The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959 and was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in the same year. Home > Events > Olympics > Summer > Countries > Morocco. Your input will affect cover photo selection, along with input from other users. 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. The name Rhadi Ben Abdesselam made history for being the very first Moroccan to win an Olympic medal. "August","September","October","November","December") Check out the list of Olympic Games sports, as well as discontinued and demonstration sports.

In terms of single sport events, nothing beats the FIFA World Cup. Would you like to suggest this photo as the cover photo for this article? Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. Since their debut, Morocco only missed the Summer Games once. To see what's coming up, check out the calendar of major sporting events. document.write(" CITE THIS PAGE: "+ author + ", "" + document.title + "." Topend Sports Website, "+ published + ", "+ url + ", Accessed " + md.getDate()+" " + months[md.getMonth()] + " " + md.getFullYear()); You will need to temporarily disable your Ad-blocker to view this page. 1997-2022 Topend Sports Network Although Morocco did participate in the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, Canada, they later on withdrew in support of the African nations' boycott against the South African apartheid team. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, and Sad Aouita, with one gold and one silver, are Morocco's two multiple medal winners. The very next year, they made their debut in the 1960 Summer Games held in Rome, Italy by sending a delegation completely made up of men. Morocco also boycotted the 1976 Games, withdrawing after having initially sent a delegation. Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on four occasions since 1968, but not since 1992. The National Olympic Committee for Morocco was formed in 1959. {{::lang.NameEnglish}} - {{::lang.NameNative}}, {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}}, {{current.info.license.usageTerms || current.info.license.name || current.info.license.detected || 'Unknown'}}, Uploaded by: {{current.info.uploadUser}} on {{current.info.uploadDate | date:'mediumDate'}}. var md = new Date() Morocco at the Olympics is a history which began in 1959. Forty seven athletes represented Morocco in ten sports on forty five separate events. If you're using HTTPS Everywhere or you're unable to access any article on Wikiwand, please consider switching to HTTPS (https://www.wikiwand.com). Moroccan athletes have won a total of twenty two medals, nineteen in athletics and three in boxing. var months = new Array ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December") Morocco did start participating in the Winter Games in 1968 but they are somewhat inconsistent in their participation missing three meetings (1972 1980) before coming back in 1984 just to miss four more starting 1994. One name stood out in their very first delegation to the Olympics. A team from Morocco was first at the Olympic Games in 1960. This browser is not supported by Wikiwand :( Wikiwand requires a browser with modern capabilities in order to provide you with the best reading experience.Please download and use one of the following browsers: An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. The first Arab Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Morocco's. How to Cite. He took the silver for marathon losing to Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia by less than 25 seconds.

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They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Morocco is MRC. Morocco has been in the Winter Olympic Games four times since 1968, but not since 1992. Sad Aouita took the gold for the men's 5000 meters and Nawal El Moutawakel for the women's 400 meter hurdles. This page was last modified on 19 March 2022, at 14:46. Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license. [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. 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. Abdesselam will be Morocco's only Olympic medalist for 24 years. Give good old Wikipedia a great new look: This article was just edited, click to reload, This article has been deleted on Wikipedia (. The largest sporting event in the world is the Olympic Games, but there are many other multi-sport games. 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. + " " + md.getFullYear()); Morocco competed for the first three days of the 1976 Games before withdrawing in support of the boycott by most other African nations. document.write("Page last modified: "+ md.getDate()+" " + months[md.getMonth()] This is when they chose to boycott the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow is support of the United States' push against Moscow. When they came back in 1984, they again made history by winning their first Olympic gold medal.