Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (French)
in Atlanta
Competitors	51 (45 men and 6 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Iskander Hachicha
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Tunisia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 51 competitors, 45 men and 6 women, took part in 24 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Bronze

• Fethi Missaoui — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Field events

Women

Field events

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kalai Riadh	Bantamweight	Swan (AUS) W 14-4	Raicu-Olteanu (ROM) L 16-3	Did not advance
Fathi Missaoui	Light-welterweight	Trautsch (AUS) W 25-9	Barrett (IRL) W 18-6	Allalou (ALG) W 16-15	Urkal (GER) L 20-6	Did not advance

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Henda Zaouali	Women's individual foil	Felusiak (POL) L 15-9	Did not advance
	Women's individual épée	Jakimiuk (POL) L 15-7	Did not advance

Football

Men's Tournament

Group Stage - Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Portugal  v  Tunisia

July 20, 1996 15.00

Portugal	2 – 0	Tunisia
Martins  13', 68'	Report

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 34,796 Referee: Pereira (BRA)

United States  v  Tunisia

July 22, 1996 19.30

United States	2 – 0	Tunisia
Kirovski  38' Maisonneuve  90'	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 45,687 Referee: Hugh Dallas (GBR)

Argentina  v  Tunisia

July 24, 1996 19.30

Argentina	1 – 1	Tunisia
Ortega  5'	Report	Mkacher  74'

Legion Field, Birmingham Attendance: 16,826 Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

Team roster

• Chokri El-Ouaer
• Imed Ben Younes
• Mehdi Ben Slimane
• Ferid Chouchane
• Kaies Ghodhbane
• Maher Kanzari
• Lotfi Baccouche
• Hassen Gabsi
• Zoubaier Baya
• Marouane Bokri
• Sabri Jaballah
• Mohamed Mkacher
• Radhi Jaïdi
• Tarek Ben Chrouda
• Adel Sellimi
• Khaled Badra
• Riadh Bouazizi

Judo

Men

Women

Table Tennis

Women's Singles Tournament

Group Stage - Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL
Nicole Struse (GER)	3	3	0	6	1	144	80
Taeko Todo (JPN)	3	2	1	3	2	93	95
Tamara Boroš (ROM)	3	1	2	2	4	92	110
Sonia Touati (TUN)	3	0	3	0	4	40	84

Tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Selima Sfar	Singles	Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	L 4-6 0-6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's Tournament

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	138	1.630
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	209	131	1.595
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	8	1.125	215	191	1.126
4	Russia	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	196	201	0.975
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	156	198	0.788
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	98	240	0.408

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10
23 Jul	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–5	15–1			45–15
25 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Tunisia	15–4	15–17	15–3	15–3		60–27
27 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–6			45–16
29 Jul	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–10	15–11			45–30

Team Roster

• Ghazi Koubaa
• Riadh Hedhili
• Mohamed Baghdadi
• Riadh Ghandri
• Atif Loukil
• Khaled Bel Aïd
• Hichem Ben Romdhane
• Tarek Aouni
• Faycal Ben Amara
• Noureddine Hfaiedh
• Ghazi Guidara
• Majdi Toumi

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Repechage Round 3	Repechage Round 4	Bronze Medal Bout
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nabil Salhi	-57 kg	Manukyan (ARM) L 4-0	Did not advance				Šukevičius (LTU) L 11-0	Did not advance
Mohamed Naouar	-100 kg	Wroński (POL) L 10-0	Did not advance				Bürgler (SUI) L 11-0	Did not advance
Omrane Ayari	130 kg	Karelin (RUS) L 10-0	Did not advance				Bel Aziz (MAR) W 4-2	Suzuki (JPN) L 4-3	Did not advance

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database