Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Men's Marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:Key: = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time.- External links :...
	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Women's 800m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinals:-Final:-Splits:...

Archery

Morocco will send an archer to the Olympics for the first time. Fatine Ouadoudi took the top spot at the 2008 African qualifying tournament, earning the nation its first Olympic archery spot.

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khadija Abbouda Khadija Abbouda Khadija Abbouda is an athlete from Morocco who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Abbouda finished her ranking round with a total of 539 points. This gave her the 64th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced first seed Park Sung-Hyun in the first round...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	539	64	L 80-112	Did not advance

Men

Track and road events

Events	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	Yassine Bensghir Yassine Bensghir Yassine Bensghir is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Rabat.His personal best time over the distance is 3:33.04 minutes, achieved in July 2007 in Monaco.-Achievements:...
	Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best time over the distance is 1:44.16 minutes, achieved in July 2006 in Athens.-Achievements:-External links:...
	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...	1:47.86				1:46.74	16	Did not advance
1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	Youssef Baba Youssef Baba Youssef Baba is an athlete from Morocco who specialises in middle distance running. He was born in Khenifra. He is member of Turkish multi sport club Fenerbahçe SK.-Achievements:- External links :*...	3:42.13	33			Did not advance
	Abdalaati Iguider	3:36.48	15			3:37.21	3
	Mohamed Moustaoui Mohamed Moustaoui Mohamed Moustaoui is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Khouribga.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:47.42 min *1500 metres - 3:32.51 min...	3:34.80	2			3:40.90	21	Did not advance
5000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:- Heat 1 :Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	Ahmed Baday Ahmed Baday Ahmed Ibrahim Baday is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running but now competes in road running competitions....
	Anis Selmouni Anis Selmouni Anis Selmouni is a Moroccan middle distance runner.At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships he finished thirteenth in the senior race, while the Moroccan team of which he was a part won the silver medal in the team competition....	13:43.70	12					Did not advance
	Mourad Marofit	14:00.76	30					Did not advance
	Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi	14:05.30	31					Did not advance
10000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best-Splits:...	Mohamed El Hachimi							Did not finish
	Abdellah Falil Abdellah Falil Abdellah Falil is a Moroccan professional long-distance runner. He was selected for the national Olympic squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished 16th in the 10,000 metres final....							27:53.14	16
3000 m steeplechase Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase -Round 1:Legend: Q=Qualified top 4 in heat; q=Qualified by time; DNF=Did Not Finish; DNS=Did Not Start; DQ=Disqualified; NR=National Record; PB=Personal Best; SB=Season Best- Final :-Splits:...	Hamid Ezzine Hamid Ezzine Hamid Ezzine is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is currently under suspension for a doping-related offense....	8:27.45	21					Did not advance
	Abdelkader Hachlaf Abdelkader Hachlaf Abdelkader Hachlaf is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was suspended between April 2004 and April 2006 after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone in an IAAF out-of-competition test....	8:23.62	17					9:02.06	15
	Brahim Taleb Brahim Taleb Brahim Taleb is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He born in Rabat. He finished fifth at the 2001 World Youth Championships and fourth at the 2006 African Championships...	8:23.09	13					Did not advance
Marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:Key: = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time.- External links :...	Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in marathons. He represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...							2:17:42	26
	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...							2:07:16
	Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....							2:15:00	20

Field events

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yahya Berrabah Yahya Berrabah Yahya Berrabah is a Moroccan long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2006 African Championships he finished eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 2008 African Championships...	Long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark...	7.88	17	Did not advance
Tarik Bouguetaib Tarik Bouguetaïb Tarik Bouguetaïb is a Moroccan long jumper and triple jumper. He was born in Casablanca.In the long jump he finished thirteenth at the 2006 African Championships...	Long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark...	7.69	29	Did not advance
	Triple jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 17.10 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:...	No mark		Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...	5000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 5000 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	15:21.47	19					Did not advance
Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...	800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinals:-Final:-Splits:...	2:00.51	16			1:58.03	4	1:56.73
Bouchra Chaâbi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics...	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	4:19.89	32					Did not advance
Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min...	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	4:05.36	8					4:05.57	10
Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.A Khouribga native, she competed in the 1500 m at both the 2007 and 2008 World Athletics Finals, finishing in sixth and eleventh place, respectively...	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	4:14.34	22					4:07.25	12
Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race...	10000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.Both Tirunesh Dibaba and Elvan Abeylegesse completed the race in a time under the old Olympic record, recording the second and third fastest ever women's 10,000 metre times, making Dibaba the new Olympic record holder.-Results:-Splits:...							Did not finish
Hanane Ouhaddou Hanane Ouhaddou Hanane Ouhaddou is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth in at the 2006 African Championships and ninth at the 2007 World Championships....	3000 m steeplechase Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 3000 metre steeplechase The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	9:56.41	40					Did not advance

Boxing

Morocco qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament, missing only the light heavyweight class. Rachidi was the only to qualify at the World Championships. Seven more qualified at the first African qualifying tournament. Bouchtouk and Amanissi qualified at the second continental event.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Redouane Bouchtouk Redouane Bouchtouk Redouane Bouchtouk is a boxer from Morocco who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. At these games he was stopped in the first round of the Light Flyweight division by Colombia's Carlos José Tamara...	Light flyweight (-48 kg) Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	Carvalho Paulo Carvalho Paulo Santos Carvalho is a Brazilian amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a junior flyweight.He beat Oscar Negrete and Winston Mendez Montero at the qualifier.-References:***...  L 7 - 13	Did not advance
Abdelillah Nhaila Abdelillah Nhaila Abdelillah Nhaila is a Moroccan amateur boxer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics but lost his first bout to Samir Mammadov.-External links:*...	Flyweight (48-51 kg)	Mammadov Samir Mammadov Samir Mammadov is a boxer from Azerbaijan, who won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division at the 2006 European Championships in Bulgaria and bronze at the 2007 World Championships.-Career:...   L 19 - 4	Did not advance
Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi is a boxer from Morocco who, as of 2008, has participated in three Olympics. He was born in Casablanca.In 2000, when Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, he fell in the second round...	Bantamweight (51-54 kg)	Romero Jonatan Romero Jonatan Eccehomo Romero Preciado is a Colombian boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at bantamweight...  W 11 - 3	Khumiso Khumiso Ikgopoleng Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu.Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the...  L 3 - 8 (RSC)	Did not advance
Mahdi Ouatine Mahdi Ouatine Mahdi/Mehdi Ouatine is a Moroccan amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics by winning the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament‎ in the featherweight division. He lost his Olympic debut 1:10 to Mongolian Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig.-External links:*...	Featherweight (54-57 kg)	Enkhzorig Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the Featherweight division, beat Galib Jafarov and won the silver medal in a lost match against Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sultonov 15-37....  L 10 - 1	Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani Tahar Tamsamani Tahar Tamsamani is a Moroccan boxer who participated in three Olympic tournaments. He was born in Marrakech.-Olympic Games performances:...	Lightweight (57-60 kg)	Valentino Domenico Valentino Domenico Valentino is a boxer from Italy.The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics...  L 15 - 4	Did not advance
Driss Moussaid Driss Moussaid Driss Moussaid is a boxer from Morocco who won Bronze at the World Junior Championships 2006 and qualified for the Olympics 2008 at junior welter.-Career:...	Light welterweight(60-64 kg)	Kidd Todd Kidd Todd Alan Kidd is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at light welterweight.-Career:...  W 23 - 2	Roniel  L 4 - 15	Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi Mehdi Khalsi Mehdi Khalsi is a Moroccan amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at welterweight but lost his debut to Dilshod Mahmudov 3-11.-External links:*...	Welterweight(64-69 kg)	Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov is a boxer from Uzbekistan who has won several medals in international tournaments.-Career:Formally of Uzbekistan Dilshod Mahmudov now based at BHS boxing gym in Blacktown, where he calls home...  L 3 - 11	Did not advance
Said Rachidi Said Rachidi Said Rachidi is a boxer from Morocco best known to compete at the Olympics 2008 at middleweight.-Career:At the Arab Championships Rachidi was edged out by Wahid Abderredha of Iraq, and he did not compete at all in the All African Games...	Middleweight(69-75 kg)	Artayev Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games...  L 8 - 2	Did not advance
Mohamed Arjaoui Mohamed Arjaoui Mohamed Arjaoui is a Moroccan amateur boxer.Arjaoui qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Heavyweight. He beat Awusone Yekeni in the process, a final loss to Abdelaziz Toulbini was meaningless....	Heavyweight(81-91 kg)		Pitt Bradley Michael Pitt Bradley Michael "Hollywood" Pitt is an Australian amateur boxer best known for winning the Heavyweight Gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics....  L 6 - 11	D Wilder Deontay Wilder Deontay Wilder is an American heavyweight boxer best known for winning two major national titles in 2007 and for being the only American boxer to win a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...  L +10 - 10	Did not advance
Mohamed Amanissi Mohamed Amanissi Mohamed Amanissi is a Moroccan boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at Super Heavyweight.At the 2005 World Championships he lost against Mike Wilson 20:27, in 2007 he lost to Czech Vladimir Prusa 16:22. At the first qualifier 2008 he lost to local Newfel Ouatah 8:21...	Super heavyweight (+91 kg) Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Super heavyweight The super heavyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the heaviest class. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms ....		Zhang Zhang Zhilei Zhang Zhilei is a Chinese amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the world amateur championships 2007 at super heavyweight and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics .-Career:...  L 0 - 15	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

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
Aissam Rami	Individual épée	Motyka Tomasz Motyka Tomasz Motyka is a Polish fencer who won a silver medal in Men's Team Épée at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Adam Wiercioch, Radosław Zawrotniak, and Robert Andrzejuk....  L 11 - 15	Did not advance
Ali Xavier Lahoussine	Individual foil	Guyart Brice Guyart Brice Guyart is a foil fencer from France.- Honours :* 2000 – Team Olympic Champion* 2001 – Team World Champion with France* 2001 – World Bronze Medal* 2003 – World Bronze Medal...  L 15 - 3	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Youness Ahamdi	−60 kg	P Ludwig   L 1010-0000	Did not advance
Rachid Rguig	−66 kg	D Darbelet   L 1002-0000	Did not advance
Safouane Attaf	−81 kg	B Alibek   W 1000-0001	B Euan  L 0001-0010	Did not advance
Mohammad El Assri	−90 kg	B Amar  L 0011-0001	Did not advance

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara El Bekri	100 m breaststroke	1:08.66	19	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:30.09	28	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abdelkader Zrouri Abdelkader Zrouri Abdelkader Zrouri is a Moroccan Taekwondo athlete.Zrouri competed in the men's +80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. In the preliminary round, he landed an axe kick on Juan Diaz of Venezuela and knocked Diaz out at 1:40 of the second round...	+80 kg	W'KO	L 4-5	Did not advance	L WDR	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ghizlane Toudali	−49 kg
Mouna Benabderrassoul Mouna Benabderrassoul Mouna Benabderrassoul is a Moroccan taekwondo athlete. She won the bronze medal in lightweight at the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju City, South Korea....	-67 kg