Morocco at the Olympics

Morocco at the Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 12 Total 24
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1968 1972–1980 1984 1988 1992 1994–2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Morocco first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. In doing so, Morocco joined the boycott of the Games by most African countries, in protest against New Zealand's participation following an All Blacks rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an apartheid team from South Africa.^[1] Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match.

Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on seven occasions since 1968.

Moroccan athletes have won a total of twenty three medals, nineteen in athletics and four in boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one bronze, and Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one bronze, are Morocco's three multiple medal winners.

The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959.

Medals[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1960 Rome 47 0 1 0 1 32 1964 Tokyo 20 0 0 0 0 - 1968 Mexico City 25 0 0 0 0 - 1972 Munich 35 0 0 0 0 - 1976 Montreal 9 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Moscow Did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 34 2 0 0 2 18 1988 Seoul 27 1 0 2 3 28 1992 Barcelona 53 1 1 1 3 31 1996 Atlanta 34 0 0 2 2 68 2000 Sydney 61 0 1 4 5 58 2004 Athens 55 2 1 0 3 36 2008 Beijing 47 0 1 1 2 64 2012 London 63 0 0 1 1 79 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49 0 0 1 1 78 2020 Tokyo 48 1 0 0 1 63 2024 Paris Future Event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 7 5 12 24 65

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1968 Grenoble 5 0 0 0 0 − 1972 Sapporo Did not participate 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 4 0 0 0 0 − 1988 Calgary 3 0 0 0 0 − 1992 Albertville 12 0 0 0 0 − 1994 Lillehammer Did not participate 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 − 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0 − 2018 Pyeongchang 2 0 0 0 0 − 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 − 2026 Milan–Cortina Future Event Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	7	5	8	20
Boxing	0	0	4	4
Totals (2 sports)	7	5	12	24

Athletes with most medals[]

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	1996–2004	2	1	0	3
Saïd Aouita	Athletics	1984–1988	1	0	1	2
Hasna Benhassi	Athletics	2000–2008	0	1	1	2

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Nawal El Moutawakel	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 400 metre hurdles
Gold	Saïd Aouita	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 5,000 metres
Gold	Brahim Boutayeb	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres
Bronze	Saïd Aouita	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 800 metres
Bronze	Abdelhak Achik	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Khalid Skah	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres
Silver	Rachid El Basir	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 1,500 metres
Bronze	Mohammed Achik	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Salah Hissou	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres
Bronze	Khalid Boulami	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 5,000 metres
Silver	Hicham El Guerrouj	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 1,500 metres
Bronze	Ali Ezzine	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 3,000 metre steeplechase
Bronze	Nezha Bidouane	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 400 metre hurdles
Bronze	Brahim Lahlafi	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5,000 metres
Bronze	Tahar Tamsamani	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Hicham El Guerrouj	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 1,500 metres
Gold	Hicham El Guerrouj	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5,000 metres
Silver	Hasna Benhassi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 800 metres
Silver	Jaouad Gharib	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Hasna Benhassi	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 800 metres
Bronze	Abdalaati Iguider	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres
Bronze	Mohammed Rabii	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Gold	Soufiane El Bakkali	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

See also[]

• List of flag bearers for Morocco at the Olympics
• Morocco at the Paralympics
• Morocco at the Youth Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Morocco

References[]

External links[]

• "Morocco". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Morocco". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/MAR". olympanalyt.com.