1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Algeria)

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Algeria took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico , with a delegation of three athletes (all men) in nine competitions in two sports. No medals could be won. The youngest athlete was the boxer Rabah Labiod (20 years and 202 days), the oldest athlete was the gymnast Larbi Lazhari (27 years and 112 days). It was the country's second participation in the Summer Olympics after the 1964 Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Rabah Labiod
  • Welterweight

  Final: 32nd place

  Round one: eliminated on points against Julius Luipa from Zambia (292: 296 - 58:59, 59:59 (round won), 58:59, 58:59, 59:60)

• Ali Mebarki
  • Featherweight

  Final: 17th place

  Round one: eliminated on points against Mohamed Sourour from Morocco (287: 295 - 57:59, 59:58, 57:59, 57:60, 57:59)

do gymnastics

• Larbi Lazhari
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 97.35 points (47.50 points compulsory - 49.85 points freestyle), rank 105

  Floor exercise: 17.30 points (8.45 points compulsory - 8.85 points freestyle), 83rd place

  Horse jump: 17.45 points (8.55 points compulsory - 8.90 points freestyle), rank 99

  Bars: 16.75 points (9.00 points compulsory - 7.75 points freestyle), rank 102

  Horizontal bar: 17.95 points (8.70 points compulsory - 9.25 points freestyle), rank 71

  Rings: 14.25 points (6.15 points compulsory - 8.10 points freestyle), rank 110

  Pommel horse: 13.65 points (6.65 points compulsory - 7.00 points freestyle), rank 108

Web links

• Algerian Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).