Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Morocco at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
	File:Flag of Morocco.svg
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee; Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in London
Competitors	63 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Wiam Dislam
Medals; Ranked 79th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Abdalaati Iguider	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	7 August

Athletics

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
Athlete	Event	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)
Abdalaati Iguider	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	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.02	3 Q	—		8:32.40	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	3000 m steeplechase	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

Morocco has so far qualified boxers for the following events^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelali Daraa	Light flyweight	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Essomba (CMR) L 10–13	Did not advance
Aboubakr Seddik Lbida	Bantamweight	File:Flag of Australia.svg Balla (AUS) L 16–16⁺	Did not advance
Abdelhak Aatakni	Light welterweight	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Colin (MRI) L 10–16	Did not advance
Mehdi Khalsi	Welterweight	File:Flag of Japan.svg Suzuki (JPN) L 13–14	Did not advance
Badr-Eddine Haddioui	Middleweight	File:Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg Atoev (UZB) L 9–11	Did not advance
Ahmed Barki	Light heavyweight	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Meng Fl (CHN) L 8–17	Did not advance
Mohammed Arjaoui	Super heavyweight	—	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Mendouo (CMR) W 15–6	File:Flag of Italy.svg Cammarelle (ITA) L 11–12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mahjoub Oubtil	Lightweight	—	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Araujo (BRA) L 12–16	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Morocco has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Soufiane Haddi	Men's road race	Did not finish
Adil Jelloul	Men's road race	5:46:37	62
Mouhssine Lahsaini	Men's road race	Did not finish
Mouhssine Lahsaini	Men's time trial	57:25.24	34

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Yassine Rahmouni	Floresco	Individual	64.453	49	Did not advance

Fencing

Morocco has qualified 2 fencers.

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
Abdelkarim El Haouari	Individual épée	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Imre (HUN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Lahoussine Ali	Individual foil	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Toldo (BRA) L 6–15	Did not advance

Football

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

Men's tournament

Team roster

{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|MAR}}

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

{{#section:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|D2}}

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Judo

Morocco has qualified 4 judokas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yassine Moudatir	Men's −60 kg	Bye	File:Flag of Finland.svg Jokinen (FIN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Safouane Attaf	Men's −81 kg	Bye	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Saryee (LBR) W 1000–0000	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Guilheiro (BRA) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
El Mehdi Malki	Men's +100 kg	—	File:Flag of Iran.svg Roudaki (IRI) W 0100–0000	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Bor (HUN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Rizlen Zouak	Women's −63 kg	—	File:Flag of Austria.svg Drexler (AUT) L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yasmina Mesfioui	Trap	61	21	Did not advance

Swimming

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)):^[5]^[6]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Morocco has qualified 3 athletes.^[7]

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
Issam Chernoubi	Men's −80 kg	File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021).svg Bahave (AFG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Sanaa Atabrour	Women's −49 kg	File:Flag of Argentina.svg López (ARG) L 0–1	Did not advance
Wiam Dislam	Women's +67 kg	File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Hernández (CUB) L 0–1 SDP	Did not advance

Wrestling

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fouad Fajjari	−55 kg	Bye	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Nyblom (DEN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					19
Choucri Atafi	−96 kg	Bye	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Ayari (TUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					15

References

↑ Staff (10 July 2012). "JO : Wiam Dislam porte-drapeau à la cérémonie d'ouverture" [Olympics: Wiam Dislam will be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony] (in français). Groupe L'etudiant Marocain. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
↑ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
↑ "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
↑ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011
↑ "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

External links

Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 30 August 2012)
Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

[1] Staff (10 July 2012). "JO : Wiam Dislam porte-drapeau à la cérémonie d'ouverture" [Olympics: Wiam Dislam will be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony] (in français). Groupe L'etudiant Marocain. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[3] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

[4] "Final African Olympic Quota Places revealed". AIBA. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[5] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[6] FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011

[WTF_Africa-7] "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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