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Morocco at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAR
NOC Moroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors46 in 13 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)

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

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 4 10
Boxing 0 3 3
Breaking 1 1 2
Canoeing 2 0 2
Cycling 2 0 2
Equestrian 1 1 2
Fencing 1 1 2
Football 18 0 18
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 1 0 1
Surfing 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 34 12 46

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
  • 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
Track and road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Abdelati El Guesse 800 m
Anass Essayi 1500 m
Soufiane El Bakkali 3000 m steeplechase
  Marathon
 
 
Women
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Noura Ennadi 400 m hurdles
Kawtar Boulaid Marathon
Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi
Rahma Tahiri

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]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yasmine Moutaqui Women's 50 kg
0
Widad Bertal Women's 54 kg
0
Khadija El-Mardi Women's 75 kg
0

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]

Athlete Nickname Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bilal Mallakh Billy B-Boys
0
Fatima El-Mamouny Elmamouny B-Girls
0

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]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mathis Soudi Men's K-1

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.

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
  Men's K-1 1000 m

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]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race

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.

Race
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Result Rank
  Men's 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). [6]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Yessin Rahmouni Individual

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

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Noor Slaoui Individual

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.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Houssam El Kord Men's épée
Youssra Zekrani Women's foil

Football

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Morocco men's Men's tournament

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. [7]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – one team of 18 players
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AFC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Argentina  Match 3  Morocco
Report

Ukraine  Match 12  Morocco
Report

Ukraine  Match 19  Argentina
Report

Rowing

Moroccan rowers qualified one boats in the women's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia. [8]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Majdouline El Allaoui Women's single sculls

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. [9]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  Men's trap

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. [10]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ramzi Boukhiam Men's shortboard

Taekwondo

Morocco qualified one athlete 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. [11]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras Women's +67 kg
0

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. [12]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oussama Assad Men's −130 kg
0

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 WDSF Africa Breaking Championship: Moroccan duo Elmamouny and Billy become first athletes to qualify in Olympic breaking". International Olympic Committee. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Jessica Fox and Joseph Clarke avenge for missed opportunities by taking K1 golds at 2023 Worlds, as K1 Olympic quotas are given out". International Olympic Committee. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Egypt, Morocco football teams qualify for 2024 Olympic Games after making U-23 AFCON final". The New Arab. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "African rowers secure their spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games". World Rowing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  10. ^ "World Surfing Games 2024: All results, heat scores, and medals - complete list". Olympics. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Rio 2016 silver medallist earns ticket to Paris via African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Algeria wins 5 Paris quotas at African & Oceania qualifiers; Elsayed falls". United World Wrestling. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.