| Algeria at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ALG |
| NOC | Algerian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 67th |
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 France (1896–1960) | |
Algeria first competed at theOlympic Games in 1964, and has participated in everySummer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted1976 Summer Olympics. Algeria has also sent athletes to theWinter Olympic Games on three occasions.TheNational Olympic Committee for Algeria is theComité Olympique Algérien (Algerian Olympic Committee), founded in 1963.
Before independence during theFrench Algeria period, the Algerian athletes were participating with France, among the most famous, the gold medalistsBoughera El Ouafi in 1928,Alain Mimoun in 1956 and many others.[1]
After independence in 1962, Algeria participated in the Olympic Games for the first time at the1964 Summer Olympics with gymnastMohamed Lazhari. Algeria withdrew from the1976 Summer Olympics due to the refusal of the IOC to ban countries who had competed in South Africa amidst itsapartheid policies.[2][3] Almost every nation in Africa participated in the boycott. South Africa itself had been banned from the Olympics since 1964.
In the1980 Summer Olympics Algeria participated for the first time in a team sport, competing in bothfootball andhandball. Their first medal came at the1984 Summer Olympics, whereMustapha Moussa won bronze in boxing.[4][5]
Medals by Summer Games[edit]
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| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 Athletics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
 Boxing | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
 Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
Only two Algerian athletes have won multiple medals in the history of theOlympic Games: middle-distance runnerTaoufik Makhloufi, and boxerHocine Soltani.
| Athlete | Sport | Games |  |  |  | Total |
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| Taoufik Makhloufi | Athletics | 2012–2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hocine Soltani | Boxing | 1992–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), athletes who have won a gold medal at the Olympics.
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| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | Athletics | 1970 | 1988–1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Athletics | 1988 | 2007–2021 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Athletics | 1968 | 1988–1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kaylia Nemour | Gymnastics | 2006 | 2022– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hocine Soltani | Boxing | 1972 | 1991–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Imane Khelif | Boxing | 1999 | 2018– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Athletics | 1970 | 1996–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
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