Morocco at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Morocco at the Olympic Games
Flag of Morocco IOC code  MAR NOC Comité Olympique Marocain
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors
Flag bearer	Nezha Bidouane
Medals Rank: 36	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 3
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Morocco competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Football (Soccer) 2.4 Judo 3 Officials

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Hicham El Guerrouj — Athletics, Men's 1,500 metres
• Hicham El Guerrouj — Athletics, Men's 5,000 metres

[edit] Silver

• Hasna Benhassi — Athletics, Women's 800 metres

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Nezha Bidouane - Round 1: 55.69 s

Men's 800 metres:

• Mouhssin Chehibi - Final, 1:45.16 (4th place)
• Amine Laalou - Semifinal, 1:47.5 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

• Hasna Benhassi - Round 1: 2:01.20, Semifinal: 1:58.59, Final: 1:56.43 (NR) (silver medal)
• Seltana Ait Hammou - Round 1: 2:03.95, Semifinal: 2:00.64
• Amina Ait Hammou - Round 1: 2:03.70, Semifinal: 2:00.66

Men's 1,500 metres:

• Hicham El Guerrouj - Final, 3:34.18 (gold medal)
• Adil Kaouch - Final, 3:38.26 (9th place)
• Youssef Baba - Semifinal, 3:42.96 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres:

• Hasna Benhassi - Round 1: 4:05.98, Semifinal: 4:07.39, Final: 4:12.90 (12th place)
• Bouchra Ghezielle - Round 1: DNS

Men's 3,000 metre Steeplechase:

• Ali Ezzine - Final, 8:15.58 (8th place)
• Zouhair Ouerdi - Round 1, 8:27.55
• Abdelatif Chemlal - Round 1, 8:29.36

Men's 5,000 metres:

• Hicham El Guerrouj - Final, 13:14.39 (gold medal)
• Hicham Bellani - Final, 13:31.81 (9th place)
• Abderrahim Goumri - Final, 13:47.27 (13th place)

Men's 10,000 metres:

• Mohammed Amyne - Final, 28:55.96 (18th place)

Men's Marathon:

• Jaouad Gharib - 2:15:12 (11th place)
• Rachid Ghanmouni - DNF
• Khalid El Boumlili - DNF

Women's marathon:

• Hafida Izem - 2:40:46 (27th place)
• Kenza Wahbi - 2:41:36 (30th place)

Men's Long Jump:

• Tarik Bougtaib - Round 1, 7.79 metres (did not advance)
• Yahya Berrabah - Round 1, 7.62 metres (did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Morocco sent seven boxers to Athens. Only two of them won their first bouts, and both were defeated in the second round to give the team a combined record of 2-7.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Redouane Bouchtouk
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Carlos José Tamara of Colombia, 48-25

Flyweight (51kg)

• Hicham Mesbahi
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Lechedzani Luza of Botswana, 25-20
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Andrzej Rzany of Poland, 33-20

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Hamid Ait Bighrade
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Diwakar Prasad of India, 25-17

Lightweight (60kg)

• Tahar Tamsamani
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Sam Rukundo of Uganda, 30-22

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Nafil Hicham
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Isidro Mosquea of Dominican Republic, 42-40
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 33-13

Welterweight (69kg)

• Ait Hammi Miloud
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia, 30-15

Heavyweight (91kg)

• Rachid El Haddak
  1. Round of 16 - Lost to Devin Vargas of United States, outscored

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Men's: 10th place

• Preliminary round:
  • Costa Rica - Morocco 0-0
  • Morocco - Portugal 1-2
  • Morocco - Iraq 2-1

Team Roster:

• Nadir Lamyaghri (gk), Omar Charef (gk), Moncef Zerka, Jamal Alioui (captain), Badr El Kaddouri, Oussama Souaidy, Elamine Erbate, Tajeddine Sami, Otmane El Assas, Salaheddine Aqqal, Merouane Zemmama, Yazid Kaissi, Azzeddine Ourahou, Farid Talhaoui, Bouabid Bouden, Mehdi Taouil, Bouchaib El Moubarki, and Mustapha Allaoui. Coach: Mustapha Madih.

[edit] Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Younes Ahamdi - defeated in round of 32

Men's 81 kg:

• Adil Belgaid - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16

[edit] Officials

• President: General Housni Benslimane
• Secretary General: Colonel Mustapha Zekri

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