Morocco at the Olympics

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Morocco at the
Olympics
Flag of Morocco.svg
IOC code MAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Website www.cnom.org.ma/en
Medals
Ranked 65th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
13
Total
26
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Morocco first participated in the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. In doing so, Morocco joined the boycott of the Games by most African countries, in protest against New Zealand's participation following an All Blacks rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an apartheid team from South Africa. [1] Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match before joining the national contingent's premature departure.

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Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on seven occasions since 1968.

Moroccan athletes have won a total of 26 medals, 21 in athletics and 4 in boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one bronze, Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one bronze and Soufiane El Bakkali, with two gold medals are Morocco's four multiple medal winners.

The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959.

Medals

Medals by Summer Sport

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 85821
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 0044
Football pictogram.svg  Football 0011
Totals (3 entries)851326

Athletes with most medals

AthleteSportGames Gold medal olympic.svg Silver medal olympic.svg Bronze medal olympic.svg Total
Hicham El Guerrouj Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 19962004 2103
Soufiane El Bakkali Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 20162024 2002
Saïd Aouita Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 19841988 1012
Hasna Benhassi Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 20002008 0112

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rhadi Ben Abdesselam 1960 Rome Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's marathon
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nawal El Moutawakel 1984 Los Angeles Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metre hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Saïd Aouita 1984 Los Angeles Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 5,000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Brahim Boutayeb 1988 Seoul Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 10,000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Saïd Aouita 1988 Seoul Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdelhak Achik 1988 Seoul Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's featherweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Khalid Skah 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 10,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rachid El Basir 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1,500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammed Achik 1992 Barcelona Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's bantamweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Salah Hissou 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 10,000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Khalid Boulami 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 5,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hicham El Guerrouj 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1,500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Ezzine 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 3,000 metre steeplechase
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nezha Bidouane 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metre hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Brahim Lahlafi 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 5,000 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tahar Tamsamani 2000 Sydney Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's featherweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hicham El Guerrouj 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1,500 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hicham El Guerrouj 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 5,000 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hasna Benhassi 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 800 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaouad Gharib 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's marathon
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hasna Benhassi 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdalaati Iguider 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1500 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammed Rabii 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's welterweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Soufiane El Bakkali 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Soufiane El Bakkali 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze 2024 Paris Football pictogram.svg Football Men's competition

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