Morocco at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Morocco at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors	61 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Adil Belgaïd
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Morocco competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	29 September
Bronze	Nezha Bidouane	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	27 September
Bronze	Ali Ezzine	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	29 September
Bronze	Tahar Tamsamani	Boxing	Featherweight	29 September
Bronze	Brahim Lahlafi	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	30 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mouhssin Chehibi	800 metres	1:48.51	24 Q	—	1:49.88	23	Did not advance
El-Mahjoub Haïda		1:47.14	15 q	—	1:46.35	14	Did not advance
Khalid Tighazouine		1:46.33	10 Q	—	1:45.38	10	Did not advance
Youssef Baba	1500 metres	3:38.68	6 Q	—	3:40.16	11 Q	3:56.08	12
Hicham El Guerrouj		3:38.57	4 Q	—	3:37.60	1 Q	3:32.32
Adil Kaouch		3:41.06	28	—	Did not advance
Mohamed Saïd El Wardi	5000 metres	13:35.18	19	—	Did not advance
Brahim Lahlafi		13:22.70	1 Q	—	13:36.47
Saïd Bérioui	10,000 metres	27:45.83	5 Q	—	27:37.83	6
Boubker El-Afoui	Marathon	—	2:23:38	52
Abdelkader El Mouaziz		—	2:13:49	7
Mustapha Sdad	400 metres hurdles	51.39	48	—	Did not advance
Brahim Boulami	3000 metres steeplechase	8:24.43	11 Q	—	8:24.32	7
Ali Ezzine		8:23.79	7 Q	—	8:22.15
El-Arbi Khattabi		8:43.46	31	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
El-Mehdi El-Ghazouani	Long jump	7.60	31	Did not advance
Younès Moudrik		7.95	17	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mina Aït Hammou	800 metres	2:03.25	23	—	Did not advance
Hasna Benhassi		2:00.50	11 q	—	1:59.19	7 Q	1:59.27	8
Hasna Benhassi	1500 metres	Did not start		—	Did not advance
Seloua Ouaziz		4:10.82	19 Q	—	4:09.11	14	Did not advance
Zhor El Kamch	5000 metres	16:02.50	24	—	Did not advance
Bouchra Chaabi	10,000 metres	34:49.35	38	—	Did not advance
Asmae Leghzaoui		32:56.63	19 q	—	31:59.21	18
Nezha Bidouane	400 metres hurdles	55.38	1 Q	—	54.19	3 Q	53.57

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hicham Mesbahi	Flyweight	Turan (TUR) W 17–11	Navarro (USA) L 9–12	Did not advance
Hassan Oucheikh	Bantamweight	Tsujimoto (JPN) L 12–12	Did not advance
Tahar Tamsamani	Featherweight	Bye	Park (KOR) W 21–14	Perez (ARG) W 21–18	Sattarkhanov (KAZ) L 10–12	Did not advance
Mohamed Mesbahi	Middleweight	Bye	Zubrihin (UKR) L 5–9	Did not advance
Azize Raguig	Light heavyweight	Fedchuk (UKR) L RSC–R3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Nizar Samlal	Men's K-1	154.02	22	145.20	20	299.22	20	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Said El-Khider

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Tarik El Jarmouni	(1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 22)		SCCM de Mohammédia
2	3MF	Hamid Nater	(1980-12-30)30 December 1980 (aged 19)		Raja Casablanca
3	2DF	Akram Roumani	(1978-04-01)1 April 1978 (aged 22)		Genk
4	2DF	El Houssaine Ouchla*	(1970-12-01)1 December 1970 (aged 29)		FAR Rabat
5	3MF	Adel Chbouki*	(1971-05-03)3 May 1971 (aged 29)		Wydad Casablanca
6	2DF	Fouzi El Brazi	(1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 23)		Twente
7	2DF	Mohamed Kharbouch	(1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 23)		Raja Casablanca
8	3MF	Abdelmajid Oulmers	(1978-09-12)12 September 1978 (aged 22)		ES Wasquehal
9	4FW	Jaouad Zairi	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 18)		Gueugnon
10	3MF	Otmane El Assas	(1979-01-30)30 January 1979 (aged 21)		OC Khouribga
11	4FW	Bouchaib El Moubarki	(1978-01-12)12 January 1978 (aged 22)		Raja Casablanca
12	4FW	Abdelfattah El Khattari	(1977-03-03)3 March 1977 (aged 23)		SCCM de Mohammédia
13	2DF	Noureddine Kacemi	(1977-10-17)17 October 1977 (aged 22)		SCCM de Mohammédia
14	4FW	Salaheddine Bassir*	(1972-09-05)5 September 1972 (aged 28)		Deportivo La Coruña
15	3MF	Youssef Safri	(1977-01-13)13 January 1977 (aged 23)		Raja Casablanca
16	4FW	Karim Benkouar	(1979-11-25)25 November 1979 (aged 20)		Nîmes
17	3MF	Zakaria Aboub	(1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 20)		Raja Casablanca
18	1GK	Abdelilah Bagui	(1978-01-01)1 January 1978 (aged 22)		MAS Fes
20	3MF	Aissam Barroudi	(1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 22)		MAS Fes

• Stand-by players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
19	3MF	Abdeslam Ouaddou	(1978-11-01)1 November 1978 (aged 21)		Nancy
21	4FW	Bouchaib El Battachi	(1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 21)		Khouribga
22	1GK	Hicham Laaraj	(1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (aged 21)		TAS Casablanca

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chile	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	6
Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source:

14 September 2000

20:00

Morocco	1–4	Chile
Ouchla 79'	Report	Zamorano 36', 45+1' (pen.), 55' Navia 72' (pen.)

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 22,654

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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17 September 2000

18:30

South Korea	1–0	Morocco
Lee Chun-soo 53'	Report

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,753

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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20 September 2000

20:00

Spain	2–0	Morocco
José Mari 33' Gabri 90'	Report

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 24,623

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi	−60 kg	Despezelle (FRA) L	Did not advance
Adil Belgaïd	−81 kg	Ochirbat (MGL) L	Did not advance

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Rachid Roussafi	Mistral	32	34	33	35	36	35	35	34	32	33	35	303	36

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Saad Khalloqi	200 m individual medley	2:13.22	54	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Younès Sekkat	−80 kg	Lyons (AUS) W 4–4	Esparza (ESP) L 1–3	Did not advance	Bye	Taraburelli (ARG) L 4–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Meriem Bidani	−67 kg	Okamoto (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Mounia Bourguigue	+67 kg	Bye	Chen (CHN) L 3–5	Did not advance	White (AUS) W 3–1	Vezmar (CRO) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Further information: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karim Alami	Singles	Squillari (ARG) W 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Pozzi (ITA) W 6–2, 4–6, 8–6	Santoro (FRA) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Federer (SUI) L 6–7(2–7), 1–6	Did not advance		=5

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site