Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Morocco at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee; Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors	47 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Abdelkader Kada (coach)
Medals; Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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
Silver	Jaouad Gharib	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Bronze	Hasna Benhassi	Athletics	Women's 800m

Archery

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]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khadija Abbouda	Women's individual	539	64	Park S-H (KOR) (1) L 80–112	Did not advance

Athletics

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
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	—				DNF
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	Marathon	—				2:07:16
Abderrahim Goumri	Marathon	—				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
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yahya Berrabah	Long jump	7.88	17	Did not advance
Tarik Bougtaïb	Long jump	7.69	29	Did not advance
Tarik Bougtaïb	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	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	—				DNF
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

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Redouane Bouchtouk	Light flyweight	Carvalho (BRA) L 7–13	Did not advance
Abdelillah Nhaila	Flyweight	Mammadov (AZE) L 4–19	Did not advance
Hicham Mesbahi	Bantamweight	Romero (COL) W 11–3	Ikgopoleng (BOT) L RSC	Did not advance
Mahdi Ouatine	Featherweight	Enkhzorig (MGL) L 1–10	Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani	Lightweight	Valentino (ITA) L 4–15	Did not advance
Driss Moussaid	Light welterweight	Kidd (AUS) W 23–2	Iglesias (CUB) L 4–15	Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi	Welterweight	Mahmudov (UZB) L 3–11	Did not advance
Said Rachidi	Middleweight	Artayev (KAZ) L 2–8	Did not advance
Mohamed Arjaoui	Heavyweight	—	Pitt (AUS) W 11–6	Wilder (USA) L 10–10⁺	Did not advance
Mohamed Amanissi	Super heavyweight	—	Zhang Zl (CHN) L 0–15	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aissam Rami	Individual épée	Motyka (POL) L 11–15	Did not advance
Lahoussine Ali	Individual foil	—	Guyart (FRA) L 3–15	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Younes Ahamdi	−60 kg	Bye	Paischer (AUT) L 0000–1010	Did not advance			Fallon (GBR) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Rachid Rguig	−66 kg	Bye	Darbelet (FRA) L 0000–1002	Did not advance			Mehmedovic (CAN) L 0000–0201	Did not advance
Safouane Attaf	−81 kg	Bye	Bashkaev (RUS) W 1000–0001	Burton (GBR) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Mohamed El Assri	−90 kg	—	Benikhlef (ALG) L 0001–0011	Did not advance			Alarza (ESP) W 0000–0000 YUS	Aschwanden (SUI) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Swimming

Women

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

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkader Zrouri	Men's +80 kg	Díaz (VEN) W KO	Nikolaidis (GRE) L 4–5	Did not advance	Chilmanov (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance
Ghizlane Toudali	Women's −49 kg	Khoshjamal (IRI) L 0–5	Did not advance
Mouna Benabderrassoul	Women's −67 kg	Okamoto (JPN) W 2–0	Épangue (FRA) L 1–1 SUP	Did not advance

References

^ "FITA Olympic Qualification - Women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
^ Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
^ 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ "2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-15.

[ArcheryWomen-1] "FITA Olympic Qualification - Women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-14.

[BoxingQualWorld-2] Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007

[BoxingQualAfrica1-3] 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[BoxingQualAfrica2-4] "2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-15.

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