Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	MAR
Nocname:	Moroccan Olympic Committee Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية|links=no
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	47
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Abdelkader Kada (coach)
Rank:	64
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Morocco competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Marathon
			Women's 800m

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Youssef Baba	1500 m	3:42.13	10	Did not advance
Yassine Bensghir	800 m	1:46.88	7	Did not advance
Abderrahime Bouramdane	Marathon	2:17:42	26
Mouhssin Chehibi	800 m	1:46.75	5	Did not advance
Mohamed El Hachimi	10000 m
Abdelaziz El Idrissi	5000 m	14:05.30	11	Did not advance
Hamid Ezzine	3000 m steeplechase	8:27.45	6	Did not advance
Abdellah Falil	10000 m	27:53.14	16
Jaouad Gharib	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:07:16
Abderrahim Goumri	2:15:00	20
Abdelkader Hachlaf	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.62	3 Q	9:02.06	15
Abdalaati Iguider	1500 m	3:36.48	4 Q	3:37.21	2 Q	3:34.66	5
Amine Laâlou	800 m	1:47.86	1 Q	1:46.74	4	Did not advance
Mourad Marofit	5000 m	14:00.76	8	Did not advance
Mohamed Moustaoui	1500 m	3:34.80	1 Q	3:40.90	9	Did not advance
Anis Selmouni	5000 m	13:43.70	8	Did not advance
Brahim Taleb	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.09	9	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yahya Berrabah	Long jump	7.88	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tarik Bougtaïb	Long jump	7.69	29	Did not advance
Triple jump		—	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hasna Benhassi	800 m	2:00.51	2 Q	1:58.03	2 Q	1:56.73
Bouchra Chaâbi	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	4:19.89	11	Did not advance
Siham Hilali	4:05.36	3 Q	4:05.57	10
Btissam Lakhouad	4:14.34	3 Q	4:07.25	12
Asmae Leghzaoui	10000 m
Hanane Ouhaddou	3000 m steeplechase	9:56.41	11	Did not advance
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	5000 m	15:21.47	11	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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.^[2] Seven more qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.^[3] Bouchtouk and Amanissi qualified at the second continental event.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Redouane Bouchtouk	Light flyweight	L 7–13	Did not advance
Abdelillah Nhaila	Flyweight	L 4–19	Did not advance
Hicham Mesbahi	Bantamweight	W 11–3	L	Did not advance
Mahdi Ouatine	Featherweight	L 1–10	Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani	Lightweight	L 4–15	Did not advance
Driss Moussaid	Light welterweight	W 23–2	L 4–15	Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi	Welterweight	L 3–11	Did not advance
Said Rachidi	Middleweight	L 2–8	Did not advance
Mohamed Arjaoui	Heavyweight		W 11–6	L 10–10^+	Did not advance
Mohamed Amanissi	Super heavyweight		L 0–15	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual épée	L 11–15	Did not advance
	Individual foil		L 3–15	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Younes Ahamdi	−60 kg		L 0000–1010	Did not advance			L 0000–0011	Did not advance
	−66 kg		L 0000–1002	Did not advance			L 0000–0201	Did not advance
	−81 kg		W 1000–0001	L 0001–0010	Did not advance
	−90 kg		L 0001–0011	Did not advance			W 0000–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sara El Bekri	100 m breaststroke	1:08.66	19	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:30.09	28	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkader Zrouri	Men's +80 kg	W	L 4–5	Did not advance	L	Did not advance
Ghizlane Toudali	Women's −49 kg	L 0–5	Did not advance
Mouna Benabderrassoul	Women's −67 kg	W 2–0	L 1–1	Did not advance

See also

• Morocco at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: FITA Olympic Qualification - Women . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211153303/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Olympic%20Games/2008_OG_Beijing/0713_OlympicQuota_Women.pdf . 2012-02-11 . dead .
2. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
3. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=876 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
4. Web site: 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . 2008-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092739/http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/581/news.aspx . 2012-02-08 . dead .