Algeria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1976 Summer Olympics. Algeria did not participate in the US-led boycott of the Moscow games and instead sending athletes to compete in Moscow. 54 competitors, all men, took part in 28 events in 9 sports.

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

Group results

Group standings

Group C

Quarter-final

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

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

Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports