Morocco at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Morocco at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | MAR |
NOC | Moroccan Olympic Committee Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية |
Website | www |
in Rome | |
Competitors | 47 (all men) in 10 sports |
Medals Ranked 32nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Morocco competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 47 competitors, all men, took part in 45 events in 10 sports.[1]
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | Athletics | Men's marathon | 10 September |
Athletics
[edit]Morocco took 8 male athletes to the 1960 Olympic Games.[2]
- 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
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Bouchaib El-Maachi | 100 m | 10.9 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
200 m | 22.3 | 5 | did not advance | ||||||
Ahmed Lazreg | 800 m | 1:55.91 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
Mohamed Saïd | 5000 m | 14:53.6 | 10 | — | did not advance | ||||
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam | 10,000 m | — | 29:32.00 | 14 | |||||
Marathon | — | 2:15:41.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Bakir Benaïssa | Marathon | — | 2:21:21.4 | 8 | |||||
Allal Saoudi | — | 2:59:41.0 | 61 | ||||||
Mohamed Zouaki | 400 m hurdles | 55.65 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
Mohamed Lahcen | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:29.4 | 11 | — | did not advance |
Boxing
[edit]Morocco took seven boxers to the 1960 Olympic Games, none of whom won a fight.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Abdel Kader Belghiti | Flyweight | Bye | ![]() L 0-5 | did not advance | ||||
Ahmed Bouazza | Bantamweight | Bye | ![]() L 0-5 | did not advance | ||||
Mohamed Hassan | Featherweight | ![]() L 1-4 | did not advance | |||||
Abdel Kader Gangani | Lightweight | Bye | ![]() L 0-5 | did not advance | ||||
Mohamed Boubekeur | Light welterweight | Bye | ![]() L 0-5 | did not advance | ||||
Mohamed Atmani | Welterweight | Bye | ![]() L 2-3 | did not advance | ||||
Moustafa Ben Lahbib | Middleweight | ![]() L 0-5 | did not advance |
Cycling
[edit]Four cyclists represented Morocco in 1960.
Road
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Mohamed Ben Mohamed | Road race | 4:21:58 | 45 |
Mohamed Ghandora | 4:21:58 | 46 | |
Abdallah Lahoucine | 4:25:44 | 57 | |
Ahmed Omar | did not finish |
- Time trial
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Mohamed Ben Mohamed Mohamed Ghandora Abdallah Lahoucine Ahmed Omar | Time trial | 2:27:41.35 | 19 |
Fencing
[edit]Seven fencers represented Morocco in 1960.
Individual Foil
[edit]Round One
[edit]Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.
Pool 8
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 23 | 21 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
Pool 10
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
Pool 12
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
Hamilton (IRL) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-4
Schwende (CAN) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-1
Verhalle (BEL) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-0
Drîmbă (ROU) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-2
Pellegrino (ITA) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-0
Team Foil
[edit]Round One
[edit]Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage. The six fencers representing Morocco were Charles El-Gressy, Abderraouf El-Fassy, Abderrahman Sebti, Abbes Harchi, Mohamed Ben Joullon, Jacques Ben Gualid. Four fencers were selected for each match. Each fencer had four bouts per match.
Pool 8
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
Individual Épée
[edit]Round One
[edit]Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.
Pool 1
[edit]Team | W |
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![]() | 4 |
![]() | 4 |
![]() | 3 |
![]() | 3 |
![]() | 1 |
![]() | 0 |
Pool 3
[edit]Team | W |
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![]() | 5 |
![]() | 4 |
![]() | 4 |
![]() | 3 |
![]() | 3 |
![]() | 2 |
![]() | 0 |
Pool 6
[edit]Team | W |
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![]() | 5 |
![]() | 4 |
![]() | 4 |
![]() | 2 |
![]() | 2 |
![]() | 1 |
![]() | 0 |
Team Épée
[edit]Round One
[edit]Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage. The five fencers representing Morocco were Abderraouf El-Fassy, Abderrahman Sebti, Abbes Harchi, Mohamed Ben Joullon and Charles Bénitah. Four fencers were selected for each match. Each fencer had four bouts per match.
Pool 5
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
Great Britain (GBR) —
Morocco (MAR) 15-1
Luxembourg (LUX) —
Morocco (MAR) 12-4
Individual Sabre
[edit]Round One
[edit]Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.
Pool 2
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
Pool 3
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
Theuerkauff (GER) —
Ben Gualid (MAR) 5-2
Zub (POL) —
Ben Gualid (MAR) 5-2
Stavrev (BUL) —
Ben Gualid (MAR) 5-2
Ozawa (JPN) —
Ben Gualid (MAR) 5-2
Pool 9
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
Gerevich (HUN) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-1
D'Asaro Sr. (USA) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-3
Arus (ROU) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-1
Ballister (BEL) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-0
Ron (ISR) —
Ben Joullon (MAR) 5-2
Team Sabre
[edit]Round One
[edit]Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage. The four fencers representing Morocco were Abderraouf El-Fassy, Abderrahman Sebti, Mohamed Ben Joullon and Jacques Ben Gualid.
Pool 6
[edit]Team | W | L | TG | TR |
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
Gymnastics
[edit]Men's Individual
[edit]Six gymnasts from Morocco took part in the individual event.
- Individual finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||
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F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
Mohamed Sekkat | All-around | 78.85 | 123 | ||||||
Floor | 16.15 | — | 16.15 | 119 | |||||
Pommel horse | — | 10.35 | — | 10.35 | 122 | ||||
Rings | — | 13.35 | — | 13.35 | 122 | ||||
Vault | — | 14.45 | — | 14.45 | 126 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 14.10 | — | 14.10 | 122 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 10.45 | 10.45 | 124 | |||||
Ahmed Fellat | All-around | 70.70 | 124 | ||||||
Floor | 15.60 | — | 15.60 | 123 | |||||
Pommel horse | — | 9.50 | — | 9.50 | 123 | ||||
Rings | — | 8.75 | — | 8.75 | 125 | ||||
Vault | — | 15.65 | — | 15.65 | 120 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 10.40 | — | 10.40 | 124 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 10.45 | 10.45 | 124 | |||||
Miloud M'Sellek | All-around | 36.25 | 125 | ||||||
Floor | 12.15 | — | 12.15 | 128 | |||||
Pommel horse | — | 7.00 | — | 7.00 | 127 | ||||
Rings | — | 12.20 | — | 12.20 | 123 | ||||
Vault | — | 16.80 | — | 16.80 | 109 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 9.50 | — | 9.50 | 126 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 7.35 | 7.35 | 127 | |||||
Abdesselem Regragui | All-around | 62.50 | 126 | ||||||
Floor | 14.10 | — | 14.10 | 126 | |||||
Pommel horse | — | 8.75 | — | 8.75 | 125 | ||||
Rings | — | 7.50 | — | 7.50 | 128 | ||||
Vault | — | 12.75 | — | 12.75 | 127 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 10.25 | — | 10.25 | 125 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 9.15 | 9.15 | 125 | |||||
Darif Tanjaoui | All-around | 59.95 | 127 | ||||||
Floor | 15.95 | — | 15.95 | 121 | |||||
Pommel horse | — | 9.05 | — | 9.05 | 124 | ||||
Rings | — | 8.20 | — | 8.20 | 127 | ||||
Vault | — | 11.50 | — | 11.50 | 128 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 9.25 | — | 9.25 | 127 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 6.00 | 6.00 | 129 | |||||
Kacem Klifa | All-around | 6.50 | 130 | ||||||
Parallel bars | — | 2.50 | — | 2.50 | 129 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 4.00 | 4.00 | 130 |
Men's team
[edit]The same six gymnasts competed in the team event. Each gymnast to perform a compulsory and an optional exercise on all six apparatuses. Top five scores per team on each of the 12 exercises count towards the team score.
Apparatus | ||||
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Compulsory | Optional | Total | Rank | |
Floor | 36.25 | 37.70 | 73.95 | 20 |
Vault | 35.10 | 36.05 | 71.15 | 20 |
Parallel bars | 21.00 | 32.50 | 53.50 | 20 |
Horizontal bar | 18.50 | 26.25 | 44.75 | 20 |
Rings | 23.60 | 26.40 | 50.00 | 20 |
Pommel horse | 19.15 | 25.50 | 44.65 | 20 |
Total | 153.60 | 184.40 | 338.00 | 20 |
Modern pentathlon
[edit]Two male pentathletes represented Morocco in 1960, but neither completed the event.
- Individual
Athlete | Riding (show jumping) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Running (4000 m) | Total points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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Penalties | Rank | MP points | Wins | Rank | MP points | Score | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP Points | |||
Mohamed Ben Checkroun | 80 | 52 | 671 | did not finish | |||||||||||||
Naji El-Mekki | did not finish |
Sailing
[edit]Only one Moroccan sailor competed in the Olympic Regatta in Naples. El-Moustafa Haddad competed in the Finn class.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
El-Moustafa Haddad | Finn | 30 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 1,442 | 31 |
Shooting
[edit]Four shooters represented Morocco in 1960.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Naji El-Mekki | 25m rapid fire pistol | — | 501 | 54 | |
50 m pistol | 247 | 66 | did not advance | ||
Bouchaib Zeroual | 50m rifle 3 positions | 360 | 74 | did not advance | |
50 m rifle prone | 335 | 84 | did not advance | ||
Abdesselem Lahmidi | 50m rifle 3 positions | 316 | 75 | did not advance | |
Mohamed Ben Boujemaa | 50 m rifle prone | 279 | 85 | did not advance |
Weightlifting
[edit]Athlete | Event | Military Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Abderrahim Tazi | Men's −67.5 kg | 90.0 | 27 | 92.5 | =25 | 125.0 | =20 | 307.5 | 23 |
Mustapha Adnane | Men's −75 kg | 115.0 | =9 | 110.0 | =12 | 140.0 | =12 | 365.0 | 13 |
Mohamed Miloud | Men's −75 kg | 105.0 | =18 | 97.5 | 20 | 125.0 | =18 | 327.5 | 19 |
Abdel Kader Ben Kamel | Men's −82.5 kg | 105.0 | 22 | 102.5 | 21 | 130.0 | =20 | 337.5 | 20 |
Wrestling
[edit]Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. Morocco had 5 wrestlers all competing in the Greco-Roman category.
Key:
- VT – Victory by Fall.
- DE – Decision by Points.
- DR – Draw.
- Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Final Round | ||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||||||
Michel Ben Akoun | Bantamweight | ![]() L 4-0 VT | ![]() L 4-0 VT | did not advance | |||||||||||
Rahal Mahassine | Featherweight | Bye | ![]() L 3-1 DE | ![]() L 4-0 VT | did not advance | ||||||||||
Mohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour | Lightweight | ![]() L 4-0 VT | ![]() L 3-1 DE | did not advance | |||||||||||
Sam Azoulay | Welterweight | ![]() L 3-1 DE | Bye | ![]() L 4-0 VT | did not advance | ||||||||||
Hammou Haddaoui Khadir | Middleweight | ![]() D 2-2 DR | ![]() L 4-0 VT | did not advance |
References
[edit]- ^ "Morocco at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Morocco at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2016.