Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Morocco competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Jaouad Gharib Athletics Men's Marathon 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.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKhadija AbboudaWomen's individual53964 (1)L 80–112Did not advance

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankYoussef Baba1500 m3:42.1310Did not advanceYassine Bensghir800 m1:46.887Did not advanceAbderrahime BouramdaneMarathoncolspan=4 2:17:4226Mouhssin Chehibi800 m1:46.755Did not advanceMohamed El Hachimi10000 mcolspan=4 Abdelaziz El Idrissi5000 m14:05.3011colspan=2 Did not advanceHamid Ezzine3000 m steeplechase8:27.456colspan=2 Did not advanceAbdellah Falil10000 mcolspan=4 27:53.1416Jaouad GharibMarathoncolspan=4 2:07:16Abderrahim Goumricolspan=4 2:15:0020Abdelkader Hachlaf3000 m steeplechase8:23.623 Qcolspan=2 9:02.0615Abdalaati Iguider1500 m3:36.484 Q3:37.212 Q3:34.665Amine Laâlou800 m1:47.861 Q1:46.744Did not advanceMourad Marofit5000 m14:00.768colspan=2 Did not advanceMohamed Moustaoui1500 m3:34.801 Q3:40.909Did not advanceAnis Selmouni5000 m13:43.708colspan=2 Did not advanceBrahim Taleb3000 m steeplechase8:23.099colspan=2 Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYahya BerrabahLong jump7.8817Did not advanceTarik BougtaïbLong jump7.6929Did not advanceTriple jump—Did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankHasna Benhassi800 m2:00.512 Q1:58.032 Q1:56.73Bouchra Chaâbi1500 m4:19.8911colspan=2 Did not advanceSiham Hilali4:05.363 Qcolspan=2 4:05.5710Btissam Lakhouad4:14.343 Qcolspan=2 4:07.2512Asmae Leghzaoui10000 mcolspan=4 Hanane Ouhaddou3000 m steeplechase9:56.4111colspan=2 Did not advanceMariem Alaoui Selsouli5000 m15:21.4711colspan=2 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.Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007 Seven more qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Bouchtouk and Amanissi qualified at the second continental event.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRedouane BouchtoukLight flyweightL 7–13Did not advanceAbdelillah NhailaFlyweightL 4–19Did not advanceHicham MesbahiBantamweightW 11–3L Did not advanceMahdi OuatineFeatherweightL 1–10Did not advanceTahar TamsamaniLightweightL 4–15Did not advanceDriss MoussaidLight welterweightW 23–2L 4–15Did not advanceMehdi KhalsiWelterweightL 3–11Did not advanceSaid RachidiMiddleweightL 2–8Did not advanceMohamed ArjaouiHeavyweightW 11–6L 10–10+Did not advanceMohamed AmanissiSuper heavyweightL 0–15Did not advance

Fencing

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAissam Rami Individual épéeL 11–15Did not advanceLahoussine Ali Individual foilL 3–15Did not advance

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYounes Ahamdi−60 kgL 0000–1010Did not advanceL 0000–0011Did not advanceRachid Rguig −66 kgL 0000–1002Did not advanceL 0000–0201Did not advanceSafouane Attaf −81 kgW 1000–0001 L 0001–0010Did not advanceMohamed El Assri −90 kgL 0001–0011Did not advanceW 0000–0000 L 0000–0001Did not advance

Swimming

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSara El Bekri100 m breaststroke1:08.6619Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:30.0928Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdelkader ZrouriMen's +80 kgW L 4–5Did not advanceL Did not advanceGhizlane ToudaliWomen's −49 kgL 0–5Did not advanceMouna BenabderrassoulWomen's −67 kgW 2–0L 1–1 Did not advance

See also Morocco at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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