Algeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	www.coa.dz
in Moscow
Competitors	54 (54 men) in 9 sports
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. 54 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Field events

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

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Mohamed Bouchiche
  • First round — Lost to Pawel Skrzecz (Poland) after walkover

Fencing

One fencer represented Algeria in 1980.

Men's foil

• Tahar Hamou

Football

Team Squad

Head coach: Mahieddine Khalef

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Mourad Amara	Feb 19, 1959	21	0	JE Tizi-Ouzou	4	0	360	0	0	0
2	DF	Mahmoud Guendouz	Feb 24, 1953	27	?	MA Hussein Dey	4	0	360	0	0	1Y
4	DF	Bouzid Mahyouz	Jan 13, 1952	28	?	MP Alger	4	0	314	2	0	2Y
5	DF	Chaabane Merzekane	March 8, 1959	21	?	MA Hussein Dey	4	1	349	1	0	1Y
6	DF	Mohamed Khedis	Feb 29, 1952	28	?	MA Hussein Dey	3	0	270	0	0	0
7	FW	Rabah Madjer	Dec 15, 1958	21	?	MA Hussein Dey	4	1	348	1	0	1Y
8	MD	Ali Fergani	Sep 19, 1952	27	?	JE Tizi-Ouzou	4	0	360	0	0	1Y
9	FW	Tedj Bensaoula	Dec 25, 1954	25	?	MP Oran	4	0	360	0	0	0
10	MD	Lakhdar Belloumi	Dec 29, 1958	21	?	MP Alger	4	2	310	1	1	0
11	FW	Salah Assad	March 13, 1958	22	?	RS Kouba	4	0	343	1	0	0
12	GK	Mohamed Rahmani	Dec 10, 1958	21	?	EP Setif	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Salah Larbès	Sep 16, 1952	27	?	JE Tizi-Ouzou	4	0	360	0	0	0
14	FW	Djamel Menad	Jul 19, 1960	20	?	CM Belcourt	3	0	40	0	3	0
15	FW	M'hamed Bouhalla	Sep 29, 1954	25	?	ASO Chlef	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Abderrahmane Derouaz	Dec 12, 1955	24	?	USK Alger	3	0	108	0	2	0
17	MD	Hocine Yahi	Apr 25, 1960	20	?	CM Belcourt	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MD	Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib	Jan 24, 1960	20	0	DNC Alger	1	0	90	0	0	0

Group results

July 20, 1980
12:00

Algeria	3 – 0	Syria
Belloumi 36' Madjer 48' Merzekane 73' (p.k.)	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Vojtech Christov

July 22, 1980
12:00

East Germany	1 – 0	Algeria
Terletzki 61'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 70.000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

July 24, 1980
12:00

Spain	1 – 1	Algeria
Rincón 38'	Report	Belloumi 63'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Eldar Azimzade

Group standings

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
Algeria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3
Spain	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Syria	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Quarter-final

July 27, 1980
12:00

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Algeria
Miročević 5' Šestić 19' Zoran Vujović 70'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Klaus Scheurell

Handball

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

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Repechage semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Moussa	−60 kg	Bye	Sissoko (MLI) W 1:08	Emizh (URS) L 5:00	Did not advance				11

Swimming

Men

Weightlifting

Bantamweight (56 kg)

• Ahmed Tarbi → Total: 240.0 kg → 11th place

Featherweight (60 kg)

• Mohamed Gouni → Total: 247.5 kg → 11th place

Heavyweight I (100 kg)

• Omar Yousfi → Total: 320.0 kg → 13th place

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Mohamed Hachaichi	−52 kg	Thieng (VIE) W 15-8	Efremov (YUG) L T 4:30	Beloglazov (URS) L T 1:22	—			Did not advance	10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Mohamed Moualek	−68 kg	Gaál (HUN) L T 0:58	Nalbandyan (URS) L DQ 4:56	—				Did not advance	13