did not advance)

• Mohamed Bendahmane

• Heats — DNS

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

• Abdelhakim Bitat, Reda Yadi, Mohamed Bendahmane, and Mohamed Halimi

• Heats — 8.23,22 (→ did not advance)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports

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