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Morocco at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Morocco competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except Moscow 1980, as part of the United States-led boycott.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Athletics

Moroccan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

Key
Track and road events
Men
Women

Boxing

Morocco entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Yasmine Moutaqui (women's flyweight) and Widad Bertal (women's bantamweight) secured a spot in their respective division by advancing to the final match, while Khadija El-Mardi qualified for the games in the women's middleweight division through the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[2]

Breaking

Morocco entered two breakdancers to compete in their respective gender-based dual battles for Paris 2024. Bilal Mallakh (Billy) and Fatima El-Mamouny (Elmamouny) secured the spots on the Moroccan squad with a gold-medal victory each in the B-boys and B-girls final battle at the 2023 WDSF African Breaking Championships in Rabat.[3]

Canoeing

Slalom

Morocco entered a single boat into the slalom competition for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.[4]

Kayak cross

Sprint

Moroccan male canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the highest-ranked eligible nation's result in the K-1 1000 metres event at the 2023 Canoe Sprint African Championships in Abuja, Nigeria.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Morocco entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympics. Morocco secured this quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[5]

BMX

Morocco entered one male rider to compete in the men's race events at the Olympics through the 2023 African Championships in Harare, Zimbabwe.[6]

Race

Equestrian

Morocco entered two riders, each in the dressage and eventing events, through the establishment of the final Olympic ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).[7]

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

Fencing

Morocco entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Houssam El Kord secured a quota place in the men's épée events, after being nominated as one of the two highest-ranked individuals eligible for the African zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024; meanwhile, Youssra Zekrani qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual foil events, at the 2024 African Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria.[8]

Football

Summary

Key:

Men's tournament

Morocco men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, marking the country's return to the sport after twelve years.[9]

Team roster

Morocco announced their initial 22-men squad on 4 July 2024.[10] Ayman El Wafi withdrew on 9 July 2024 after his club refused to release him, and was replaced by Bilal El Ouadghiri.[11]

Head coach: Tarik Sektioui

* Overage player.

Group play
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.


Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 19,300[14]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Quarterfinal

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 42,868[15]
Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Semifinal

Stade de Marseille, Marseille
Attendance: 59,882[16]
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) downward-facing red arrow 17'
Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) upward-facing green arrow 17'[17][16]

Bronze medal match

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 27,391[18]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Golf

Morocco entered one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Ines Laklalech qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions, based on her world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings.

Judo

Morocco qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Abderrahmane Boushita (men's half-lightweight, 66 kg) and Soumiya Iraoui (women's half-lightweight, 52 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Rowing

Moroccan rowers qualified one boats in the women's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[19]

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

Moroccan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[20]

Skateboarding

Morocco entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament. Aya Asaqas qualified to compete in the women's park event after being ranked in the top 20 within the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking.

Surfing

Moroccan surfers confirmed one shortboard quota place for Tahiti 2024. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Ramzi Boukhiam, qualified for the games, by virtue of the results of top six individual men's surfer, not yet qualified, at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[21]

Swimming

Morocco sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Taekwondo

Morocco qualified two athletes to compete at the games. Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal round, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[22] Later on, Oumaima El-Bouchti join the Moroccan squads after receiving the re-allocations of unused Oceanian Olympic quotas.

Triathlon

Morocco entered one triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual Olympics qualification ranking.

Individual

Volleyball

Beach

Morocco men's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CAVB Continental Cup Final in Martil.[23]

Wrestling

Morocco qualified one wrestler for Paris 2024. Oussama Assad qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.[24]

Key:

Greco-Roman

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