Records
| Olympic Games | Olympic Games Qualifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1908 –  1960 |
Part of  France (FRA) |
– | Part of France (FRA)
| ||||||||||||||
 1964 |
Did not enter | – | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1968 |
Did not qualify | – | 1968 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
 1972 |
– | 1972 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1976 |
– | 1976 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1980 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 1980 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 5* | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
 1984 |
Did not qualify | – | 1984 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
 1988 |
– | 1988 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
 1992 |
– | 1992 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1996 |
– | 1996 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
 2000 |
– | 2000 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 2004 |
– | 2004 OG Afr.Q (Round 2 "final") | 7 | 4* | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
 2008 |
– | 2008 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) | 4 | 2* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2012 |
– | 2011 CAF U-23 Champ. | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
 2016 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 2015 Afcon U-23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2020 |
Did not qualify | – | 2019 Afcon U-23 qualif. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
 2024 |
To be determined | – | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - | 13/17 | 52 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 60 | |
- Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.
- *Algeria had won games by withdrawal.
