Morocco first participated in the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. In doing so, Morocco joined the boycott of the Games by most African countries, in protest against New Zealand's participation following an All Blacks rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an apartheid team from South Africa.Africa and the XXIst Olympiad, Olympic Review Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match before joining the national contingent's premature departure.
Morocco has also participated in 9 Winter Olympic Games since 1968.
Moroccan athletes have won a total of 26 medals, 21 in athletics, four in boxing and one in football. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one bronze, Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one bronze and Soufiane El Bakkali, with two gold medals are Morocco's four multiple medal winners.
The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesTotalRank 47 0 1 0 1 32 20 0 0 0 0 – 25 0 0 0 0 – 35 0 0 0 0 – 9 0 0 0 0 – boycotted 34 2 0 0 2 18 27 1 0 2 3 28 53 1 1 1 3 31 34 0 0 2 2 68 61 0 1 4 5 58 55 2 1 0 3 36 47 0 1 1 2 64 63 0 0 1 1 79 49 0 0 1 1 78 48 1 0 0 1 63 60 1 0 1 2 60 future event Total 8 5 13 26 65
Medals by Winter Games Games AthletesTotalRank 5 0 0 0 0 − did not participate 4 0 0 0 0 − 3 0 0 0 0 − 12 0 0 0 0 − did not participate 1 0 0 0 0 − 2 0 0 0 0 − 2 0 0 0 0 − 1 0 0 0 0 − 2 0 0 0 0 − future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport
Athletes with most medals Athlete Sport Games Total Hicham El Guerrouj 1996–2004 2 1 0 3 Soufiane El Bakkali 2016–2024 2 0 0 2 Saïd Aouita 1984–1988 1 0 1 2 Hasna Benhassi 2000–2008 0 1 1 2
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
List of medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Women's 400 metre hurdles Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Athletics Men's 800 metres Boxing Men's featherweight Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Boxing Men's bantamweight Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Athletics Men's 3,000 metre steeplechase Athletics Women's 400 metre hurdles Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Boxing Men's featherweight Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Athletics Men's 5,000 metres Athletics Women's 800 metres Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Women's 800 metres Athletics Men's 1500 metres Boxing Men's welterweight Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Football Men's competition
See also List of flag bearers for Morocco at the Olympics :Category:Olympic competitors for Morocco Morocco at the Paralympics Morocco at the Youth Olympics Sports in Morocco
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