Algeria at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeALG
NOCAlgerian Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors33 in 13 sports
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Algeria competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified 12 athletes.[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tahar Lazaar 800 m 2:00.99 17 qC 1:59.45 14
Taufiq Bouziane 3000 m 8:21.58 PB 8 Q 8:18.98 PB 6
Amine Bouanani 110 m hurdles 13.92 PB 14 qC 14.19 18
Ahmed Kenzi Saidia 2000 m steeplechase 5:41.73 PB 4 Q 5:49.22 6
Djaber Bouras 10000 m walk — Disqualified
Field Events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki Long jump NM qB No mark
Hicham Bouhanoun High jump 2.07 7 Q 2.08 7
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Abir Reffas 1500 m 4:41.17 16 qB 4:36.88 14
Noura Kherroubi 3000 m 10:08.86 14 qB 10:11.15 15
Ilham Zenati 2000 m steeplechase 7:30.59 16 qB 7:29.17 17
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yousra Arar High jump 1.60 15 qB No mark
May Massika Mesioud Pole vault NM qB DNS

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships[2]

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Tamma Salem Boys' −56 kg Bye  Mihaylov (BUL)
L 0–2 		Bronze-medal match
 McGrail (GBR)
L 0–3 		4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.[3][4]

Team
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Eliminator 		Time Trial BMX Cross-Country Race Road Race Total Pts Rank
Rank Points Time Rank Points Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Zoheir Benyoub
Islam Mansouri 		Boys' team 28 0 5:28.66 22 0 27 0 –3 laps 26 0 1:37:29
1:37:23 		30
8 		20 20 21
Yasmine Elmeddah
Nour Megherbi 		Girls' team 24 0 7:11.64 27 0 29 0 −2 laps 28 0 DNF
1:27:52
51 		0 0 31
Mixed relay
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Girls' Race 		Cross-Country
Boys' Race 		Boys' Road
Race 		Girls' Road
Race 		Total Time Rank
Yasmine Elmeddah
Islam Mansouri
Zoheir Benyoub
Nour Megherbi 		Mixed team relay 4:25 3:23 5:41 7:25 20:54 27

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Cadet World Championships.[5]

Boys
Athlete Event Pool Round Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Salim Heroui Individual foil 1–6 12  Bianchi (ITA)
L 6–15 		Did not advance 9
Girls
Athlete Event Pool Round Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Abik Boungab Individual sabre 1-4 9  Crovari (ITA)
L 10–15 		Did not advance 9
Mixed team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals / PM Final / PM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Africa
 Abik Boungab (ALG)
 Ahmed El-Sayed (EGY)
 Yara El-Shakrawy (EGY)
 Fares Ferjani (TUN)
 Shirwit Gaber (EGY)
 Salim Heroui (ALG) 		Mixed team Americas 2
L 20–30 		Did not advance 9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Algeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[6]

Girls
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Fatima Mokhtari Qualification 7.750 12.550 3.325 9.500 33.125 40

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.[7]

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Rep 1 Rep 2 Rep 3 Rep 4 Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Salim Rebahi Boys' −66 kg  Manzi (ITA)
L 0002-000 		Did not advance —  Wawrzyczek (POL)
L 0002-0101 		Did not advance 17
Sadjia Amrane Girls' −52 kg —  Mbazoghe (GAB)
W 101-0002 		 Temelkova (BUL)
L 0002-000 		Did not advance —  Lee (KOR)
L 0001-1012 		Did not advance 9
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Team Nevzorov
 Mihanta Andriamifehy (MAD)
 Brigitte Carabalí (COL)
 Nicolas Grinda (MON)
 Bryan Jolly (AUS)
 Tamazi Kirakozashvili (GEO)
 Salim Rebahi (ALG)
 Aleksandra Samardzic (BIH) 		Mixed team Bye  Team Douillet (MIX)
L 2 – 5 		Did not advance 5
Team Ruska
 Sadjia Amrane (ALG)
 Jose Basile (BRA)
 Harutyun Dermishyan (ARM)
 Szabina Gercsák (HUN)
 Lovro Kovac (CRO)
 Kamila Pasternak (POL)
 Julian Sancho (CRC)
 Betina Temelkova (BUL) 		Bye  Team Rouge (MIX)
L 2 – 5 		Did not advance 5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Qualification Regatta.[8]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Boucif Mohammed Belhadj Boys' single sculls 3:47.18 5 R 3:39.77 4 SC/D 3:41.68 5 FD 3:47.99 21
Thiziri Douki Girls' single sculls 4:30.10 6 R 4:25.32 5 SC/D 4:27.52 5 FD 4:32.59 22

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified one boat based on its performance at the Byte CII African Continental Qualifier. Later they were given a reallocation spot based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.[9]

Athlete Event Race Net
Points 		Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Amine Guedmim Boys' Byte CII 20 25 23 13 31 22 23 CAN CAN CAN 25 151 26
Nouha Akil Girls' Byte CII 26 27 27 25 25 19 24 CAN CAN CAN 26 172 29

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified one swimmer.[10]

Girls
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Hamida Nefsi 200 m butterfly 2:29.20 25 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:26.30 27 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the African Qualification Event.[11]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sannah Lagsir Girls  Khetkuan (THA)
L 8–11, 3–11, 5–11 		 Yee (SIN)
W 11–5, 11–7, 8–11, 11–7 		 Luo (CAN)
L 7–11, 11–13, 10–12 		3 qB Consolation round
 Kim (UZB)
W 11–8, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9 		Consolation round
 Imre (HUN)
L 10–12, 15–13, 10–12, 8–11 		Did not advance 21
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Africa 1
 Sannah Lagsir (ALG)
 Kerem Ben Yahia (TUN) 		Mixed  Wan (GER)
 Ort (GER)
L 0–3 		 Piccolin (ITA)
 Schmid (SUI)
L 0–3 		 Lorenzotti (URU)
 Calderano (BRA)
L 0–3 		4 qB Consolation round
 Imre (HUN)
 Szudi (HUN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 25

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Junior & Youth African Championships.[12][13]

Boys
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Aymen Touairi +85 kg 133 5 171 6 304 6
Girls
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Meryem Benmiloud −58 kg 66 7 82 7 148 7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified three athletes based its performance at the 2014 African Cadet Championships.[14]

Key:

Boys' Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Habib Belghelam −42 kg  Leilua (ASA)
W 4–0 		 Masyk (UKR)
L 1–3 		 Aslan (TUR)
L 0–4 		3 5th place match
 Perez (MEX)
L 0–4 VT 		6
Houssem Bounasri −50 kg  Bakhromov (UZB)
L 0–4 		 Muller (MHL)
W 4–0 		 Correa (BRA)
W 4–0 		2 Bronze-medal match
 Aghaniachari (IRI)
L 0–3 PO 		4
Girls' freestyle
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Khadidja Kadour −46 kg  Castillo (VEN)
L 0–4 		 Bolormaa (MGL)
L 0–4 		 Roik (BLR)
W 4–0 		3 5th place match
 Bramley (NZL)
W 4–0 VT 		5

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