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 t ...

first participated at the

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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

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rugby match, unrelated to the Olympics, against an

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team from South Africa.Africa and the XXIst Olympiad
''Olympic Review'' Only one Moroccan representative had time to compete before his country's withdrawal:

Abderahim Najim Abderahim Najim (born 31 December 1954) is a Moroccan Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the light-flyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He lost his first match against Chan-Hee Park Park Chan-hee ( Hangul: 박찬희, ...

took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match. Morocco has also participated in the

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on seven occasions since 1968. Moroccan athletes have won a total of twenty three medals, nineteen in

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and four in

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj ( ar, هشام الݣروج, Hishām l-Garrūj; ber, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ, Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record h ...

, with two gold medals and one silver medal,

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 ...

, with one gold and one bronze, and Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one bronze, are Morocco's three multiple medal winners. The

Moroccan Olympic Committee The Moroccan National Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية, french: Comité National Olympique Marocain, es, Comité Olímpico Nacional Marroquí, abbreviated as CNOM) is a non-profit organizati ...

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by Summer Sport

Athletes with most medals

List of medalists

See also

References

External links