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 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):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSoufiyan Bouqantar5000 m13:47.6318colspan=2 Did not advanceAbderrahime BouramdaneMarathoncolspan=4 Amine El Manaoui800 m1:48.486Did not advanceHamid Ezzine3000 m steeplechase8:21.253 Qcolspan=2 8:24.907Abdalaati Iguider1500 m3:41.082 Q3:34.001 Q3:35.135000 m13:15.495 Qcolspan=2 13:44.196Rachid KisriMarathoncolspan=4 2:15:0918Amine Laâlou1500 mDisqualified due to dopingAziz Lahbabi5000 m13:47.5714colspan=2 Did not advanceMohamed Moustaoui1500 m3:37.418 q3:43.336Did not advanceAziz Ouhadi200 m20.806Did not advanceHicham Sigueni3000 m steeplechase8:35.8910colspan=2 Did not advanceBrahim Taleb8:29.023 Qcolspan=2 8:32.4011
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMalika Akkaoui800 m2:01.784 q2:00.324Did not advanceSalima Ouali Alami3000 m steeplechase9:44.6211colspan=2 Did not advanceKaltoum Bouaasayriya9:58.7710colspan=2 Did not advanceHalima Hachlaf800 m2:00.993 Q1:58.845Did not advanceSiham Hilali1500 m4:13.342 Q4:04.799Did not advanceSoumiya LabaniMarathoncolspan=4 Btissam Lakhouad1500 mDid not advanceHayat Lambarki400 m hurdles55.584 Q56.186Did not advanceNadia Noujani5000 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceSamira RaifMarathoncolspan=4 2:38:3173
Boxing
Morocco has so far qualified boxers for the following events
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdelali DaraaLight flyweightL 10–13Did not advanceAboubakr Seddik LbidaBantamweightL 16–16+Did not advanceAbdelhak AatakniLight welterweightL 10–16Did not advanceMehdi KhalsiWelterweightL 13–14Did not advanceBadr-Eddine HaddiouiMiddleweightL 9–11Did not advanceAhmed BarkiLight heavyweightL 8–17Did not advanceMohammed ArjaouiSuper heavyweightW 15–6L 11–12Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMahjoub OubtilLightweightL 12–16Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Morocco has qualified boats for the following events
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankJihane SemlalWomen's K-1174.0920276.3221174.0921Did not advance –
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankSoufiane HaddiMen's road raceDid not finishAdil Jelloul5:46:3762Mouhssine LahsainiMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial57:25.2434
Equestrian
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankYassine RahmouniFlorescoIndividual64.45349Did not advance
Fencing
Morocco has qualified 2 fencers.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAbdelkarim El HaouariIndividual épéeL 8–15Did not advanceLahoussine AliIndividual foilL 6–15Did 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
Group play
Judo
Morocco has qualified 4 judokas.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYassine MoudatirMen's −60 kgL 0000–0100Did not advanceSafouane AttafMen's −81 kgW 1000–0000L 0001–1001Did not advanceEl Mehdi MalkiMen's +100 kgW 0100–0000L 0000–0100Did not advanceRizlen ZouakWomen's −63 kgL 0000–0011Did not advance
Shooting
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankYasmina MesfiouiTrap6121Did 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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSara El Bekri100 m breaststroke1:08.2118Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:26.0511 Q2:25.8611Did not advance400 m individual medley4:53.2132colspan=2 Did not advance
Taekwondo
Morocco has qualified 3 athletes.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIssam ChernoubiMen's −80 kgL 3–4Did not advanceSanaa AtabrourWomen's −49 kgL 0–1Did not advanceWiam DislamWomen's +67 kgL 0–1 Did not advance
Wrestling
Morocco has qualified two quota places.
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFouad Fajjari−55 kgL 0–3 Did not advance19Choucri Atafi−96 kgL 1–3 Did not advance15
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