Algeria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors
Medals Rank: 40	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 5
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Algeria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.1.1 Men's competition 2.1.2 Women's competition 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Fencing 2.4 Gymnastics 2.4.1 Trampoline 2.5 Judo 2.6 Rowing 2.7 Swimming 2.8 Table tennis 2.9 Weightlifting 2.10 Wrestling 3 References

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Competitor	Event
Gold	Nouria Merah-Benida	Athletics, women's 1500 m
Silver	Ali Saidi-Sief	Athletics, men's 5000 m
Bronze	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Athletics, men's 800 m
Bronze	Abderrahmane Hammad	Athletics, men's high jump
Bronze	Mohamed Allalou	Boxing, men's light welterweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men’s 400 m

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Malik Louahla	46.06	-	-	-	-

Men’s 800 m

Name	Round 1	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni	1:47.95	1:44.19	1:45.16	Bronze medal
Adam Hecini	1:47.62	1:45.08	-	-

Men’s 1500 m

Name	Round 1	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Noureddine Morceli	3:38.41	4:00.78	-	-
Kamel Boulahfane	3:39.01	3:43.98	-	-
Mohamed Khaldi	3:41.16	-	-	-

Men’s 5000 m

Name	Round 1	Final	Final rank
Ali-Saidi-Sief	13:29.24	13:36.20	Silver medal
Reda Benzine	13:23.10	13:40.95	11th place

Men’s 10000 m

Name	Round 1	Final	Final rank
Samir Moussaoui	28:08.22	28:17.25	16th place

Men’s 4x400 m

Name	Round 1	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Adam Hecini, Samir Louahala, Malik Louahla, Kamel Talhaoui	Disqualified	-	-	-

Men’s 3000 m steeplechase

Name	Round 1	Final	Final rank
Laid Bessou	8:21.14	8:33.07	11th place
Mourad Benslimani	8:59.07	-	-

Men’s 20 km walk

Name	Final	Final rank
Moussa Aouanouk	1:25:04	23rd place

Men’s marathon

Name	Final	Final rank
Kamal Kohil	2:17:46	23rd place

Men’s high jump

Name	Qualifying	Final	Final rank
Abderrahmane Hammad	2.27	2.32	Bronze medal

[edit] Women's competition

Women’s 1500 m

Name	Round 1	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Nouria Merah-Benida	4:10.24	4:05.24	4:05.10	Gold medal

Women’s 10000 m

Name	Round 1	Final	Final rank
Baya Rahouli	35:31.53	-	-

Women’s 20 km walk

Name	Final	Final rank
Bahia Boussad	1:52.50	45th place

Women’s triple jump

Name	Qualifying	Final	Final rank
Baya Rahouli	13.98	14.17	5th place

Women’s heptathlon

Event	Time / score
	Yasmina Azzizi
100 m hurdles	13.64
High jump	1.60
Shot put	14.17
200 m	24.59
Long jump	5.88
Javelin throw	46.28
800 m	2:21.82
Points	5896
Final rank	17th place

[edit] Boxing

Men’s Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Mebarek Soltani
Round of 32	Lost to	Liborio Romero Mexico	16-15

Men’s Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Nacer Keddam
Round of 32	Lost to	Andrew Kooner Canada	18-11

Men’s Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Hichem Blida
Round of 32	Defeated	Orlando Cruz Puerto Rico	11-10
Round of 16	Lost to	Alisher Rahimov Uzbekistan	17-8

Men’s Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Nouzeddine Medjehoud
Round of 32	Lost to	Jeffrey Mathebula South Africa	10-5

Men’s Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Mohamed Allalou
Round of 32	Defeated	Lukáš Konečný Czech Republic	17-9
Round of 16	Defeated	Ben Neequaye Ghana	15-6
Quarterfinal	Defeated	Sven Paris Italy	22-8
Semifinal	Lost to	Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev Uzbekistan	20-7
Bronze Medal

Men’s Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Abdelhani Kinzi
Round of 32	Lost to	Adrian Diaconu Romania	19-9

Men’s Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Mohamed Azzaoui
Round of 32	Bye
Round of 16	Lost to	Jackson Chanet France	22-21

[edit] Fencing

Women’s individual foil
Wassila Redouane
Round of 64	Lost to	Yuko Arai Japan	15-3

Women’s individual épée
Zahra Gamir
Round of 64	Lost to	Arlene Stevens United States	5-2

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Trampoline

Men's trampoline

Name	Qualification	Final	Final rank
Ali Bourai	62.60	-	-

[edit] Judo

Men’s 60 kg
Omar Rebahi
Preliminary round 1	Defeated	Juan Carlos Jacinto Dominican Republic
Preliminary round 2	Lost to	Alisher Mukhtarov Uzbekistan
Repechage	Defeated	Francis Labrosse Seychelles
Repechage	Lost to	Elchin Ismayilov Azerbaijan

Men’s 66 kg
Amar Meridja
Preliminary round 1	Lost to	Alex Ottiano United States

Men’s 73 kg
Noureddine Yagoubi
Preliminary round 1	Defeated	Kouami Sacha Denanyoh Togo
Preliminary round 2	Lost to	Tiago Camilo Brazil
Repechage	Defeated	Gil Offer Israel
Repechage	Lost to	Michel Almeida Portugal

Men’s 90 kg
Khaled Meddah
Preliminary round 1	Lost to	Skander Hachicha Tunisia

Men’s 100 kg
Sami Belgroun
Preliminary round 1	Defeated	Sung-Ho Jang Korea
Preliminary round 2	Lost to	Stéphane Traineau France
Repechage	Lost to	Iouri Stepkine Russia

Men’s 100+ kg
Mohamed Bouaichaoui
Preliminary round 1	Lost to	Daniel Hernandes Brazil

Women’s 52 kg
Salima Souakri
Preliminary round 1	Defeated	Inge Clement Belize
Preliminary round 2	Defeated	Isabelle Schmutz Switzerland
Quarterfinal	Lost to	Noriko Narazaki Japan
Repechage	Defeated	Luce Baillargeon Canada
Repechage	Lost to	Ioana Maria Dinea Romania
7th place

[edit] Rowing

Men’s single sculls

	Heat			Repechage
Name	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank
Rafik Amrane	3	7:44.48	5	4	7:42.17	4
	Semifinal			Final
	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Final rank
	Semifinal D	7:38.51	4	Final D	7:35.66	3	21st place

Women’s single sculls

	Heat			Repechage
Name	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank
Samia Hireche	2	8:28.65	5	4	8:21.67	4
	Semifinal			Final
	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Final rank
	Semifinal D	8:18.16	4	Final C	8:12.89	5	17th place

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

Name	Preliminary heat	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
Salim Iles	22.95	-	-	-

Men's 100 m freestyle

Name	Preliminary heat	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
Salim Iles	49.70	49.70	-	-

Men's 100 m butterfly

Name	Preliminary heat	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
Mehdi Addadi	56.04	-	-	-

Men's 100 m backstroke

Name	Preliminary heat	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
Mehdi Addadi	58.74	-	-	-

Women's 100 m butterfly

Name	Preliminary heat	Semifinal	Final	Final Rank
Kenza Bennaceur	DNS	-	-	-

[edit] Table tennis

Men's doubles
David Kaci, Farid Oulami
Qualification	Lost to	Hugo Hoyama, Carlos Kawai Brazil	21-11, 21-16

[edit] Weightlifting

Women's 58 kg

	Snatch				Clean and jerk
Name	Lift 1	Lift 2	Lift 3	Result	Lift 1	Lift 2	Lift 3	Result	Total	Final rank
Leila Lassouani	60.0	68.0	67.5	60.0	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	142.5	14th place

[edit] Wrestling

Men’s greco-roman 63 kg
Yassine Djakrir
Elimination round	Lost to	Mkkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan	11-0, 4-0 Grand superiority
Elimination round	Lost to	Gurbinder Singh India	3-0, 3-0 Decision by points
Elimination round	Lost to	Juan Luis Maren Cuba	4-1, 3-1 Decision by points

Men’s greco-roman 76 kg
Kader Slila
Elimination round	Lost to	Evgeniy Erofaylov Uzbekistan	6-0, 3-0 Decision by points
Elimination round	Lost to	Matt James Lindland United States	6-0, 4-0 Decision by points
Elimination round	Lost to	Tarieli Melelashvili Georgia	0-0, 4-0 Decision by points

[edit] References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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