Algeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.^[1]

Algeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.coa.dz/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	30 in 11 sports
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

See also: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Fateh Benferdjallah	Wrestling	Boys' freestyle 80 kg	14 October
Silver	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Athletics	Boys' 800 metres	15 October
Silver	Loubna Benhadja	Athletics	Girls' 400 metre hurdles	16 October
Silver	Farid Douibi	Boxing	Boys' middleweight	17 October
Silver	Mohamed Amine Hacid	Boxing	Boys' heavyweight	17 October

Mixed NOC

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Team	Date
Bronze	Yassamine Djellab	Judo	Mixed team	Rio de Janeiro	10 October
Bronze	Ahmed Rebahi	Judo	Mixed team	London	10 October

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Stage 1	Stage 2	Final Placing
Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Men's 800m	1:50.08	1:51.66
Hamdani Benahamed	Men's 1500m/Cross Country	4:01.72	DNF	DNF
Mohamed A Zadi	Men's 110m Hurdles	14.46	14.50	15
Bilel Afer	Men's High Jump	2.00	1.98	12
Said Khoufache	Men's 5000m Race Walk	22:00.00	23:39.49	13
Loubna Benhadja	Women's 400m Hurdles	1:00.98	59.70

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Halla Bouksani	Girls' singles	Wang Zhiyi (CHN) L (10–21 10–21)	Hirari Mizui (JPN) L (1–21 9–21)	Léonice Huet (FRA) L (15–21 10–21)	4	Did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Gamma  Halla Bouksani (ALG)  Uriel Canjura (ESA)  Joel Koh (SGP)  Li Shifeng (CHN)  Alonso Medel (CHI)  Fernanda Saponara Rivva (PER)  Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (IND)	Mixed Teams	Omega (MIX) L (99–110)	Sigma (MIX) L (86–110)	Theta (MIX) W (110–107)	3Q	Alpha (MIX) L (94–110)	Did not advance		5

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hichem Maouche	-52 kg	Clancy (IRL) L 0–5	Price (GBR) L 0–5	Did not advance	Naeemi (AFG) W WO	5
Farid Douibi	-75 kg	Bye	Jiménez (VEN) W 5–0	Poutoa (SAM) W 5–0	Machado (BRA) L 0–5
Mohamed-Amine Hacid	-91 kg	Bye	Matthes (SAM) W 5–0	Mikušťák (CZE) W 3–2	Oralbay (KAZ) L 0–5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ichrak Chaib	-75 kg	Bye	Brillaux (FRA) L 0–5	Ryabets (KAZ) L 0–5	4

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[3]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Algeria qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship,^[4] however they did not participate in the competition.

Trampoline

Algeria qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Noureddine Younes Belkhir	Boys'	91.965	10	Did not advance

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Kohei Uchimura (Blue)	Daryna Plokhotniuk (UKR)  Oleksandr Madei (UKR)	10	—			407	8
	Abdulaziz Mirvaliev (UZB)	—	115	—
	Michael Torres (PUR)		117
	Ondřej Kalný (CZE)		–
	Amelie Morgan (GBR)		20
	Tang Xijing (CHN)		9
	Csenge Bácskay (HUN)		5
	Josephine Juul Møller (NOR)	—		34	—
	Denisa Stoian (ROU)			47
	Anna Kamenshchikova (BLR)			22
	Noureddine-Younes Belkhir (ALG)	—			21
	Emily Mussmann (SUI)				7
Team Rosie MacLennan (Light Blue)	Noa Kazado Yakar (ISR)  Yonatan Fridman (ISR)	9	—			441	11
	Sam Dick (NZL)	—	79	—
	Gabriel Burtănete (ROU)		14
	Yin Dehang (CHN)		32
	Emma Spence (CAN)		26
	Nazlı Savranbaşı (TUR)		57
	Sofia Nair (ALG)		22
	Tia Sobhy (EGY)	—		99	—
	Azra Dewan (RSA)			93
	Lina Wahada (TUN)			-
	Benny Wizani (AUT)	—			8
	Yuki Okuno (JPN)				10

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two competitors based on the International Judo Federation World ranking list.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Rebahi	−81 kg	Mohamed Fahmy (EGY) W 11s1–0s3	Young (CAN) W 10s1–0	Bezděk (CZE) L 0s1–1	van Dijk (NED) L 1s2–10	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yassamine Djellab	−63 kg	Brothers (AUS) L 0s1–1s1	Did not advance		Bozkurt (TUR) L 0–10	Did not advance	9

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rio de Janeiro  Erza Muminoviq (KOS)  Milana Charygulyyeva (TKM)  Yassamine Djellab (ALG)  Metka Lobnik (SLO)  Jamshed Sulaimoni (TJK)  Sultan Zhenishbekov (KGZ)  Abrek Naguchev (RUS)  Fleury Nihozeko (BDI)	Mixed team	Sydney (MIX) W 4-3	Atlanta (MIX) W 5-4	Athens (MIX) L 3-5	Did not advance
London  Yangchen Wangmo (BHU)  Noemi Huayhuameza Orneta (PER)  Rachel Krapman (CAN)  Edith Ortiz (ECU)  Daniel Leutgeb (AUT)  João Santos (BRA)  Ahmed Rebahi (ALG)  Bekarys Saduakas (KAZ)	Mixed team	Bye	Moscow (MIX) W 4-3	Beijing (MIX) L 0-7	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified 3 competitors (1 male and 2 female) for the games.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Semifinals		Final
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neil Nekkache	Single sculls	Bye			4	1:54.50	3	2	1:49.44	3	1:45.20	2	1:43.30	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Semifinals		Final
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nihed Benchadli Rahma Amira Sebbouh	Pair	—	4:24.28	12	1	1:55.57	4	2	2:00.23	4	—		1:52.54	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[5][6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Imad Eddine Brighet	Techno 293+	16	19	DNF	19	CAN	19	22	22	20	22	21	UDF	23	203	23

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Lina Tessa Ait Ali Slimane	Techno 293+	BFD	22	DNF	22	CAN	21	23	21	21	23	DNF	20	21	194	22

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified 3 competitors in swimming for the games.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdellah Ardjoune	50 m backstroke	26.38	11 Q	26.64	13	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	56.93	13 Q	56.86	14	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:04.91	14	Did not advance
Moncef Aymen Balamane	50 m breaststroke	29.30	19	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:03.72	15 Q	1:03.35	13	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.61	24	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.73	34	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.39	5 Q	—		2:04.17	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Majda Chebaraka	200 m freestyle	2:10.39	32	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algiera qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.^[7][8]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Farid Saadi	Boys' +85 kg	138	6	170	6	308	6
Nour El Houda Sabri	Girls' 53 kg	47	8	70	8	117	8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Algeria qualified three wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. ^[9]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Boys' freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final / BM / CR
		Opposition Result		Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2
Oussama Laribi	−55 kg	Whitt (GUM) W 10–0 ST	Almendra (ARG) L 4–5 PP	Ostapenko (UKR) L 0–10 ST	4
Fateh Benferdjallah	−80 kg	Yairegpie (FSM) W 10–0 ST	Lee (CAN) W 8–7 PP	Tembotov (RUS) L 0–10 ST

Boys' Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final / BM
		Opposition Result		Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2
Ahmed Abdelhakim Merikhi	−60 kg	Hovhannisyan (ARM) L 0–10 ST	Chkhikvadze (GEO) L 1–4 SP	Kellner (NZL) W 10–2 SP	5