Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the Olympic Games

Flag of Morocco
IOC code  MAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية‎
Websitewww.marocolympique.org (French)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 45 in 7 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Morocco is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the US-led boycott.

Athletics

Moroccan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

Boxing

Morocco has entered eight boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mohammed Rabii was the only Moroccan to be selected to the Olympic team through the 2015 World Championships, while Achraf Kharroubi finished among the top two of his respective division in the World Series of Boxing.[3]

Three men's boxers (El-Barbari, Harnouf, and Arjaoui) and three women's boxers (Ez-Zahraoui, Lachgar, and El-Mardi) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[4][5]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Achraf Kharroubi Flyweight
Hamza El-Barbari Light welterweight
Mohammed Rabii Welterweight
Said Harnouf Middleweight
Mohamed Arjaoui Super heavyweight
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Zohra Ez-Zahraoui Flyweight
Hasnaa Lachgar Lightweight
Khadija El-Mardi Middleweight

Canoeing

Slalom

Morocco has qualified one canoeist in the women's K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya.[6][7]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hind Jamili Women's K-1

Cycling

Road

Moroccan riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour.[8]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race
Men's time trial
  Men's road race
 

Equestrian

Morocco has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Africa & Middle East in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.[9]

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Abdelkebir Ouaddar Quickly de Kreisker Individual

Fencing

Morocco has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Youssra Zekrani had claimed her Olympic spot as the sole winner of the women's foil at the African Zonal Qualifier in Algiers, Algeria.

Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Youssra Zekrani Individual foil

Taekwondo

Morocco entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Omar Hajjami, Hakima El-Meslahy, and 2012 Olympian Wiam Dislam secured the spots on the Moroccan team respectively in the men's flyweight (58 kg), women's lightweight (57 kg), and women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir.[10]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Omar Hajjami Men's −58 kg
Hakima El-Meslahy Women's −57 kg
Wiam Dislam Women's +67 kg

Wrestling

Morocco has qualified three wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.[11]

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 freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Chakir Ansari −57 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Mehdi Messaoudi −59 kg
Zied Ayet Ikram −75 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Weekend’s finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Morocco take all three women’s quota places and nine nations share the men’s titles on final day of African Olympic Qualification". AIBA. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Le Maroc obtient son ticket pour Rio 2016" [Morocco books its ticket to Rio 2016] (in French). Morocco: Le Matin. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Three more nations enter the Rio race". International Canoe Federation. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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