Algeria at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Algeria at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	ALG
NOC	Algerian Olympic Committee
Competitors	233 in 24[2] sports
Flag bearer	Reda Benbaziz[1]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 13
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
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Algeria competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain over 10 days from 22 June to 1 July 2018. In this session, Algeria participated with 233 athletes in 24 sports, the second largest participation after the Algeria Games in 1975.^[2] After a little late over an hour flight, the special plane that transported the Algerian delegation landed on the tarmac of the regional Airport of Reus, Catalonia. The first wave of the Algerian delegation, 144 people including 67 athletes, 7 referees, 8 COA members, 10 medical staff and journalists.^[3] The first medal in the games was in karate by Oualid Bouabaoub in bronze weight −75 kg kumite,^[4] is the only one on the first day, The first gold medal was awarded to Hocine Daïkhi in Karate, also weighing +84 kg kumite,^[4] then in the evening the swimmer Oussama Sahnoune achieved the second Golden Medal of the 100 m freestyle, the first of its kind in swimming since Almería 2005.^[5] On the third day, Sahnoune managed to add a second medal in his 50 m freestyle of silver, the first for Algeria of this type in this games.^[6] In Wrestling Greco-Roman, Algeria achieved two silver medals for Bachir Sid Azara in −87 kg and Adem Boudjemline in −97 kg after losing in the final against both Metehan Başar and Mélonin Noumonvi respectively.