Morocco at the Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Morocco Morocco first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in 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.[1] Only one Moroccon 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.
Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on four occasions since 1968, but not since 1992.
Moroccan athletes have won a total of twenty one medals, eighteen in athletics and three in boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, and Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one silver, are Morocco's two multiple medal winners.
The National Olympic Committee for Morocco was created in 1959.
List of medalists
Medal tables
Medals by Games
| 1960 Rome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 Mexico City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 Montreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 Moscow | did not participate | |||
| 1984 Los Angeles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 Seoul | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 Sydney | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 Athens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
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Medals by sport
| Athletics | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
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See also
References
- ^ Africa and the XXIst Olympiad, Olympic Review
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Comité Olympique Marocain". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
