Morocco at the Olympics explained

Noc:MAR
Nocname:Moroccan Olympic Committee
Games:Olympics
Rank:65
Gold:8
Silver:5
Bronze:13

Morocco first participated in the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. In doing so, Morocco joined the boycott of the Games by most African countries, in protest against New Zealand's participation following an All Blacks rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an apartheid team from South Africa.[1] Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match before joining the national contingent's premature departure.

Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on seven occasions since 1968.

Moroccan athletes have won a total of 26 medals, 21 in athletics and 4 in boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one bronze, Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one bronze and Soufiane El Bakkali, with two gold medals are Morocco's four multiple medal winners.

The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959.

Medals

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

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0 1 0 1 32
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
did not participate
2 0 0 2 18
1 0 2 3 28
1 1 1 3 31
0 0 2 2 68
0 1 4 5 58
2 1 0 3 36
0 1 1 2 64
0 0 1 1 79
0 0 1 1 78
1 0 0 1 63
1 0 1 2 60
Total 8 5 13 26 65

Medals by Winter Games

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0 0 0 0
did not participate
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
did not participate
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
future event
Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport

Athletes with most medals

width=150 Athletewidth=150 Sportwidth=100 Gameswidth=50 Total
Hicham El Guerrouj199620042103
align=left bgcolor=KhakiSoufiane El Bakkali202020242002
Saïd Aouita198419881012
Hasna Benhassi200020080112

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's marathon
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's featherweight
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's bantamweight
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Women's 800 metres
Men's marathon
Women's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's welterweight
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's competition

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore109/ore109h.pdf Africa and the XXIst Olympiad