Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAR
NOCMoroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Websitewww.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.

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 — Did not advance
Abderrahime Bouramdane Marathon — DNF
Amine El Manaoui 800 m 1:48.48 6 Did not advance
Hamid Ezzine 3000 m steeplechase 8:21.25 3 Q — 8:24.90 7
Abdalaati Iguider 1500 m 3:41.08 2 Q 3:34.00 1 Q 3:35.13 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5000 m 13:15.49 5 Q — 13:44.19 6
Rachid Kisri Marathon — 2:15:09 18
Amine Laâlou 1500 m Disqualified due to doping
Aziz Lahbabi 5000 m 13:47.57 14 — 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 — Did not advance
Brahim Taleb 8:29.02 3 Q — 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 — Did not advance
Kaltoum Bouaasayriya 9:58.77 10 — 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 — 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 — Did not advance
Samira Raif Marathon — 2:38:31 73

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 —  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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2012 club
1 1GK Mohamed Amsif (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) Germany Augsburg
2 2DF Abdelatif Noussir (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 22) Morocco FUS Rabat
3 2DF Mohamed Abarhoun (1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 23) Morocco MA Tétouan
4 2DF Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 22) France Montpellier
5 2DF Zakarya Bergdich (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23) France Lens
6 3MF Imad Najah (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 21) Netherlands PSV
7 4FW Zakaria Labyad (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 19) Portugal Sporting CP
8 3MF Driss Fettouhi (c) (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 22) France Istres
9 4FW Nordin Amrabat* (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 25) Turkey Galatasaray
10 3MF Abdelaziz Barrada (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 23) Spain Getafe
11 4FW Soufiane Bidaoui (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 22) Belgium Lierse
12 3MF Omar El Kaddouri (1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 21) Italy Brescia
13 2DF Zouhair Feddal (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 23) Spain Espanyol B
14 3MF Houssine Kharja* (1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 29) Qatar Al-Arabi
15 3MF Rayan Frikeche (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 20) France Angers
16 2DF Yassine Jebbour (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 20) France Rennes
17 4FW Soufian El Hassnaoui (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 22) Netherlands De Graafschap
18 1GK Yassine Bounou (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 21) Spain Atlético Madrid B

* Over-aged player.

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Honduras 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Morocco 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Spain 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Honduras 2–2 Morocco
 Report
Attendance: 23,421[6]
Japan 1–0 Morocco
 Report
Attendance: 24,936[7]
Spain 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 35,973[8]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 —  Roudaki (IRI)
W 0100–0000 		 Bor (HUN)
L 0000–0100 		Did not advance
Rizlen Zouak Women's −63 kg —  Drexler (AUT)
L 0000–0011 		Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yasmina Mesfioui Trap 61 21 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 — Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

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