Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code MAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website www.marocolympique.org (French)
in London
Competitors 63 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Wiam Dislam[1]
Medals
Ranked 79th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 1 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.

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 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
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Soufiyan Bouqantar 5000 m 13:47.63 18 N/A Did not advance
Abderrahime Bouramdane Marathon N/A DNF
Amine El Manaoui 800 m 1:48.48 6 Did not advance
Hamid Ezzine 3000 m steeplechase 8:21.25 3 Q N/A 8:24.90 7
Abdalaati Iguider 1500 m 3:41.08 2 Q 3:34.00 1 Q 3:35.13 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
5000 m 13:15.49 5 Q N/A 13:44.19 6
Rachid Kisri Marathon N/A 2:15:09 18
Amine Laâlou 1500 m Disqualified due to doping
Aziz Lahbabi 5000 m 13:47.57 14 N/A Did not advance
Mohamed Moustaoui 1500 m 3:37.41 8 q 3:43.33 6 Did not advance
Aziz Ouhadi 200 m 20.80 6 Did not advance
Hicham Sigueni 3000 m steeplechase 8:35.89 10 N/A Did not advance
Brahim Taleb 8:29.02 3 Q N/A 8:32.40 11
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Malika Akkaoui 800 m 2:01.78 4 q 2:00.32 4 Did not advance
Salima Ouali Alami 3000 m steeplechase 9:44.62 11 N/A Did not advance
Kaltoum Bouaasayriya 9:58.77 10 N/A Did not advance
Halima Hachlaf 800 m 2:00.99 3 Q 1:58.84 5 Did not advance
Siham Hilali 1500 m 4:13.34 2 Q 4:04.79 9 Did not advance
Soumiya Labani Marathon N/A DNF
Btissam Lakhouad 1500 m DNF Did not advance
Hayat Lambarki 400 m hurdles 55.58 4 Q 56.18 6 Did not advance
Nadia Noujani 5000 m DNF N/A Did not advance
Samira Raif Marathon N/A 2:38:31 73

Boxing

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

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdelali Daraa Light flyweight  Essomba (CMR)
L 10–13
Did not advance
Aboubakr Seddik Lbida Bantamweight  Balla (AUS)
L 16–16+
Did not advance
Abdelhak Aatakni Light welterweight  Colin (MRI)
L 10–16
Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi Welterweight  Suzuki (JPN)
L 13–14
Did not advance
Badr-Eddine Haddioui Middleweight  Atoev (UZB)
L 9–11
Did not advance
Ahmed Barki Light heavyweight  Meng Fl (CHN)
L 8–17
Did not advance
Mohammed Arjaoui Super heavyweight N/A  Mendouo (CMR)
W 15–6
 Cammarelle (ITA)
L 11–12
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mahjoub Oubtil Lightweight  Araujo (BRA)
L 12–16
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Morocco has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jihane Semlal Women's K-1 174.09 20 276.32 21 174.09 21 Did not advance – Report

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Soufiane Haddi Men's road race Did not finish
Adil Jelloul 5:46:37 62
Mouhssine Lahsaini Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 57:25.24 34

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Yassine Rahmouni Floresco Individual 64.453 49 Did not advance

Fencing

Morocco has qualified 2 fencers.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abdelkarim El Haouari Individual épée  Imre (HUN)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Lahoussine Ali Individual foil  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: Netherlands Pim Verbeek

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club
1 1GK Amsif, MohamedMohamed Amsif (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) Germany Augsburg
2 2DF Noussir, AbdelatifAbdelatif Noussir (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 22) Morocco FUS Rabat
3 2DF Abarhoun, MohamedMohamed Abarhoun (1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 23) Morocco MA Tétouan
4 2DF El Kaoutari, AbdelhamidAbdelhamid El Kaoutari (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 22) France Montpellier
5 2DF Bergdich, ZakaryaZakarya Bergdich (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23) France Lens
6 3MF Najah, ImadImad Najah (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 21) Netherlands PSV
7 4FW Labyad, ZakariaZakaria Labyad (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 19) Portugal Sporting CP
8 3MF Fettouhi, DrissDriss Fettouhi (c) (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 22) France Istres
9 4FW Amrabat, NordinNordin Amrabat* (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 25) Turkey Galatasaray
10 3MF Barrada, AbdelazizAbdelaziz Barrada (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 23) Spain Getafe
11 4FW Bidaoui, SoufianeSoufiane Bidaoui (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 22) Belgium Lierse
12 3MF El Kaddouri, OmarOmar El Kaddouri (1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 21) Italy Brescia
13 2DF Feddal, ZouhairZouhair Feddal (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 23) Spain Espanyol B
14 3MF Kharja, HoussineHoussine Kharja* (1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 29) Qatar Al-Arabi
15 3MF Frikeche, RayanRayan Frikeche (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 20) France Angers
16 2DF Jebbour, YassineYassine Jebbour (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 20) France Rennes
17 4FW El Hassnaoui, SoufianSoufian El Hassnaoui (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 22) Netherlands De Graafschap
18 1GK Bounou, YassineYassine Bounou (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 21) Spain Atlético Madrid B

* Over-aged player.

Group play
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Honduras 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 2
 Spain 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 1

26 July 2012
12:00

Honduras  2–2  Morocco
Bengtson  56', 65' (pen.) Report Barrada  39'
Labyad  67'

29 July 2012
17:00

Japan  1–0  Morocco
Nagai  84' Report

1 August 2012
17:00

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

Judo

Morocco has qualified 4 judokas.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yassine Moudatir Men's −60 kg Bye  Jokinen (FIN)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance
Safouane Attaf Men's −81 kg Bye  Saryee (LBR)
W 1000–0000
 Guilheiro (BRA)
L 0001–1001
Did not advance
El Mehdi Malki Men's +100 kg N/A  Roudaki (IRI)
W 0100–0000
 Bor (HUN)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance
Rizlen Zouak Women's −63 kg N/A  Drexler (AUT)
L 0000–0011
Did not advance

Shooting

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yasmina Mesfioui Trap 61 21 Did 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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sara El Bekri 100 m breaststroke 1:08.21 18 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.05 11 Q 2:25.86 11 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:53.21 32 N/A Did not advance

Taekwondo

Morocco has qualified 3 athletes.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Issam Chernoubi Men's −80 kg  Bahave (AFG)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Sanaa Atabrour Women's −49 kg  López (ARG)
L 0–1
Did not advance
Wiam Dislam Women's +67 kg  Hernández (CUB)
L 0–1 SDP
Did not advance

Wrestling

Morocco has qualified two quota places.

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fouad Fajjari −55 kg Bye  Nyblom (DEN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 19
Choucri Atafi −96 kg Bye  Ayari (TUN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 15

References

  1. Staff (10 July 2012). "JO : Wiam Dislam porte-drapeau à la cérémonie d'ouverture" [Olympics: Wiam Dislam will be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony] (in French). Groupe L'etudiant Marocain. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
  4. "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. "Houssine Kharja is in Morocco's squad for Olympics". BBC Sport. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. "Honduras – Morocco". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  7. "Japan – Morocco". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  8. "Spain – Morocco". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  10. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011
  11. "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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