Algeria at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Algeria at the
2022 Mediterranean Games
IOC codeALG
NOCAlgerian Olympic Committee
in Oran, Algeria
Competitors386 in 24 sports
Flag bearersMessaoud Dris[1]
Imane Khelif[2]
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
20
Silver
17
Bronze
16
Total
53
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)

Algeria competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria over 10 days from 25 June to 5 July 2022 with delegation of 522 persons (324 athletes in 24 sports), including 293 men and 182 women.[3] The country finished the Games with 53 medals amongst all nations: 20 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze. This is the best participation in the history of Algeria, breaking the number of the 2001 Mediterranean Games. The sports with the most medals were Athletics, Karate and Boxing. The first medals Algeria earned were in Karate, where Algeria won six medals, including four golds by Cylia Ouikene, Louiza Abouriche and Chaima Midi for women's and Oussama Zaid for men's.[4][5] In Boxing, Algeria participated with fifteen men's and women's boxers, 13 of whom won medals including five golds through Jugurtha Ait Bekka, Roumaysa Boualam, Hadjila Khelif, Imane Khelif and Yahia Abdelli.[6] The third specialty in terms of medals is strong Athletics with a total of 13 medals, including five golds, by Bilal Tabti in 3000 m steeplechase, Yasser Triki in Triple jump, Bilel Afer in high jump, Djamel Sedjati in 800 m and finally the Men's 4×400 m relay team.[7][8][9]

In other sports participation was different and in Badminton duo Koceila Mammeri and Youcef Sabri Medel won a historic gold, and the only one in this specialty, by defeating the Spanish duo Luis Enrique Penalver Pereira and Pablo Abian Vicen.[10] In fencing Algeria won its first gold medal in history with Saoussen Boudiaf winning against Italian Rebecca Gargano.[11] In Judo, from which a lot was expected of Algeria, they earned four medals, one of which was gold by Messaoud Dris in 73 kg, defeating Moroccan Hassan Doukkali by Ippon.[12] In wrestling, swimming and weightlifting, he won one gold medal in each discipline: Bachir Sid Azara in men's Greco-Roman as for Ishak Ghaiou and Abdelkrim Ouakali get the silver medal.[13] Jaouad Syoud in 200 m individual medley and Walid Bidani in snatch +102 kg and was satisfied with silver in Clean & jerk.[14]

  1. ^ "Messaoud Redouane Driss, sera le porte drapeau de l'Algérie lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture des JM Oran 2022 aux côtés d'Imene Khelif". AOSC. 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Cérémonie d'ouverture des JM: Imane Khelif désignée porteuse du drapeau algérien". aps.dz. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ "JM-2022 : près de 3500 athlètes annoncés pour la 19e édition à Oran". aps.dz. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "JM-Oran-2022 (1re journée): le karaté algérien fait sensation à Oran". aps.dz. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ^ "JM/karaté Do: la médaille d'argent pour l'algérien Hocine Daïkhi". aps.dz. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ "JM/Boxe: résultats des finales". aps.dz. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ^ "JM/Athlétisme (2e j): les Algériens décrochent trois nouvelles médailles". aps.dz. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. ^ "JM/Athlétisme: belle moisson algérienne en attendant la confirmation aux mondiaux". aps.dz. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. ^ "JM/Athlétisme (4e j): Sedjati et Hethat réalisent le doublé sur 800m". aps.dz. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. ^ "JM/Badminton: le duo algérien Mammeri-Sabri décroche la médaille d'or". aps.dz. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. ^ "JM/Escrime: médaille d'or pour Saoussen Dlindah Boudiaf". aps.dz. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ "JM2022/Judo : Driss Messaoud offre l'or à l'Algérie". dzfoot.com. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  13. ^ "JM/lutte gréco-romaine (Finale): Sid Azara en or, l'argent pour Ouakali et Ghaiou". aps.dz. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  14. ^ "JM/Haltérophilie: médaille d'or pour Walid Bidani à l'arraché". aps.dz. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.