Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Morocco at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Morocco.svg
IOC code MAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website www.cnom.org.ma  (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors47 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Abdelkader Kada (coach)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Morocco competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaouad Gharib Athletics Men's Marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hasna Benhassi Athletics Women's 800m

Archery

Morocco sent 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]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Khadija Abbouda Women's individual 53964Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Park S-H  (KOR) (1)
L 80–112		Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Youssef Baba 1500 m 3:42.1310Did not advance
Yassine Bensghir 800 m 1:46.887Did not advance
Abderrahime Bouramdane Marathon —2:17:4226
Mouhssin Chehibi 800 m 1:46.755Did not advance
Mohamed El Hachimi 10000 m —DNF
Abdelaziz El Idrissi 5000 m 14:05.3011—Did not advance
Hamid Ezzine 3000 m steeplechase 8:27.456—Did not advance
Abdellah Falil 10000 m —27:53.1416
Jaouad Gharib Marathon —2:07:16Silver medal icon.svg
Abderrahim Goumri —2:15:0020
Abdelkader Hachlaf 3000 m steeplechase 8:23.623 Q—9:02.0615
Abdalaati Iguider 1500 m 3:36.484 Q3:37.212 Q3:34.665
Amine Laâlou 800 m 1:47.861 Q1:46.744Did not advance
Mourad Marofit 5000 m 14:00.768—Did not advance
Mohamed Moustaoui 1500 m 3:34.801 Q3:40.909Did not advance
Anis Selmouni 5000 m 13:43.708—Did not advance
Brahim Taleb 3000 m steeplechase 8:23.099—Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Yahya Berrabah Long jump 7.8817Did not advance
Tarik Bougtaïb Long jump 7.6929Did not advance
Triple jump NM—Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Hasna Benhassi 800 m 2:00.512 Q1:58.032 Q1:56.73Bronze medal icon.svg
Bouchra Chaâbi 1500 m 4:19.8911—Did not advance
Siham Hilali 4:05.363 Q—4:05.5710
Btissam Lakhouad 4:14.343 Q—4:07.2512
Asmae Leghzaoui 10000 m —DNF
Hanane Ouhaddou 3000 m steeplechase 9:56.4111—Did not advance
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 5000 m 15:21.4711—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. [2] Seven more qualified at the first African qualifying tournament. [3] Bouchtouk and Amanissi qualified at the second continental event. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Redouane Bouchtouk Light flyweight Flag of Brazil.svg  Carvalho  (BRA)
L 7–13		Did not advance
Abdelillah Nhaila Flyweight Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Mammadov  (AZE)
L 4–19		Did not advance
Hicham Mesbahi Bantamweight Flag of Colombia.svg  Romero  (COL)
W 11–3		Flag of Botswana.svg  Ikgopoleng  (BOT)
LRSC		Did not advance
Mahdi Ouatine Featherweight Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkhzorig  (MGL)
L 1–10		Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani Lightweight Flag of Italy.svg  Valentino  (ITA)
L 4–15		Did not advance
Driss Moussaid Light welterweight Flag of Australia.svg  Kidd  (AUS)
W 23–2		Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iglesias  (CUB)
L 4–15		Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi Welterweight Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Mahmudov  (UZB)
L 3–11		Did not advance
Said Rachidi Middleweight Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Artayev  (KAZ)
L 2–8		Did not advance
Mohamed Arjaoui Heavyweight —Flag of Australia.svg  Pitt  (AUS)
W 11–6		Flag of the United States.svg  Wilder  (USA)
L 10–10+		Did not advance
Mohamed Amanissi Super heavyweight —Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Zl  (CHN)
L 0–15		Did not advance

Fencing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Aissam Rami Individual épée Flag of Poland.svg  Motyka  (POL)
L 11–15		Did not advance
Lahoussine Ali Individual foil —Flag of France.svg  Guyart  (FRA)
L 3–15		Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Younes Ahamdi −60 kg ByeFlag of Austria.svg  Paischer  (AUT)
L 0000–1010		Did not advanceFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Fallon  (GBR)
L 0000–0011		Did not advance
Rachid Rguig −66 kg ByeFlag of France.svg  Darbelet  (FRA)
L 0000–1002		Did not advanceFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mehmedovic  (CAN)
L 0000–0201		Did not advance
Safouane Attaf −81 kg ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Bashkaev  (RUS)
W 1000–0001		Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Burton  (GBR)
L 0001–0010		Did not advance
Mohamed El Assri −90 kg —Flag of Algeria.svg  Benikhlef  (ALG)
L 0001–0011		Did not advanceFlag of Spain.svg  Alarza  (ESP)
W 0000–0000 YUS		Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Aschwanden  (SUI)
L 0000–0001		Did not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sara El Bekri 100 m breaststroke 1:08.6619Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:30.0928Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Abdelkader Zrouri Men's +80 kg Flag of Venezuela.svg  Díaz  (VEN)
WKO		Flag of Greece.svg  Nikolaidis  (GRE)
L 4–5		Did not advanceFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Chilmanov  (KAZ)
LWO		Did not advance
Ghizlane Toudali Women's −49 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Khoshjamal  (IRI)
L 0–5		Did not advance
Mouna Benabderrassoul Women's −67 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Okamoto  (JPN)
W 2–0		Flag of France.svg  Épangue  (FRA)
L 1–1 SUP		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FITA Olympic Qualification - Women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  2. ↑ Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
  3. ↑ 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  4. ↑ "2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
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