Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Morocco at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Morocco.svg
IOC code MAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية‎‎
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in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors 48 in 17 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Oumaïma Belahbib
Ramzi Boukhiam
Flag bearer (closing) Btissam Sadini
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 0 0 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Morocco competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Soufiane El Bakkali Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 2 August

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of Moroccan competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13 3 16
Boxing 4 3 7
Canoeing 1 1 2
Cycling 1 0 1
Equestrian 4 0 4
Fencing 1 0 1
Golf 0 1 1
Judo 0 2 2
Karate 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Surfing 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 2 3
Triathlon 1 0 1
Volleyball 2 0 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 32 16 48

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Moroccan athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[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
Track & road events
Men
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Abdalaati Iguider
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Soufiane El Bakkali
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Abdelati El Guesse 800 m 1:44.84 PB 4 q 1:46.85 8 Did not advance
Oussama Nabil 1:45.64 5 q 1:46.42 4 Did not advance
Mostafa Smaili 1:46.05 4 Did not advance
Soufiane El Bakkali 1500 m DNF Did not advance
Anass Essayi 3:45.92 11 Did not advance
Abdelatif Sadiki 3:36.23 5 Q 3:33.59 PB 8 Did not advance
Soufiyan Bouqantar 5000 m 13:43.97 12 N/A Did not advance
Abdelkarim Ben Zahra 3000 m steeplechase 8:28.63 SB 10 N/A Did not advance
Soufiane El Bakkali 8:19.00 1 Q 8:08.90 1st
Mohamed Tindouft 8:15.91 5 q 8:23.56 13
Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Marathon N/A 2:12:22 11
Othmane El Goumri 2:11:58 9
Hamza Sahli 2:14:48 18
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rababe Arafi 800 m 2:00.96 3 Q 1:59.86 6 Did not advance
1500 m DNF Did not advance
Rkia El Moukim Marathon N/A 2:40:10 56

Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco qualified six boxers (three per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Khadija El-Mardi, along with five rookies (Baala, Nadir, Assaghir, Cheddar, and Bel Ahbib), secured their spots by advancing to the final match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal.[4] El-Mardi later withdrew prior to the start of the competition.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Mohamed Hamout Featherweight  Shahbakhsh (IRI)
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Abdelhaq Nadir Lightweight  Colin (MRI)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Mohamed Assaghir Light heavyweight  Khataev (ROC)
L RSC		 Did not advance
Youness Baala Heavyweight Bye  Nyika (NZL)
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Rabab Cheddar Flyweight  Davison (GBR)
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Oumayma Bel Ahbib Welterweight Bye  Lysenko (UKR)
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Khadija El-Mardi Middleweight Withdrew due to injury

Canoeing

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Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Moroccan canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 African Canoe Slalom Championship in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.[6]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mathis Soudi Men's K-1 93.86 7 100.92 19 93.86 15 Q 103.58 18 Did not advance
Célia Jodar Women's K-1 171.38 24 258.46 27 171.38 27 Did not advance

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Morocco entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[7]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Mohcine El Kouraji Men's road race Did not finish

Equestrian

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Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Morocco entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group F (Africa and Middle East). Meanwhile, a squad of three jumping riders was added to the Moroccan roster by accepting a forfeited spot from Qatar, as the next highest-ranked team, not yet qualified, at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F in Rabat.[8][9]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Yessin Rahmouni All At Once Individual 66.599 44 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Jumping

Samy Colman and Davino Q withdrew before the competition as Colman tested positive to COVID-19 and was replaced by El Ghali Boukaa and Ugolino du Clos. Ali Al-Ahrach's Golden Lady is the reserve horse.[10]

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Ali Al-Ahrach USA de Riverland Individual Eliminated Did not advance
El Ghali Boukaa Ugolino du Clos 14 =60 Did not advance
Abdelkebir Ouaddar Istanbull v.h Ooievaarshof 16 63 Did not advance
Ali Al-Ahrach
El Ghali Boukaa
Abdelkebir Ouaddar		 Golden Lady
Ugolino du Clos
Istanbull v.h Ooievaarshof		 Team 37 13 Did not advance

Fencing

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Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Houssam El-Kord claimed a spot in the men's épée as the top-ranked fencer vying for qualification from Africa in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Houssam El-Kord Men's épée Bye  Wang Zj (CHN)
W 15–14		  Siklósi (HUN)
L 13–15		 Did not advance

Golf

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Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Maha Haddioui (world no. 418) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 29 July 2021.[11]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Maha Haddioui Women's 72 74 70 69 285 +1 =43

Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco qualified two female judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Assmaa Niang was selected among the top 18 judoka of the women's middleweight category (70 kg) based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Soumiya Iraoui (women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[12]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Soumiya Iraoui Women's –52 kg  Warasiha (THA)
W 10–00		  Giles (GBR)
L 00–10		 Did not advance
Assmaa Niang Women's –70 kg  Bellandi (ITA)
L 00–01		 Did not advance

Karate

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Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Btissam Sadini qualified directly for the women's kumite 61-kg category by topping the final pool round at 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.[13]

Kumite
Athlete Event Round robin Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Btissam Sadini Women's –61 kg  Preković (SRB)
L 1–3		  Serogina (UKR)
D 1–1		  Farouk (EGY)
L 0–5		  Grande (PER)
L 1–3		 5 Did not advance

Rowing

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Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fourth in the A-final and securing the second of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's debut in the sport.[14]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sarah Fraincart Women's single sculls 8:32.78 5 R 8:42.78 5 SE/F Bye 8:43.90 2 FE 8:25.38 29

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Moroccan shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[15]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ibtissam Marirhi Women's skeet 117 16 Did not advance

Surfing

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Main articles: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco sent one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard at the Games. Ramzi Boukhiam secured a qualification slot for his nation, as the highest-ranked and last remaining surfer from Africa, at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan.[16]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ramzi Boukhiam Men's shortboard 10.23 2 Q Bye  Bourez (FRA)
L 9.40–12.43		 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[17]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Samy Boutouil Men's 100 m freestyle 50.37 43 Did not advance
Lina Khiyara Women's 200 m freestyle 2:08.80 28 Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Achraf Mahboubi, Oumaima El-Bouchti, and Nada Laaraj secured the spots on the Moroccan squad with a top two finish each in the men's welterweight (80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg), and women's lightweight category (57 kg), respectively, at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat.[18][19]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Achraf Mahboubi Men's −80 kg  Cissé (CIV)
W 21–11		  Al-Sharabaty (JOR)
L 15–17		 Did not advance  Ordemann (NOR)
L 10–25		 Did not advance 7
Oumaima El-Bouchti Women's −49 kg  Sim J-y (KOR)
L 10–19		 Did not advance
Nada Laaraj Women's −57 kg  Zolotic (USA)
L 4–11		 Did not advance  İlgün (TUR)
L 0–6		 Did not advance 7

Triathlon

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Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics for the first time in history. Mehdi Essadiq topped the field of triathletes vying for qualification from Africa in the men's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.[20]

Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Mehdi Essadiq Men's 17:58 0:48 58:13 0:40 35:46 1:53:25 45

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Beach

Morocco men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2018–2020 CAVB Continental Cup Final in Agadir.[21]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Repechage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mohamed Abicha
Zouheir El Graoui		 Men's  Bryl /
Fijałek (POL)
L (17–21, 11–21)		  Evandro /
Schmidt (BRA)
L (14–21, 16–21)		  E Grimalt /
M Grimalt (CHI)
L (14–21, 12–21)		 4 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Abderrahim Moum topped the list of weightlifters from Africa in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Abderrahim Moum Men's –73 kg 127 13 151 14 278 14

Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Morocco qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.[22]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Zied Ayet Ikram Men's −77 kg  Lőrincz (HUN)
L 0–5 VB		 Did not advance  Yabiku (JPN)
L 0–5 VB		 Did not advance 16

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