Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Morocco at the
2012 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 London
Competitors63 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Wiam Dislam [1]
Medals
Ranked 79th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Morocco competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, having not participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support of the United States boycott.

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Comité Olympique Marocain sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games. A total of 63 athletes, 46 men and 17 women, competed in 12 sports, including the nation's Olympic debut in equestrian events. Men's football was the only team event in which Morocco was represented at these Olympic games. Twelve of the athletes had competed in Beijing, including world indoor champion and middle-distance runner Abdalaati Iguider, and breaststroke swimmer Sara El Bekri. Arab Games champion and taekwondo jin Wiam Dislam was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the sports played by the athletes, Morocco also marked its Olympic return in slalom canoeing and road cycling after long years of absence.

Morocco, however, failed to win a gold and a silver medal in the Olympics for the first time since 1976, after poor athletic performances at these games. Abdalaati Iguider won the nation's only medal, a bronze, in the men's 1500 metres.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdalaati Iguider Athletics Men's 1500 metres 7 August

Athletics

Moroccan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [2] [3]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Soufiyan Bouqantar 5000 m 13:47.6318Did not advance
Abderrahime Bouramdane Marathon DNF
Amine El Manaoui 800 m 1:48.486Did not advance
Hamid Ezzine 3000 m steeplechase 8:21.253 Q8:24.907
Abdalaati Iguider 1500 m 3:41.082 Q3:34.001 Q3:35.13Bronze medal icon.svg
5000 m 13:15.495 Q13:44.196
Rachid Kisri Marathon 2:15:0918
Amine Laâlou 1500 m Disqualified due to doping
Aziz Lahbabi 5000 m 13:47.5714Did not advance
Mohamed Moustaoui 1500 m 3:37.418 q3:43.336Did not advance
Aziz Ouhadi 200 m 20.806Did not advance
Hicham Sigueni 3000 m steeplechase 8:35.8910Did not advance
Brahim Taleb 8:29.023 Q8:32.4011
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Malika Akkaoui 800 m 2:01.784 q2:00.324Did not advance
Salima Ouali Alami 3000 m steeplechase 9:44.6211Did not advance
Kaltoum Bouaasayriya 9:58.7710Did not advance
Halima Hachlaf 800 m 2:00.993 Q1:58.845Did not advance
Siham Hilali 1500 m 4:13.342 Q4:04.799Did not advance
Soumiya Labani Marathon DNF
Btissam Lakhouad 1500 m DNFDid not advance
Hayat Lambarki 400 m hurdles 55.584 Q56.186Did not advance
Nadia Noujani 5000 m DNFDid not advance
Samira Raif Marathon 2:38:3173

Boxing

Morocco has so far qualified boxers for the following events [4]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdelali Daraa Light flyweight Flag of Cameroon.svg  Essomba  (CMR)
L 10–13
Did not advance
Aboubakr Seddik Lbida Bantamweight Flag of Australia.svg  Balla  (AUS)
L 16–16+
Did not advance
Abdelhak Aatakni Light welterweight Flag of Mauritius.svg  Colin  (MRI)
L 10–16
Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi Welterweight Flag of Japan.svg  Suzuki  (JPN)
L 13–14
Did not advance
Badr-Eddine Haddioui Middleweight Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Atoev  (UZB)
L 9–11
Did not advance
Ahmed Barki Light heavyweight Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Meng Fl  (CHN)
L 8–17
Did not advance
Mohammed Arjaoui Super heavyweight Flag of Cameroon.svg  Mendouo  (CMR)
W 15–6
Flag of Italy.svg  Cammarelle  (ITA)
L 11–12
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mahjoub Oubtil Lightweight Flag of Brazil.svg  Araujo  (BRA)
L 12–16
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Morocco has qualified boats for the following events

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jihane Semlal Women's K-1 174.0920276.3221174.0921Did not advance – Report

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Soufiane Haddi Men's road race Did not finish
Adil Jelloul 5:46:3762
Mouhssine Lahsaini Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 57:25.2434

Equestrian

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Yassine Rahmouni Floresco Individual 64.45349Did not advance

Fencing

Morocco has qualified 2 fencers.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abdelkarim El Haouari Individual épée Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre  (HUN)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Lahoussine Ali Individual foil Flag of Brazil.svg  Toldo  (BRA)
L 6–15
Did not advance

Football

Morocco men's football team qualified for the event by reaching the final of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship.

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Morocco squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [5]

Coach: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pim Verbeek

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoals2012 club
11 GK Mohamed Amsif (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) Flag of Germany.svg Augsburg
22 DF Abdelatif Noussir (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 22) Flag of Morocco.svg FUS Rabat
32 DF Mohamed Abarhoun (1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 23) Flag of Morocco.svg MA Tétouan
42 DF Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 22) Flag of France.svg Montpellier
52 DF Zakarya Bergdich (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23) Flag of France.svg Lens
63 MF Imad Najah (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 21) Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV
74 FW Zakaria Labyad (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 19) Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP
83 MF Driss Fettouhi (c) (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 22) Flag of France.svg Istres
94 FW Nordin Amrabat * (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 25) Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray
103 MF Abdelaziz Barrada (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 23) Flag of Spain.svg Getafe
114 FW Soufiane Bidaoui (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 22) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lierse
123 MF Omar El Kaddouri (1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 21) Flag of Italy.svg Brescia
132 DF Zouhair Feddal (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 23) Flag of Spain.svg Espanyol B
143 MF Houssine Kharja * (1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 29) Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Arabi
153 MF Rayan Frikeche (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 20) Flag of France.svg Angers
162 DF Yassine Jebbour (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 20) Flag of France.svg Rennes
174 FW Soufian El Hassnaoui (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 22) Flag of the Netherlands.svg De Graafschap
181 GK Yassine Bounou (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 21) Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid B

* Over-aged player.

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 321020+27Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 312032+15
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 30212312
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 30120221
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Honduras  Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg 2–2 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
  • Bengtson Soccerball shade.svg56', 65' (pen.)
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 23,421 [6]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 24,936 [7]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg 0–0 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 35,973 [8]
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Judo

Morocco has qualified 4 judokas.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yassine Moudatir Men's −60 kg ByeFlag of Finland.svg  Jokinen  (FIN)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance
Safouane Attaf Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of Liberia.svg  Saryee  (LBR)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Brazil.svg  Guilheiro  (BRA)
L 0001–1001
Did not advance
El Mehdi Malki Men's +100 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Roudaki  (IRI)
W 0100–0000
Flag of Hungary.svg  Bor  (HUN)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance
Rizlen Zouak Women's −63 kg Flag of Austria.svg  Drexler  (AUT)
L 0000–0011
Did not advance

Shooting

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Yasmina Mesfioui Trap 6121Did not advance

Swimming

Moroccan swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [9] [10]

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sara El Bekri 100 m breaststroke 1:08.2118Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.0511 Q2:25.8611Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:53.2132Did not advance

Taekwondo

Morocco has qualified 3 athletes. [11]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Issam Chernoubi Men's −80 kg Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Bahave  (AFG)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Sanaa Atabrour Women's −49 kg Flag of Argentina.svg  López  (ARG)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Wiam Dislam Women's +67 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Hernández  (CUB)
L 0–1 SDP
Did not advance

Wrestling

Morocco has qualified two quota places.

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fouad Fajjari −55 kg ByeFlag of Denmark.svg  Nyblom  (DEN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance19
Choucri Atafi −96 kg ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ayari  (TUN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance15

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