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. That nation won íts first ever Olympic medals at these Games.

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 200 metres * Ali Bakhta Men's 800 metres * Ahmed Belkessam Men's 1,500 metres *

Mehdi Aidet Mehdi Aidet (born 3 November 1953) represented Algeria in the 800 m and the 1500 mat the 1980 Summer Olympic Games he qualified for the next round in both events before being eliminated, he then went on to compete in the 1500 mat the 1984 Summer ...

Abderrahmane Morceli Abderrahmane Morceli ( ar, عبد الرحمان مرسلي; born 1 January 1957) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He is a brother of Noureddine Morceli. At the 1979 Mediterranean Games he won a bron ...

Men's 5,000 metres *

Abdelrazzak Bounour Abderrazak Bounour (born 11 January 1957), also known as Abdel Razzak Bounour, is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born in Annaba Annaba ( ar, عنّابة, "Place of the Jujubes"; b ...

** Heat — 13:51.52 ** Semifinals — 13:57.43 (→ did not advance) Men's 110 metres Hurdles * Mohamed Ryad Benhaddad Men's 20 km Walk * Abdelouahab Ferguene ** Final — 1:31:24 (→ 26th place) * Benamar Kechkouche ** Final — 1:34:12 (→ 30th place) Men's Hammer Throw * Hakim Toumi ** Qualification — 67.68m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Mustapha Kouchene *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Dale Walters (Canada), 0-5 Men's Bantamweight (– 57 kg) * Azzedine Said *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Omar Catari (Venezuela), after referee stopped contest in second round Men's Bantamweight (– 63,5 kg) * Ahmed Hadjala *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Umesh Maskey (Nepal), after referee stopped contest in second round *# Third Round – Lost to Jean Mbereke (Cameroon), on points (1:4) Men's Bantamweight (– 67,5 kg) *

Kamel Abboud Kamel Abboud (born 30 September 1961) is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division. He tied for ninth place with seven other competitors. Early life Kamel trained at the Béjaïa boxing schoo ...

*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Henry Kalunga (Zambia), on points (5:0) *# Third Round – Lost to Alexander Küzler (West Germany), on points (1:4) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Mohamed Zaoui → Bronze Medal *# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Defeated Tsiu Monne (Lesotho), after referee stopped contest in second round *# Quarterfinals – Defeated Moses Mwaba (Zambia), on points (4:1) *# Semifinals – Lost to

Virgil Hill Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the IBF a ...

(United States), on points (0:5) Men's Middleweight (– 81 kg) *

Mustapha Moussa Mustapha Moussa ( ar, مصطفى موسى; born February 2, 1962 in Oran) is an Algerian former boxer who fought in the light heavyweight division. He won the first-ever Olympic medal for Algeria, winning a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in ...

→ Bronze Medal *# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Defeated

Drake Thadzi Drake Thadzi (born November 23, 1964, in Lilongwe) is a Malawian former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, twice challenging for a light heavyweight world title in 1995 and 1998. As am amateur, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olym ...

(Malawi), on points (5:0) *# Quarterfinals – Defeated Anthony Wilson (Great Britain), on points (5:0) *# Semifinals – Lost to

Anton Josipović Anton "Ante" Josipović (born 22 October 1961) is a former Yugoslav boxing, boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia). He won the Olympic medalists in boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though Cr ...

(Yugoslavia), on points (0:5) Men's Bantamweight (– 91 kg) *

Mohamed Bouchiche Mohamed Bouchiche ( ar, محمد بوشيش; born February 24, 1962 in Oran) is an Algerian former boxer who fought in the heavyweight division. He participated for two times at the olympic games 1980 and 1984. He won many national and internati ...

*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to

Willie DeWit William Theodore deWit, Q.C. (born June 13, 1961) is a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta sitting in Calgary since 2017. Previously, he was a criminal defence lawyer and a professional boxer. He represented Canada at the 1984 Summ ...

(Canada), on points (0:5)

Handball

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) **Lost to Yugoslavia (10:25) **Lost to Romania (16:25) **Lost to Iceland (15:19) **Lost to Switzerland (18:19) **Lost to Japan (16:17) *Classification Match **11th/12th place: Lost to South Korea (21:25) → 12th place *Team Roster ** Omar Azeb ** Djaffar Belhocine ** Abdelkrim Bendjemil ** Abdesselam Benmaghsoula ** Brahim Boudrali ** Mourad Boussebt ** Mustapha Doballah ** Alousofiane Draouci ** Hocine Ledra ** Kamel Maoudj ** Mouloud Meknache ** Zine Mohamed Seghir ** Rachid Mokrani ** Kamel Ouchia ** Azzedine Ouhib

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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