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Morocco’s participation in the Olympic Games totals 24 medals, including 7 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze, since the 1960 edition in Rome.
Athletics took the lion’s share with 20 medals (7 gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze).
The gold medals were won by athletes Nawal El Moutawakil (400m hurdles) and Said Aouita (5,000m) in 1984 in Los Angeles, Brahim Boutaib (10,000m) in 1988 in Seoul, Khalid Skah (10,000m) in 1992 in Barcelona, Hicham El Guerrouj (1,500m and 5,000m) in 2004 in Athens and Soufiane El Bakkali (3,000m steeplechase) in Tokyo-2020.
As for the silver medals, they were won by the late Abdeslam Radi (marathon) in 1960 in Rome, Rachid Labsir (1,500 m) in 1992 in Barcelona, Hicham El Guerrouj (1,500 m) in 2000 in Sydney, Hasna Benhassi (800 m) in 2004 in Athens and Jaouad Gharib in the marathon during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Here is the list of winners:
Gold medals :
Nawal El Moutawakil (400m Hurdles in Los Angeles-1984)
Said Aouita (5000 m in Los Angeles-1984)
Brahim Boutaib (10,000 m in Seoul-1988)
Khalid Skah (10,000 m in Barcelona-1992)
Hicham El Guerrouj (1,500 m and 5,000 m in Athens-2004)
Soufiane El Bakkali (3,000 steeplechase at Tokyo-2020)
Silver medals:
Abdeslam Radi (marathon in Rome-1960)
Rachid Labsir (1,500 m in Barcelona-1992)
Hicham El Guerrouj (1,500 m in Sydney-2000)
Hasna Benhassi (800m in Athens-2004)
Jaouad Gharib (Beijing marathon-2008)
Bronze medals:
Said Aouita (800m) in Seoul-1988
Abdelhaq Achik (boxing/54 kg) in Seoul-1988
Mohamed Achik (boxing/57kg) in Barcelona-1992
Salah Hissou (10,000 m) in Atlanta-1996
Khalid Boulami (5,000 m) in Atlanta-1996
Nezha Bidouane (400m hurdles) at Sydney-2000
Brahim Lahlafi (5,000 m) at Sydney-2000
Ali Ezzine (3,000 m steeplechase) at Sydney-2000
Tahar Tamsamani (boxing/57 kg) at Sydney-2000
Hasna Benhassi (800 m) in Beijing-2008
Abdelaati Iguidir (1,500 m) in London 2012
Mohamed Rabii (boxing/69 kg) in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
