Morocco at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Competitors60 (42 men and 18 women) in 19 sports

Morocco at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	60 (42 men and 18 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Yessin Rahmouni & Ines Laklalech
Flag bearers (closing)	Bilal Mallakh & Oumaima El-Bouchti
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Soufiane El Bakkali	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Bronze	Morocco national under-23 football team Ilias Akhomach Eliesse Ben Seghir Benjamin Bouchouari Mehdi Boukamir Oussama El Azzouzi Bilal El Khannous Zakaria El Ouahdi Abde Ezzalzouli Rachid Ghanimi Achraf Hakimi Yassine Kechta Haytam Manaout El Mehdi Maouhoub Munir Mohamedi Akram Nakach Soufiane Rahimi Amir Richardson Adil Tahif Oussama Targhalline	Football	Men's tournament	8 August

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	8	5	13
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
Golf	0	1	1
Judo	2	1	3
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Skateboarding	0	1	1
Surfing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Triathlon	1	0	1
Volleyball	2	0	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	42	18	60

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdelati El Guesse	800 m	1:46.91	5 R	DNS		Did not advance
Anass Essayi	1500 m	3:36.44	4 Q	Bye		3:32.49	7	Did not advance
Mohamed Tindouft	3000 m steeplechase	8:10.62	1 Q	N/a				8:14.82	12
Soufiane El Bakkali		8:17.90	1 Q					8:06.05
Faid El Mostafa		8:39.48	12					Did not advance
Othmane El Goumri	Marathon	N/a						2:10:06	18
Zouhair Talbi								2:11:51	35
Mouhcine Outalha								DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noura Ennadi	400 m hurdles	55.26	2 Q	Bye		55.50	8	Did not advance
Assia Raziki	800 m	DSQ		Did not advance
Kaoutar Farkoussi	Marathon	N/a						2:31:34	39
Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi								2:26:30	11
Rahma Tahiri								DNF

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yasmine Moutaqui	Women's 50 kg	Villegas (PHI) L 0–5	Did not advance
Widad Bertal	Women's 54 kg	Bye	Jitpong (THA) W 3–2	Pang (PRK) L 0–4	Did not advance
Khadija El-Mardi	Women's 75 kg	N/a	Reid (GBR) W 3–2	Parker (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Nickname	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bilal Mallakh	Billy	B-Boys	4	15	Did not advance
Fatima El-Mamouny	Elmamouny	B-Girls	2	15	Did not advance

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
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mathis Soudi	Men's K-1	89.90	14	89.45	9	89.45	16 Q	104.11	16	Did not advance

Kayak cross

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Round 1	Repechage	Heat	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mathis Soudi	Men's KX-1	70.53	17	3 R	3	Did not advance				33

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Achraf El Aydi	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:50.36	5 q	4:02.27	6	Did not advance

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
Achraf Ed Doghmy	Men's road race	DNF	DNF

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

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Dean Reeves	Men's race	20	22	Did not advance

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Yessin Rahmouni	All At Once	Individual	68.696	42	Did not advance

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
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Noor Slaoui	Cash in Hand	Individual	36.4	48	24.0	60.4	43	20.8	81.2	45	Did not advance

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]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Houssam El Kord	Men's épée	Bye	Kurbanov (KAZ) L 13–15	Did not advance
Youssra Zekrani	Women's foil	Jelińska (POL) L 3–15	Did not advance

Football

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	Argentina W 2–1	Ukraine L 1–2	Iraq W 3–0	1 Q	United States W 4–0	Spain L 1–2	Egypt W 6–0

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Munir El Kajoui*	(1989-05-10)10 May 1989 (aged 35)	0	0	Al-Wehda
2	2DF	Achraf Hakimi* (captain)	(1998-11-04)4 November 1998 (aged 25)	2	0	Paris Saint-Germain
3	2DF	Akram Nakach	(2002-04-07)7 April 2002 (aged 22)	1	0	Union de Touarga
4	2DF	Mehdi Boukamir	(2004-01-26)26 January 2004 (aged 20)	8	0	Charleroi
5	2DF	Adil Tahif	(2001-02-24)24 February 2001 (aged 23)	5	0	RS Berkane
6	3MF	Benjamin Bouchouari	(2001-11-13)13 November 2001 (aged 22)	10	0	Saint-Étienne
7	4FW	Eliesse Ben Seghir	(2005-02-16)16 February 2005 (aged 19)	0	0	Monaco
8	3MF	Bilal El Khannous	(2004-05-10)10 May 2004 (aged 20)	2	0	Genk
9	4FW	Soufiane Rahimi*	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 28)	5	5	Al-Ain
10	4FW	Ilias Akhomach	(2004-04-16)16 April 2004 (aged 20)	1	0	Villarreal
11	2DF	Zakaria El Ouahdi	(2001-12-31)31 December 2001 (aged 22)	13	3	Genk
12	1GK	Rachid Ghanimi	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 23)	1	0	FUS Rabat
13	3MF	Yassine Kechta	(2002-02-25)25 February 2002 (aged 22)	7	1	Le Havre
14	3MF	Oussama Targhalline	(2002-05-20)20 May 2002 (aged 22)	10	1	Le Havre
15	4FW	El Mehdi Maouhoub	(2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 21)	2	1	Raja Casablanca
16	4FW	Abde Ezzalzouli	(2001-12-25)25 December 2001 (aged 22)	5	3	Real Betis
17	3MF	Oussama El Azzouzi	(2001-05-29)29 May 2001 (aged 23)	7	0	Bologna
18	3MF	Amir Richardson	(2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 22)	8	1	Reims
19	2DF	Haytam Manaout	(2001-04-18)18 April 2001 (aged 23)	3	0	Union de Touarga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Iraq	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3

Argentina	1–2	Morocco
Simeone 68'	Report	Rahimi 45+2', 51' (pen.)

Ukraine	2–1	Morocco
Kryskiv 22' Krasnopir 90+8'	Report	Rahimi 64' (pen.)

Morocco	3–0	Iraq
Richardson 19' Rahimi 28' Ezzalzouli 36'	Report

Morocco	4–0	United States
Rahimi 29' (pen.) Akhomach 63' Hakimi 70' Maouhoub 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Morocco	1–2	Spain
Rahimi 37' (pen.)	Report	Fermín 65' Juanlu 86'

Egypt	0–6	Morocco
	Report	Ezzalzouli 23' Rahimi 26', 64' El Khannouss 51' Nakach 73' Hakimi 87'

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.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Ines Laklalech	Women's	78	75	77	73	303	+15	52

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abderrahmane Boushita	Men's −66 kg	N/a	Shmailov (ISR) L 00–01	Did not advance
Achraf Moutii	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Lee (KOR) L 00–01	Did not advance
Soumiya Iraoui	Women's −52 kg	N/a	Asvesta (CYP) L 00–01	Did not advance

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]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Majdouline El Allaoui	Women's single sculls	8:30.47	6 R	8:42.07	5 SE/F	N/a		8:49.70	4 FF	8:20.81	31

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]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Driss Haffari	Men's trap	122	10	Did not advance

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.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aya Asaqas	Women's park	13.68	22	Did not advance

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]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramzi Boukhiam	Men's shortboard	9.76	2 R2	Pérez (ESA) W 14.60–12.60	Chianca (BRA) L 17.80–18.10	Did not advance

Swimming

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilias El Fallaki	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:01.59	33	Did not advance
Imane El Barodi	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:14.57	34	Did not advance

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.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oumaima El-Bouchti	Women's −49 kg	da Costa da Silva (TLS) W 2–1, 4–1	Wongpattanakit (THA) L 1–8, 1–10	N/a		Abutaleb (KSA) L 0–2, 0–7	Did not advance
Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras	Women's +67 kg	N/a	Abo-Alrub (JOR) L 3–0, 6–1, 3–3	Did not advance

Triathlon

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Jawad Abdelmoula	Men's	22:29	0:52	Lapped

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