Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Morocco at the
2020 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 Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors48 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Oumaïma Belahbib
Ramzi Boukhiam
Flag bearer (closing) Btissam Sadini
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Morocco competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The 2020 Games were the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Soufiane El Bakkali Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 2 August

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of Moroccan competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 13316
Boxing 437
Canoeing 112
Cycling 101
Equestrian 404
Fencing 101
Golf 011
Judo 022
Karate 011
Rowing 011
Shooting 011
Surfing 101
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 123
Triathlon 101
Volleyball 202
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 101
Total321648

Athletics

Moroccan athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
Men
Abdalaati Iguider Abdalaati Iguider Doha 2010.jpg
Abdalaati Iguider
Soufiane El Bakkali Soufiane El Bakkali Rio 2016.jpg
Soufiane El Bakkali
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Abdelati El Guesse 800 m 1:44.84 PB4 q1:46.858Did not advance
Oussama Nabil 1:45.645 q1:46.424Did not advance
Mostafa Smaili 1:46.054Did not advance
Soufiane El Bakkali 1500 m DNFDid not advance
Anass Essayi 3:45.9211Did not advance
Abdelatif Sadiki 3:36.235 Q3:33.59 PB8Did not advance
Soufiyan Bouqantar 5000 m 13:43.9712Did not advance
Abdelkarim Ben Zahra 3000 m steeplechase 8:28.63 SB10Did not advance
Soufiane El Bakkali 8:19.001 Q8:08.90Gold medal icon.svg
Mohamed Tindouft 8:15.915 q8:23.5613
Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Marathon 2:12:2211
Othmane El Goumri 2:11:589
Hamza Sahli 2:14:4818
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Rababe Arafi 800 m 2:00.963 Q1:59.866Did not advance
1500 m DNFDid not advance
Rkia El Moukim Marathon 2:40:1056

Boxing

Morocco qualified six boxers (three per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Khadija El-Mardi, along with five rookies (Baala, Nadir, Assaghir, Cheddar, and Bel Ahbib), secured their spots by advancing to the final match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal. [4] El-Mardi later withdrew prior to the start of the competition. [5]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Hamout Featherweight Flag of Iran.svg  Shahbakhsh  (IRI)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Abdelhaq Nadir Lightweight Flag of Mauritius.svg  Colin  (MRI)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Mohamed Assaghir Light heavyweight Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Khataev  (ROC)
LRSC
Did not advance
Youness Baala Heavyweight ByeFlag of New Zealand.svg  Nyika  (NZL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rabab Cheddar Flyweight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Davison  (GBR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Oumayma Bel Ahbib Welterweight ByeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Lysenko  (UKR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Khadija El-Mardi Middleweight Withdrew due to injury

Canoeing

Slalom

Moroccan canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 African Canoe Slalom Championship in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. [6]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mathis Soudi Men's K-1 93.867100.921993.8615 Q103.5818Did not advance
Célia Jodar Women's K-1 171.3824258.4627171.3827Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Morocco entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking. [7]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Mohcine El Kouraji Men's road race Did not finish

Equestrian

Morocco entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group F (Africa and Middle East). Meanwhile, a squad of three jumping riders was added to the Moroccan roster by accepting a forfeited spot from Qatar, as the next highest-ranked team, not yet qualified, at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F in Rabat. [8] [9]

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Yessin Rahmouni All At Once Individual 66.59944Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Jumping

Samy Colman and Davino Q withdrew before the competition as Colman tested positive to COVID-19 and was replaced by El Ghali Boukaa and Ugolino du Clos. Ali Al-Ahrach's Golden Lady is the reserve horse. [10]

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Ali Al-Ahrach USA de Riverland Individual EliminatedDid not advance
El Ghali Boukaa Ugolino du Clos14=60Did not advance
Abdelkebir Ouaddar Istanbull v.h Ooievaarshof1663Did not advance
Ali Al-Ahrach
El Ghali Boukaa
Abdelkebir Ouaddar
Golden Lady
Ugolino du Clos
Istanbull v.h Ooievaarshof
Team 3713Did not advance

Fencing

Morocco entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Houssam El-Kord claimed a spot in the men's épée as the top-ranked fencer vying for qualification from Africa in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Houssam El-Kord Men's épée ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zj  (CHN)
W 15–14
Flag of Hungary.svg  Siklósi  (HUN)
L 13–15
Did not advance

Golf

Morocco entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Maha Haddioui (world no. 418) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 29 July 2021. [11]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Maha Haddioui Women's 72747069285+1=43

Judo

Morocco qualified two female judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Assmaa Niang was selected among the top 18 judoka of the women's middleweight category (70 kg) based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Soumiya Iraoui (women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [12]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Soumiya Iraoui Women's –52 kg Flag of Thailand.svg  Warasiha  (THA)
W 10–00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Giles  (GBR)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Assmaa Niang Women's –70 kg Flag of Italy.svg  Bellandi  (ITA)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Karate

Morocco entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Btissam Sadini qualified directly for the women's kumite 61-kg category by topping the final pool round at 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. [13]

Kumite
AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Btissam Sadini Women's –61 kg Flag of Serbia.svg  Preković  (SRB)
L 1–3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Serogina  (UKR)
D 1–1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Farouk  (EGY)
L 0–5
Flag of Peru.svg  Grande  (PER)
L 1–3
5Did not advance

Rowing

Morocco qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fourth in the A-final and securing the second of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's debut in the sport. [14]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sarah Fraincart Women's single sculls 8:32.785 R8:42.785 SE/FBye8:43.902 FE8:25.3829

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Moroccan shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [15]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ibtissam Marirhi Women's skeet 11716Did not advance

Surfing

Morocco sent one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard at the Games. Ramzi Boukhiam secured a qualification slot for his nation, as the highest-ranked and last remaining surfer from Africa, at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan. [16]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
PointsRankPointsRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ramzi Boukhiam Men's shortboard 10.232 QByeFlag of France.svg  Bourez  (FRA)
L 9.40–12.43
Did not advance

Swimming

Morocco received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [17]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Samy Boutouil Men's 100 m freestyle 50.3743Did not advance
Lina Khiyara Women's 200 m freestyle 2:08.8028Did not advance

Taekwondo

Morocco entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Achraf Mahboubi, Oumaima El-Bouchti, and Nada Laaraj secured the spots on the Moroccan squad with a top two finish each in the men's welterweight (80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg), and women's lightweight category (57 kg), respectively, at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat. [18] [19]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Achraf Mahboubi Men's −80 kg Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Cissé  (CIV)
W 21–11
Flag of Jordan.svg  Al-Sharabaty  (JOR)
L 15–17
Did not advanceFlag of Norway.svg  Ordemann  (NOR)
L 10–25
Did not advance7
Oumaima El-Bouchti Women's −49 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Sim J-y  (KOR)
L 10–19
Did not advance
Nada Laaraj Women's −57 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Zolotic  (USA)
L 4–11
Did not advanceFlag of Turkey.svg  İlgün  (TUR)
L 0–6
Did not advance7

Triathlon

Morocco entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics for the first time in history. Mehdi Essadiq topped the field of triathletes vying for qualification from Africa in the men's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021. [20]

Individual
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Mehdi Essadiq Men's 17:580:4858:130:4035:461:53:2545

Volleyball

Beach

Morocco men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final in Agadir. [21]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mohamed Abicha
Zouheir El Graoui
Men's Flag of Poland.svg  Bryl /
Fijałek  (POL)
L (17–21, 11–21)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Evandro /
Schmidt  (BRA)
L (14–21, 16–21)
Flag of Chile.svg  E Grimalt /
M Grimalt  (CHI)
L (14–21, 12–21)
4Did not advance

Weightlifting

Morocco entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Abderrahim Moum topped the list of weightlifters from Africa in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Abderrahim Moum Men's –73 kg 127131511427814

Wrestling

Morocco qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia. [22]

Key:

Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zied Ayet Ikram Men's −77 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Lőrincz  (HUN)
L 0–5 VB
Did not advanceFlag of Japan.svg  Yabiku  (JPN)
L 0–5 VB
Did not advance16

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