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Algeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1964, Algerian athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except Montreal 1976, as part of the Congolese-led boycott.^[1]

Algeria garnered some controversy due to boxer Imane Khelif having previously barred from 2022 and 2023 sporting events due to not meeting the International Boxing Association determination of sex to compete as a woman. Khelif later became the first female boxer from Algeria to win an Olympic medal.^[2] The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) defended Khelif, describing the reaction towards Khelif as "unethical targeting" and "baseless propaganda". The COA stated that they have taken all necessary measures to protect Khelif and her right to compete in the Olympics.^[3] Khelif's father, in a statement to Sky Sports, stated, "My child is a girl. She was raised as a girl. She's a strong girl. I raised her to be hard-working and brave. She has a strong will to work and to train."^[4] IOC President Thomas Bach defended the participation of Khelif, saying, "There was no doubt she is a woman."^[5]

Kaylia Nemour, an artistic gymnast, qualified for the uneven bars final in first place as well as to the all-around final. During the all-around final, Nemour scored a 55.899 and finished fifth in the competition, the highest placement for an African gymnast in an Olympic all-around final.^[6] During the uneven bars final, Nemour earned a score of 15.700 to win the gold medal. In doing so, Nemour became the first gymnast from the African continent to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics as well as an Olympic medal in gymnastics of any color. It was also the first gold medal for Algeria since 2012.^[7][8]

Kheireddine Barbari will be Algeria's chef de mission at the Games.^[9]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	1	8
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	2	3	5
Canoeing	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Fencing	1	3	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	2	1	3
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	6	2	8
Total	27	18	45

Algerian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[10][11]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Djamel Sedjati	Men's 800 m	1:45.84	1 Q	—
Slimane Moula		1:46.71	8
Mohamed Ali Gouaned		1.47:34	7
Amine Bouanani	Men's 110 m hurdles	13.58	5 R	13.54	3	Did not advance
Bilal Tabti	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	9:04.81	12	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yasser Triki	Men's triple jump	16.85	4 q
Oussama Khennoussi	Men's discus throw	NM		Did not advance
Zahra Tatar	Women's hammer throw	66.99	25	Did not advance

Algeria entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings; marking the nation returning to the sports since the last participation in 2008.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Mixed doubles	Seo S-j / Chae Y-j (KOR) L (10–21, 7–21)	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) L (14–21, 9–21)	Tabeling / Piek (NED) L (18–21, 9–21)	4	Did not advance

Algeria entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Roumaysa Boualam (women's flyweight), Hadjila Khelif (women's lightweight) and Imane Khelif (women's welterweight) secured a spots in their respective division by advancing to the final match, while Jugurtha Ait Bekka (men's lightweight) and Mourad Kadi (men's super heavyweight) secured a sports in the respective division by winning the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jugurtha Ait Bekka	Men's 63.5 kg	Bye	Álvarez (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Mourad Kadi	Men's +92 kg	Bye	Aboudou Moindze (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Roumaysa Boualam	Women's 50 kg	Bye	Villegas (PHI) L 0-5	Did not advance
Hadjila Khelif	Women's 60 kg	Bye	Šadrina (SRB) L 0–5	Did not advance
Imane Khelif	Women's 66 kg	Bye	Carini (ITA) W ABD	Hámori (HUN) W 5-0	Suwannapheng (THA) W 5-0	Liu (CHN)

Algerian canoeists confirmed a boat in the women's K-1 for the Games, by virtue of the re-allocation of unused Oceanian continental spots.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carole Bouzidi	Women's K-1	99.41	14	99.50	17	99.41	19 Q	106.75	14	Did not advance

Kayak cross

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Round 1	Repechage	Heat	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Carole Bouzidi	Women's KX-1	76.68	24	2 Q	Bye	2 Q	2 Q	3 FB	3	7

Algeria entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Algeria secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yacine Hamza	Men's road race	DNF
Nesrine Houili	Women's road race	DNF

Algeria entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Salim Heroui qualified as the highest ranked individual fencer, eligible from the African zone; and the women's sabre team qualified by becoming the highest ranked African team through the release of the FIE Official rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Salim Heroui	Men's foil	Jurkiewicz (POL) L 8–15	Did not advance
Saoussen Boudiaf	Women's sabre	Kravatska (UKR) L 8–15	Did not advance
Zohra Nora Kehli		Daghfous (TUN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Chaima Benadouda		Sarybay (KAZ) L 9–15	Did not advance
Saoussen Boudiaf Zohra Nora Kehli Chaima Benadouda Abik Boungab*	Women's team sabre	—			France L 32-45	United States L 28-45	Italy L 27-45	8

For the first time since 2016, Algeria qualified one female gymnast. Kaylia Nemour secured her spots directly for the games, by being among the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the all-around event, at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[14]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Kaylia Nemour	All-around	14.000	15.600	13.200	13.166	55.966	5 Q	14.033	15.533	13.233	13.100	55.899	5
	Uneven bars	—	15.600	—	15.600	1 Q	—	15.700	—	15.700

Algeria qualified three judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Africa.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Messaoud Dris	Men's −73 kg	Batul (ISR) L DSQ	Did not advance
Mohamed Lili	Men's +100 kg	Magomedomarov (UAE) L 00–10	Did not advance
Amina Belkadi	Women's −63 kg	Barrios (VEN) W 01–00	Leški (SLO) L 01–10	Did not advance

Algerian rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sid Ali Boudina	Men's single sculls	7:02.94	4 R	7:10.23	1 QF	7:06.31	5 SC/D	6:57.06	3 FC	6:51.99	18
Nihed Benchadli	Women's single sculls	8:06.62	5 R	8:10.34	3 SE/F	—		8:34.67	1 FE	7:54.25	25

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Algerian sailors qualified one boats in the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt.^[16]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening series																						Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Net points	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Rami Boudrouma	Men's IQFoil	22	21	19	20	24	22	17	22	20	24	23	DNF	24	Cancelled							234	24	Did not advance

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Algerian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kocelia Adoul	Men's 10 m air rifle	613.4	49	Did not advance
Samir Bouchireb	Men's 10 m air pistol	563	29	Did not advance
Houda Chaabi	Women's 10 m air rifle	DNS		Did not advance

Algeria sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaouad Syoud	Men's 200 m medley	1:59.41	15 Q	2:00.13	15	Did not advance
Nesrine Medjahed	Women's 100 m freestyle	57.34	24	Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Algeria entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Mehdi Bouloussa qualified for the games following the triumph of winning one of the four available quota places at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda; meanwhile, Lynda Loghraibi qualified for the games through the African continental ranking.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehdi Bouloussa	Men's singles	Bye	Pucar (CRO) L 0–4	Did not advance
Lynda Loghraibi	Women's singles	Bye	Chen (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Algeria entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Walid Bidani (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Walid Bidani	Men's +102 kg

Algeria qualified eight wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.^[18][19][20]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fateh Benferdjallah	Men's −86 kg	Ishiguro (JPN)
Ibtissem Doudou	Women's −50 kg	Hildebrandt (USA) L 0–10	—		Ziqi (CHN) L 0-10	Did not advance
Chaimaa Fouzia Aouissi	Women's −57 kg	Adekuoroye (NGR)

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkarim Fergat	Men's −60 kg	Mohsennejad (IRI) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance
Ishak Ghaiou	Men's −67 kg	Esmaeili (IRI) L 0-10	—		Orta (CUB)
Abdelkrim Ouakali	Men's −77 kg	Kusaka (JPN) L 0–9	—		Vardanyan (UZB) L 0-11	Did not advance
Bachir Sid Azara	Men's −87 kg	Gobadze (GEO) L 1-2	Did not advance
Fadi Rouabah	Men's −97 kg	Savolainen (FIN) L 0–4	Did not advance