Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Morocco at the Olympic Games

Flag of Morocco – Flag bearers
IOC code  MAR
NOC Comité Olympique Marocain
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 57
Flag bearer Abdelkader Kada
Medals
Rank: 64
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Olympic history (summary)
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Morocco competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Jaouad Gharib Athletics Men's Marathon
 Bronze Hasna Benhassi Athletics Women's 800m

Archery pictogram.svgArchery

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.[1]

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 Individual 539 64  Park (KOR)
L 80-112
Did not advance

Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics

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 Yassine Bensghir
Mouhssin Chehibi
Amine Laalou 1:47.86 Q 1:46.74 16 Did not advance
1500 m Youssef Baba 3:42.13 33 Did not advance
Abdalaati Iguider 3:36.48 15 Q 3:37.21 3 Q
Mohamed Moustaoui 3:34.80 2 Q 3:40.90 21 Did not advance
5000 m Ahmed Baday
Anis Selmouni 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 Mohamed El Hachimi Did not finish
Abdellah Falil 27:53.14 16
3000 m steeplechase Hamid Ezzine 8:27.45 21 Did not advance
Abdelkader Hachlaf 8:23.62 17 Q 9:02.06 15
Brahim Taleb 8:23.09 13 Did not advance
Marathon Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:17:42 26
Jaouad Gharib 2:07:16 Silver medal icon.svg
Abderrahim Goumri 2:15:00 20
Field events
Athlete Events Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yahya Berrabah Long jump 7.88 17 Did not advance
Tarik Bouguetaib Long jump 7.69 29 Did not advance
Triple jump 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 5000 m 15:21.47 19 Did not advance
Hasna Benhassi 800 m 2:00.51 16 Q 1:58.03 4 Q 1:56.73 Bronze medal icon.svg
Bouchra Chaâbi 1500 m 4:19.89 32 Did not advance
Siham Hilali 1500 m 4:05.36 8 Q 4:05.57 10
Btissam Lakhouad 1500 m 4:14.34 22 Q 4:07.25 12
Asmae Leghzaoui 10000 m Did not finish
Hanane Ouhaddou 3000 m steeplechase 9:56.41 40 Did not advance

Boxing pictogram.svg 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.[2] Seven more qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.[3] Bouchtouk and Amanissi qualified at the second continental event.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Redouane Bouchtouk Light flyweight (-48 kg) Brazil Carvalho
 L 7 - 13
Did not advance
Abdelillah Nhaila Flyweight (48-51 kg) Azerbaijan Mammadov
  L 19 - 4
Did not advance
Hicham Mesbahi Bantamweight (51-54 kg) Colombia Romero
 W 11 - 3
Botswana Khumiso
 L 3 - 8 (RSC)
Did not advance
Mahdi Ouatine Featherweight (54-57 kg) Mongolia Enkhzorig
 L 10 - 1
Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani Lightweight (57-60 kg) Italy Valentino
 L 15 - 4
Did not advance
Driss Moussaid Light welterweight(60-64 kg) Australia Kidd
 W 23 - 2
Cuba Roniel
 L 4 - 15
Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi Welterweight(64-69 kg) Uzbekistan Mahmudov
 L 3 - 11
Did not advance
Said Rachidi Middleweight(69-75 kg) Kazakhstan Artayev
 L 8 - 2
Did not advance
Mohamed Arjaoui Heavyweight(81-91 kg) Australia Pitt
 L 6 - 11
United States D Wilder
 L +10 - 10
Did not advance
Mohamed Amanissi Super heavyweight (+91 kg) China Zhang
 L 0 - 15
Did not advance

Fencing pictogram.svg 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 Poland Motyka
 L 11 - 15
Did not advance
Ali Xavier Lahoussine Individual foil France Guyart
 L 15 - 3
Did not advance

Judo pictogram.svg 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 Austria P Ludwig
  L 1010-0000
Did not advance
Rachid Rguig −66 kg France D Darbelet
  L 1002-0000
Did not advance
Safouane Attaf −81 kg Russia B Alibek
  W 1000-0001
United Kingdom B Euan
 L 0001-0010
Did not advance
Mohammad El Assri −90 kg Algeria B Amar
 L 0011-0001
Did not advance

Swimming pictogram.svg 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 pictogram.svg 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 +80 kg  Díaz (VEN)
'W'KO
 Nikolaidis (GRE)
L 4-5
Did not advance  Chilmanov (KAZ)
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 -67 kg

See also

References