Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile events, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to win a gold medal in both the 1500 m and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.
The men's 1500 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 20 to 24. Thirty-eight athletes from 26 nations competed. The event was won by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, the nation's first title in the event after coming second twice ; El Guerrouj was the fifth man to win a second medal in the event. Bernard Lagat's silver put Kenya on the podium in the event for the third straight year; the United States and Great Britain were the only other nations to have accomplished that. It also made Lagat the sixth man to win two medals in the event, just behind El Guerrouj in both 2000 and 2004. Rui Silva's bronze was Portugal's first medal in the event.
Morocco competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott.
Tahar Tamsamani is a retired Moroccan boxer. He competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2000.
Jolly Katongole was a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country.
Brian Mayanja is a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was outscored in the first round of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he lost to Tunisian fighter Saifeddine Nejmaoui.
Lechedzani Luza is a boxer from Botswana. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Luza took the silver medal. He took gold in 2004 at the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana, finally defeating Madagascar's Georges Rakotoarimbelo. He went on to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but Morocco's Hicham Mesbahi eliminated him in the first round of the men's flyweight division.
Mebarek Soltani is a boxer from Algeria. He is the nephew of Hocine Soltani.
Benamar Meskine is a boxer from Algeria.
Abdel Hani Kenzi is a boxer from Algeria.
Andrzej Rżany is a boxer from Poland.
Sports in Morocco refers to the sports played in the Kingdom of Morocco. As of 2007, Moroccan society participated in many sports, including handball, football, golf, tennis, basketball, and athletics. Hicham El Guerrouj, a retired middle distance runner for Morocco, won two gold medals for Morocco at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Abdelhalim Ourradi is an Algerian boxer. He won the 2007 All-African title in the bantamweight division and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics for his native North African country.
Issa/Issah Samir is a Ghanaian boxer who won silver in the bantamweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of light-heavyweight Bastir Samir.
Mohamed Ali Sassi is a Tunisian Olympic boxer. He represented his native North African country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was stopped in the first round of the Men's Light-Welterweight competition by France's Willy Blain.
The 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Monday 25 September, Wednesday 27 September, and Friday 29 September 2000. Forty-one athletes from 26 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.25 seconds by Noah Ngeny of Kenya, the nation's first title in the event since 1988 and third overall. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco took second, matching the nation's best result in the event.
The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to January 22, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics since the 2003 All-Africa Games. First and second place qualified for the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece, except for the heavyweight and super heavyweight events, which only qualified for first place. A total of 89 fighters from 18 countries competed.
Mohamed Rayan Samandi is a Tunisian foil fencer, African champion in 2014. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the individual event but was defeated in the second round.
Flávio Furtado is a Cape Verdean former amateur boxer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships.
Abdellah Haimoud is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botola club Wydad AC.
