Algeria at the World Athletics Championships
Algeria has competed at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on seventeen occasions, sending a delegation to every event since the 1983 edition. Its competing country code is ALG. The country has won six gold medals and three bronze medals at the competition. All nine of its medals come from four athletes in distance track events. Noureddine Morceli won the men's 1500 metres titles in 1991, 1993 and 1995, while his female counterpart Hassiba Boulmerka won two golds and one bronze. Azzedine Brahmi won 1991 bronze in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Djabir Saïd-Guerni won the men's 800 metres bronze in 1999 before winning a gold medal in that event in 2003.[1]
| Algeria at the World Championships in Athletics | |
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| IAAF code | ALG |
| National federation | Algerian Athletics Federation |
| Website | www |
| Medals |
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| World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview) | |
Medals by World Championships
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 Helsinki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 Rome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 Tokyo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1993 Stuttgart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 Gothenburg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 Seville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 Edmonton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 Saint-Denis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 Helsinki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Osaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Daegu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (16 games) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
References
- IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
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