Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Moroccan Olympic Committee () fielded a squad of 49 athletes, 29 men and 20 women, across 13 sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics without any participants in team-based sports, but third-largest overall in history. Nearly forty percent of the Moroccan delegation competed in the track and field; there was only a single competitor each in slalom canoeing, equestrian, fencing, golf (new to the 2016 Games), and shooting.
Fifteen athletes on the Moroccan roster competed at the previous Olympics in London, with the rest of the field making their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. Among the nation's athletes were 2012 bronze medalist Abdalaati Iguider in distance running, taekwondo fighter Wiam Dislam (women's +67 kg), Greco-Roman wrestler Zied Ayet Ikram, who competed for Tunisia at the previous Games, and 54-year-old show jumper Abdelkebir Ouaddar, who led his delegation as the oldest competitor and flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
For the second Olympics in a row, Morocco left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal, won by world-ranked pro boxer Mohammed Rabii in the men's welterweight division. Five Moroccan athletes advanced to the finals of their respective sporting events but narrowly missed out of the podium, including Iguider, Dislam, along with her fellow taekwondo teammates Omar Hajjami and Naima Bakkal, and steeplechaser Soufiane Elbakkali.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Mohammed Rabii Boxing Men's welterweight
Athletics (track and field)
Moroccan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
A total of 18 athletes (13 men and 5 women), highlighted by middle-distance runner and London 2012 bronze medalist Abdalaati Iguider, were named as part of Morocco's official team announcement for the Games on July 15, 2016.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAziz Ouhadi100 mcolspan=2 10.346Did not advanceAbdelati El Guesse800 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceMostafa Smaili1:49.292 Qcolspan=2 1:45.785Did not advanceFouad Elkaam1500 m3:39.516 Qcolspan=2 3:40.939Did not advanceAbdalaati Iguider3:38.403 Qcolspan=2 3:40.116 q3:50.585Brahim Kaazouzi3:47.396 Qcolspan=2 3:48.6613Did not advanceSoufiyan Bouqantar5000 m13:56.5518colspan=4 Did not advanceYounès Essalhi13:41.4114colspan=4 Did not advanceSoufiane Elbakkali3000 m steeplechase8:25.172 Qcolspan=4 8:14.354Hamid Ezzine8:27.695 qcolspan=4 Hicham Sigueni8:27.827colspan=4 Did not advanceAbdelmajid El HissoufMarathoncolspan=6 2:20:2968Rachid Kisricolspan=6 2:21:0073
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMalika Akkaoui800 m2:00.524Did not advanceRababe ArafiDid not advanceMalika Akkaoui1500 m4:07.425 Q4:08.55 8Did not advanceRababe Arafi4:06.634 Q4:05.607 q4:15.1612Siham Hilali4:13.469Did not advanceHayat Lambarki400 m hurdles1:00.836colspan=2 Did not advanceSalima Ouali Alami3000 m steeplechase9:44.8310colspan=2 Did not advanceFadwa Sidi Madane9:32.9411colspan=2 Did not advanceKoutar BoulaidMarathoncolspan=4
Boxing
Morocco has entered eight boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mohammed Rabii was the only Moroccan to be selected to the Olympic team through the 2015 World Championships, while Achraf Kharroubi and Mohamed Hamout finished among the top two of their respective weight divisions in the World Series of Boxing.
Mohamed Arjaoui and three women's boxers (Ez-Zahraoui, Lachgar, and El-Mardi) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Hassan Saada secured an additional Olympic place on the Moroccan roster as a quarterfinalist losing to the eventual champion Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAchraf KharroubiFlyweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceMohamed HamoutBantamweightW 2–0L 1–2Did not advanceMohammed RabiiWelterweightW 3–0W 2–1L 0–3Did not advanceHassan SaadaLight heavyweightL Did not advanceMohamed ArjaouiSuper heavyweightL 0–3Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankZohra Ez-ZahraouiFlyweightL 0–3Did not advanceHasnaa LachgarLightweightL 0–3Did not advanceKhadija El-MardiMiddleweightL 0–3Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Morocco has qualified one canoeist in the women's K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankHind JamiliWomen's K-1153.0020149.8718149.8721Did not advance
Cycling
Road Moroccan riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour.
AthleteEventTimeRankAnass Aït El AbdiaMen's road race6:30:0547Soufiane HaddiDid not finishMouhssine LahsainiMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial1:25:11.7233
Equestrian
Morocco has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Africa & Middle East in the individual International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Olympic Rankings.
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankAbdelkebir OuaddarQuickly de KreiskerIndividual4=27 Q91350Did not advance
Fencing
Morocco has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Youssra Zekrani had claimed her Olympic spot as the sole winner of the women's foil at the African Zonal Qualifier in Algiers, Algeria.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYoussra ZekraniWomen's foilL 4–15Did not advance
Golf
Morocco has entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Maha Haddioui (world no. 560) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankMaha HaddiouiWomen's82768077315 +3159
Judo
Morocco has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Imad Bassou and Assmaa Niang were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while London 2012 Olympian Rizlen Zouak at women's half-middleweight (63 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as the highest-ranked Moroccan judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankImad BassouMen's −66 kgW 001–000L 000–001Did not advanceRizlen ZouakWomen's −63 kgL 000–101Did not advanceAssmaa NiangWomen's −70 kgL 000–001Did not advance
Shooting
Morocco has received an invitation from ISSF to send Mohamed Ramah in the men's double trap to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by March 31, 2016.
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankMohamed RamahMen's trap10830Did not advanceMen's double trap11521Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Morocco has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDriss LahrichiMen's 100 m backstroke58.0136Did not advanceNoura ManaWomen's 50 m freestyle28.2059Did not advance
Taekwondo
Morocco entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Omar Hajjami, Hakima El-Meslahy, and 2012 Olympian Wiam Dislam secured the spots on the Moroccan team respectively in the men's flyweight (58 kg), women's lightweight (57 kg), and women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOmar HajjamiMen's −58 kgW 4–3L 1–8Did not advanceL 1–4Did not advance7Naima BakkalWomen's −57 kgL 4–12Did not advanceL 0–12 Did not advance7Wiam DislamWomen's +67 kgW 5–1L 2–3 Did not advanceW 7–5L 1–75
Weightlifting
Morocco has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish at the 2016 African Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004. Meanwhile, an unused women's Olympic spot was added to the Moroccan weightlifting team by IWF, as a response to the vacancy of women's quota places in the individual World Rankings and to the "multiple positive cases" of doping on several nations. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankKhalid El-AabidiMen's −85 kg120221652028520Samira OuassWomen's –75 kg7514971417214
Wrestling
Morocco has qualified three wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankChakir Ansari−57 kgL 1–4 SPDid not advance13
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMehdi Messaoudi−59 kgL 0–4 STDid not advance17Zied Ayet Ikram−75 kgL 0–3 PODid not advance19
See also Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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