# Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 |
| 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):

### 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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Soufiyan Bouqantar | 5000 m | 13:47.63 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abderrahime Bouramdane | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Amine El Manaoui | 800 m | 1:48.48 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | |
| 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 | Disqualified due to doping | Disqualified due to doping | Disqualified due to doping | Disqualified due to doping | Disqualified due to doping |
| Aziz Lahbabi | 5000 m | 13:47.57 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohamed Moustaoui | 1500 m | 3:37.41 | 8 q | 3:43.33 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aziz Ouhadi | 200 m | 20.80 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hicham Sigueni | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:35.89 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brahim Taleb | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:29.02 | 3 Q | — | — | 8:32.40 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | 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 | Did not advance |
| Salima Ouali Alami | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:44.62 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kaltoum Bouaasayriya | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:58.77 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Halima Hachlaf | 800 m | 2:00.99 | 3 Q | 1:58.84 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Siham Hilali | 1500 m | 4:13.34 | 2 Q | 4:04.79 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Soumiya Labani | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Btissam Lakhouad | 1500 m | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hayat Lambarki | 400 m hurdles | 55.58 | 4 Q | 56.18 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nadia Noujani | 5000 m | DNF | DNF | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Samira Raif | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:38:31 | 73 |

## Boxing

Morocco has so far qualified boxers for the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abdelali Daraa | Light flyweight | Essomba (CMR) L 10–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aboubakr Seddik Lbida | Bantamweight | Balla (AUS) L 16–16$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdelhak Aatakni | Light welterweight | Colin (MRI) L 10–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mehdi Khalsi | Welterweight | Suzuki (JPN) L 13–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Badr-Eddine Haddioui | Middleweight | Atoev (UZB) L 9–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Barki | Light heavyweight | Meng Fl (CHN) L 8–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohammed Arjaoui | Super heavyweight | — | Mendouo (CMR) W 15–6 | Cammarelle (ITA) L 11–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mahjoub Oubtil | Lightweight | — | Araujo (BRA) L 12–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Morocco has qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | 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 | Did not advance – Report | Did not advance – Report | Did not advance – Report |

## Cycling
### Road

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

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Yassine Rahmouni | Floresco | Individual | 64.453 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abdelkarim El Haouari | Individual épée | Imre (HUN) L 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lahoussine Ali | Individual foil | Toldo (BRA) L 6–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

The following is the Morocco squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Coach: Pim Verbeek
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | 2012 club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mohamed Amsif | (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) | Augsburg |
| 2 | 2DF | Abdelatif Noussir | (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 22) | FUS Rabat |
| 3 | 2DF | Mohamed Abarhoun | (1989-05-03)3 May 1989 (aged 23) | MA Tétouan |
| 4 | 2DF | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 22) | Montpellier |
| 5 | 2DF | Zakarya Bergdich | (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 23) | Lens |
| 6 | 3MF | Imad Najah | (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 21) | PSV |
| 7 | 4FW | Zakaria Labyad | (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 19) | Sporting CP |
| 8 | 3MF | Driss Fettouhi (c) | (1989-09-30)30 September 1989 (aged 22) | Istres |
| 9 | 4FW | Nordin Amrabat* | (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 25) | Galatasaray |
| 10 | 3MF | Abdelaziz Barrada | (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 23) | Getafe |
| 11 | 4FW | Soufiane Bidaoui | (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 22) | Lierse |
| 12 | 3MF | Omar El Kaddouri | (1990-08-21)21 August 1990 (aged 21) | Brescia |
| 13 | 2DF | Zouhair Feddal | (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 23) | Espanyol B |
| 14 | 3MF | Houssine Kharja* | (1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 29) | Al-Arabi |
| 15 | 3MF | Rayan Frikeche | (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 20) | Angers |
| 16 | 2DF | Yassine Jebbour | (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 20) | Rennes |
| 17 | 4FW | Soufian El Hassnaoui | (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 22) | De Graafschap |
| 18 | 1GK | Yassine Bounou | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 21) | Atlético Madrid B |
* Over-aged player.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |

## Judo

Morocco has qualified 4 judokas.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | 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 | Jokinen (FIN) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Safouane Attaf | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Saryee (LBR) W 1000–0000 | Guilheiro (BRA) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| El Mehdi Malki | Men's +100 kg | — | Roudaki (IRI) W 0100–0000 | Bor (HUN) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rizlen Zouak | Women's −63 kg | — | Drexler (AUT) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Women

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sara El Bekri | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.21 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara El Bekri | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.05 | 11 Q | 2:25.86 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara El Bekri | 400 m individual medley | 4:53.21 | 32 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Morocco has qualified 3 athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Issam Chernoubi | Men's −80 kg | Bahave (AFG) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sanaa Atabrour | Women's −49 kg | López (ARG) L 0–1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wiam Dislam | Women's +67 kg | Hernández (CUB) L 0–1 SDP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fouad Fajjari | −55 kg | Bye | Nyblom (DEN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Choucri Atafi | −96 kg | Bye | Ayari (TUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |