Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...

competed at the

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, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the

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. 34 competitors, 33 men and 1 woman, took part in 18 events in 6 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres * Faouzi Lahbi :* Qualifying Heat — 3:47.54 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres *

Saïd Aouita Saïd Aouita ( ar, سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 mete ...

:* Heat — 13:45.66 :* Semifinals — 13:28.39 :* Final — 13:05.59 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 400m Hurdles * Nawal El Moutawakel :* Heat — 56.49 :* Semifinal — 55.65 :* Final — 54.61 (→ Gold Medal)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

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*# First Round — Lost to

Agapito Gómez Agapito Gómez Álvarez (born January 30, 1963) is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Fighting in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg), he lost in th ...

(Spain), on points (2:3)

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Morocco in 1984. ; Individual road race * Mustapha Najjari – +22:30 (→ 54th place) * Mustapha Afandi – did not finish (→ no ranking) * Brahim Ben Bouilla – did not finish (→ no ranking) * Ahmed Rhail – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Football

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group C) :*

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0 – 2 :*

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

0 – 2 * Quarter Finals :* → Did not advance *Team Roster: :* ( 1.) Ezaki Badou :* ( 2.) Saad Dahan :* ( 3.) Abdelmajid Lands :* ( 4.) Mostafa Elbiyaz :* ( 5.) Noureddine Bouyahiaoui :* ( 6.)

Abdelmajid Dolmy Abdelmajid Dolmy (; 20 August 1953 – 27 July 2017) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a midfielder. He was nicknamed "Maestro". Career Dolmy played club football for Raja Casablanca in the Botola. He also played for the Morocco national ...

:* ( 7.) Mustapha Elhadaoui :* ( 8.) Driss Mouttaqui :* ( 9.) Hassan Hanini :* (10.) Mohammed Timoumi :* (11.) Khalid Elbied :* (12.) Salaheddine Hmied :* (13.) Mustapha Merry :* (14.) Mohamed Safri :* (15.) Lahcen Ouadani :* (16.) Hamid Janina :* (17.) Abdeslam Elghrissi

Judo

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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