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Morocco competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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- ↑ "Mohamed Ould Brahim Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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