# Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

## Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

## Medalists

Morocco's medal haul was more than the total earned by Morocco's 2016 Olympic team who came away with one bronze medal, earned in men's football. They finished thirty third overall on the medal table.
The following Moroccan competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are in bold.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | El Amin Chentouf | Athletics | Men's marathon - T13 | 11 September |
| Gold | Mohamed Amguoun | Athletics | Men's 400m - T13 | 15 September |
| Gold | Azeddine Nouiri | Athletics | Men's shot put - T34 | 15 September |
| Silver | Mahdi Afri | Athletics | Men's 400m - T12 | 9 September |
| Silver | El Amin Chentouf | Athletics | Men's 5000m - T13 | 15 September |
| Bronze | Mahdi Afri | Athletics | Men's 200m - T12 | 17 September |
| Bronze | Mohamed Lahna | Paratriathlon | Men's PT2 | 10 September |

## Athletics
### Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mahdi Afri | 200 m T12 | 22.69 | Q | 22.58 PB | Q | 22.57 PB | |
| Mahdi Afri | 400 m T12 | 49.32 PB | Q | 49.34 | Q | 49.00 PB | |
| Hafid Aharak | 1500 m T37 | — | — | — | — | 4:20.43 PB | 4 |
| Mohamed Amguoun | 400 m T13 | — | — | 48.82 | Q | 47.15 WR | |
| Youssef Benibrahim | 1500 m T13 | — | — | — | — | 3:56.80 | 8 |
| Youssef Benibrahim | 5000 m T13 | — | — | — | — | 15:06.53 | 6 |
| El Amin Chentouf | 5000 m T13 | — | — | — | — | 14:21.04 PB | |
| El Amin Chentouf | Marathon T13 | — | — | — | — | 2:32:17 SB | |
| Abdelhadi El Harti | Marathon T46 | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Abdelillah Mame | 1500 m T13 | — | — | — | — | 4:08.93 | 13 |

### Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Azeddine Nouiri | Shot put F34 | 11.28 RR | |
| Azeddine Nouiri | Javelin throw F34 | 27.70 | 7 |
| Youssef Ouaddali | Shot Put F32 | 7.56 | 8 |

### Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sanaa Benhama | 100 m T13 | 12.53 | q | — | — | 12.49 | 7 |
| Sanaa Benhama | 400 m T13 | — | — | — | — | 58.40 SB | 5 |

### Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Saida Amoudi | Shot put F34 | 7.52 | 4 |
| Saida Amoudi | Javelin throw F34 | 14.24 | 8 |
| Youssra Karim | Shot Put F41 | 8.16 | 4 |
| Hasnaa Moubal | Shot put F40 | 6.16 | 7 |
| Hasnaa Moubal | Discus throw F40 | 17.10 | 12 |
| Hayat el Garaa | Shot put F41 | 6.97 | 7 |
| Hayat el Garaa | Discus throw F41 | 25.72 PB | 5 |

## 5-a-side football

Morocco qualified for the Paralympics after finishing second at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. In the first round of group play, Morocco beat Egypt 3 - 0. The second round saw Morocco beat Senegal 3 - 0. This qualified them through first in their group, where they met Mali in the semi-final. They won that game 1 - 0. Morocco then met hosts Cameroon in the final, which Morocco won 2 - 0.
The following is the Morocco squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 7th–8th place match |

### 7th–8th place match
## Paratriathlon

| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans 1 | Bike | Trans 2 | Run | Total time | Rank |
| Mohamed Lahna | Men's PT2 | 11:34 | 1:32 | 36.55 | 0.58 | 21.36 | 1:12.35 | |

## Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Naima Elyousri | Women's −67 kg | NMR | |