Tunisia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Tunisian Olympic Committee. It was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, after missing the 1980 Summer Olympics because of its partial support for the United States boycott.
In total, 51 athletes including 45 men and six woman represented Tunisia in nine different sports including athletics, boxing, fencing, football, judo, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.
Tunisia won one medal at the games after Fathi Missaoui claimed bronze in the boxing light welterweight category.
Competitors In total, 51 athletes represented Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across nine different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 5 1 6Boxing 4 – 4Fencing 0 1 1Football 17 0 17Judo 4 2 6Table tennis 0 1 1Tennis 0 1 1Volleyball 12 0 12Wrestling 3 – 3 Total 45 6 51
Medalists Tunisia won one medal at the games after Fathi Missaoui claimed bronze in the boxing light welterweight category.
MedalNameSportEventDate Fathi Missaoui Boxing Light welterweight 2 August
Athletics
In total, six Tunisian athletes participated in the athletics events – Mohieddine Beni Daoud and Hatem Ghoula in the men's 20 km race walk, Monia Kari in the women's discus throw, Ali Hakimi in the men's 1,500 metres, Tahar Mansouri in the men's marathon, Karim Sassi in the men's triple jump.
Men Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAli Hakimi1500 metres3:36.583 Qalign=center colspan=2 3:35.9110 Q3:38.198Tahar MansouriMarathonalign=center colspan=6 2:18:0626Mohieddine Beni Daoud20 km walkalign=center colspan=6 1:27:1537Hatem Ghoula20 km walkalign=center colspan=6 1:25:5233
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankKarim SassiTriple jump14.2543Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMonia KariDiscus throw58.0228Did not advance
Boxing
In total, four Tunisian athletes participated in the boxing events – Kamel Chater in the welterweight category, Mohamed Salah Marmouri in the light middleweight category, Fathi Missaoui in the light welterweight category and Kalai Riadh in the bantamweight category.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKalai RiadhBantamweightW 14-4L 3-16Did not advanceFathi MissaouiLight welterweightW 25-9W 18-6W 16-15L 6-20Did not advanceKamel ChaterWelterweightW 4-4 TBW RSC-1L 3-9Did not advance5Mohamed Salah MarmouriLight middleweightW 11-8W 17-4L 8-13Did not advance5
Fencing
In total, one Tunisian athlete participated in the fencing events – Henda Zaouali in the women's individual foil and the women's individual épée.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultHenda ZaoualiWomen's individual foilL 15-9Did not advanceWomen's individual épéeL 15-7 Did not advance
Football
In total, 17 Tunisian athletes participated in the football events – Khaled Badra, Lotfi Baccouche, Zoubeir Baya, Marouane Bokri, Riadh Bouazizi, Ferid Chouchane, Tarek Ben Chrouda, Chokri El Ouaer, Hassen Gabsi, Kaies Ghodhbane, Sabri Jaballah, Radhi Jaïdi, Maher Kanzari, Mohamed Mkacher, Adel Sellimi, Mehdi Ben Slimane and Imed Ben Younes in the men's tournament.
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Judo
In total, six Tunisian athletes participated in the judo events – Slim Agrebi in the men's +95 kg category, Makrem Ayed in the men's –60 kg category, Raoudha Chaari in the women's –56 kg category, Skander Hachicha in the men's –86 kg category, Hassen Moussa in the men's –71 kg category and Hajer Tbessi in the men's –61 kg category.
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMakrem Ayed−60 kgL 0000-0010Did not advance21Hassen Moussa−71 kgL 0000-0010Did not advance21Skander Hachicha−86 kgW 0000–0001Did not advance21Slim Agrebi+95 kgL 0000-1000Did not advance21
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRaoudha Chaari−56 kgL 0000-1000Did not advance20Hajer Tbessi−61 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-1000Did not advanceL 0000-1000Did not advance9
Table tennis
In total, one Tunisian athlete participated in the table tennis events – Sonia Touati in the women's singles.
AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSonia TouatiWomen's singlesGroup GL 0 – 2L 0 – 2L 0 – 24Did not advance
Tennis
In total, one Tunisian athletes participated in the tennis events – Selima Sfar in the women's singles.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSelima SfarSinglesL 4–6, 0–6Did not advance
Volleyball
In total, 12 Tunisian athletes participated in the volleyball events – Faycal Ben Amara, Tarek Aouni, Mohamed Baghdadi, Khaled Bel Aïd, Riadh Ghandri, Ghazi Guidara, Riadh Hedhili, Noureddine Hfaiedh, Ghazi Koubaa, Atif Loukil, Hichem Ben Romdhane and Majdi Toumi in the indoor men's tournament.
Group B
Wrestling
In total, three Tunisian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Omrane Ayari in the Greco-Roman –130 kg category, Mohamed Naouar in the –100 kg category and Nabil Salhi in the Greco-Roman –57 kg category.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNabil Salhi-57 kgL 0-4L 0-11 did not advance20Mohamed Naouar–100 kgL 0-10L 0-11 did not advance17Omrane Ayari–130 kgL 0-10W 4-2L 3-4 did not advance11
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Sports Reference