Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:MAR
Npcname:Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:26
Sports:4
Flagbearer:Azeddine Nouiri[1]
Rank:33
Gold:3
Silver:2
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[2] [3] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[4]

Medalists

Morocco's medal haul was more than the total earned by Morocco's 2016 Olympic team who came away with one bronze medal, earned in men's football. They finished thirty third overall on the medal table.

The following Moroccan competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are in bold.

MedalNameSportEventDate
11 September
15 September
15 September
9 September
15 September
17 September
10 September

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men
Track
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan="2"Mahdi Afri200 m T1222.69Q22.58 PBQ22.57 PB
400 m T1249.32 PBQ49.34Q49.00 PB
align=left Hafid Aharak1500 m T374:20.43 PB4
Mohamed Amguoun400 m T1348.82Q47.15 WR
align=left rowspan="2"Youssef Benibrahim1500 m T133:56.808
5000 m T1315:06.536
align=left rowspan="2"El Amin Chentouf5000 m T1314:21.04 PB
Marathon T132:32:17 SB
Abdelhadi El HartiMarathon T46DNF
align=left Abdelillah Mame1500 m T134:08.9313
Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
align=left rowspan="2"Azeddine NouiriShot put F3411.28 RR
Javelin throw F3427.707
Youssef OuaddaliShot Put F327.568
Women
Track
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan="2"Sanaa Benhama100 m T1312.53 q12.49 7
400 m T1358.40 SB5
Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
align=left rowspan="2"Saida AmoudiShot put F347.52 4
Javelin throw F3414.248
Youssra KarimShot Put F418.164
align=left rowspan="2"Hasnaa MoubalShot put F406.167
Discus throw F4017.1012
align=left rowspan="2"Hayat el GaraaShot put F416.977
Discus throw F4125.72 PB5

5-a-side football

See main article: 5-a-side football at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Morocco qualified for the Paralympics after finishing second at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. In the first round of group play, Morocco beat Egypt 3 - 0. The second round saw Morocco beat Senegal 3 - 0. This qualified them through first in their group, where they met Mali in the semi-final. They won that game 1 - 0. Morocco then met hosts Cameroon in the final, which Morocco won 2 - 0. [5] [6]

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7th–8th place match

Paratriathlon

See main article: article and Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Powerlifting

See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915144043/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/full-list-of-flag-bearers-for-opening-ceremony-of-rio-2016-paralympic-games . 2016-09-15 .
  2. Web site: Paralympics categories explained . . 3 September 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  3. News: Making sense of the categories . . 6 October 2000 . 25 December 2015.
  4. News: A-Z of Paralympic classification . . 28 August 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Blind Football Qualifying . International Paralympic Committee . 24 December 2015 . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225103557/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/all/iframe/infograficos/paralimpicos/futebol-de-5/pdf/football-5-paralympics.pdf . 25 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: IBSA Blind FOOTBALL African CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 DOUALA, CAMEROON . International Blind Sports Association. 25 December 2015. 2015.