1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Morocco)

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Morocco took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital Rome with a delegation of 47 male athletes in 45 competitions in ten sports.

It was Morocco's first participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was the sprinter Mohamed Zouaki at 18 years and 354 days , the oldest athlete from the fencer Charles Bénitah (53 years and 178 days).

Medals

With a silver medal won the Moroccan team was ranked 32 in the medal count .

silver

Rhadi Ben Abdesselam

athletics

marathon

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Mohamed Atmani
  • Welterweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Viljo Aho from Finland (2: 3 rounds, 297: 296 points - 59:59 (round lost), 58:60, 60:58, 60:59, 60:60 (round lost))

• Abdel Kader Belghiti
  • Flyweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Rocky Gattellari from Australia (0: 5 rounds, 277: 300 points - 56:60, 55:60, 56:60, 54:60, 56:60)

• Moustafa Ben Lahbib
  • medium weight

  Rank 17

  Round one: defeat on points against Luigi Napoleoni from Italy (0: 5 rounds, 271: 299 points - 53:60, 55:60, 53:60, 55:60, 55:59)

• Ahmed Bouazza
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Oliver Taylor from Australia (0: 5 rounds, 287: 299 points - 58:59, 57:60, 57:60, 57:60, 58:60)

• Mohamed Boubekeur
  • Light welterweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: defeat on points against Clement Quartey from Ghana (0: 5 rounds, 278: 300 points - 57:60, 55:60, 55:60, 55:60, 56:60)

• Abdel Kader Gangani
  • lightweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Yasuyuki Ito from Japan (0: 5 rounds, 278: 300 points - 56:60, 54:60, 56:60, 55:60, 57:60)

• Mohamed Hassan
  • Featherweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: defeat on points against Werner Kirsch from Germany (1: 4 rounds, 287: 296 points - 56:60, 59:58, 58:60, 57:59, 57:59)

fencing

Epee team

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in group five (third place), no match won - two lost, five duels won - 27 lost

  1:15 loss to Great Britain

  4:12 defeat against Luxembourg

• team

  Mohamed Ben Joullon

  Charles Bénitah

  Abderraouf El-Fassy

  Abbes Harchi

  Abderrahman Sebti

Foil team

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in group six (third place), no match won - two lost, no duels won - 32 lost

  0:16 loss to the United States of America

  0:16 loss to Poland

• team

  Jacques Ben Gualid

  Mohamed Ben Joullon

  Abderraouf El-Fassy

  Charles El-Gressy

  Abderrahman Sebti

Saber crew

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in group six (third place), no match won - two lost, one duel won - 31 lost

  0:16 loss to the United States of America

  1:15 defeat against Germany

• team

  Jacques Ben Gualid

  Mohamed Ben Joullon

  Abderraouf El-Fassy

  Abbes Harchi

  Abderrahman Sebti

singles

• Jacques Ben Gualid
  • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group three (fifth place), no duel won - four lost, eight hits scored - 20 suffered

  2: 5 defeat against Jürgen Theuerkauff from Germany

  2-5 defeat against Ryszard Zub from Poland

  2-5 defeat against Boris Stavrew from Bulgaria

  2: 5 loss to Tsugeo Ozawa from Japan

• Mohamed Ben Joullon
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group twelve (seventh place), no duel won - five lost, seven hits scored - 25 suffered

  0: 5 loss to Alberto Pellegrino from Italy

  2-5 defeat against Ion Drîmbă from Romania

  0: 5 defeat against André Verhalle from Belgium

  1: 5 loss to Carl Schwende from Canada

  4-5 loss to Brian Hamilton from Ireland

  • saber

  Round one: eliminated from group nine (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, seven hits scored - 25 suffered

  5-1 defeat against Aladár Gerevich from Hungary

  3: 5 loss to Michael D'Asaro from the United States of America

  5-1 loss to Emeric Arus from Romania

  0-5 defeat against Gustave Ballister from Belgium

  2: 5 defeat against Michael Ron from Israel

• Abderraouf El-Fassy
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group ten (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, seven hits scored - 25 suffered

  0: 5 defeat against Eberhard Mehl from Germany

  5-1 defeat against Ryszard Parulski from Poland

  2: 5 loss to Albert Axelrod from the United States of America

  2: 5 loss to Jaime Duque from Colombia

  2: 5 defeat against Claudio Polledri from Switzerland

• Charles El-Gressy
  • Sword

  Round one: eliminated in group one (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, ten hits scored - 25 suffered

  0: 5 loss to Jacques Guittet from France

  1: 5 loss to Brian Pickworth from New Zealand

  3: 5 defeat against Bohdan Gonsior from Poland

  3: 5 loss to Emilio Echeverry from Colombia

  3: 5 defeat against Raoul Barouch from Tunisia

  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group eight (sixth place), no duel won - five lost, eight hits scored - 25 suffered

  0: 5 loss to Jean Link from Luxembourg

  2-5 defeat against László Kamuti from Hungary

  4-5 loss to Brian McCowage from Australia

  0: 5 loss to Heizaburo Okawa from Japan

  2: 5 loss to Orvar Lindwall from Sweden

• Abbes Harchi
  • Sword

  Round one: eliminated in group six (fifth place), won two duels - lost three, scored 15 hits - suffered 19

  5-1 defeat against Bruno Habārovs from the Soviet Union

  2-5 defeat against Janusz Kurczab from Poland

  2-5 defeat against Jules Amez-Droz from Switzerland

  5-4 win against Christopher Bland from Ireland

  5-0 win against John Simpson from Australia

• Abderrahman Sebti
  • Sword

  Round one: eliminated in group three (seventh place), no duel won - six lost, 13 hits scored - 30 suffered

  4-5 loss to Kazuhiko Tabuchi from Japan

  3: 5 defeat against Alberto Pellegrino from Italy

  0: 5 loss to David Micahnik from the United States of America

  5-1 loss to Raúl Martínez from Argentina

  2: 5 loss to George Carpenter from Ireland

  3: 5 defeat against Claudio Polledri from Switzerland

  • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group two (sixth place), no duel won - three lost, three hits scored - 15 suffered

  5-1 defeat against Nugsar Assatiani from the Soviet Union

  1: 5 loss to Günther Ulrich from Austria

  1: 5 loss to Michael Sichel from Australia

Weightlifting

• Mustapha Adnane
  • medium weight

  Final: 356.0 kg, 13th place

  Military press: 115.0 kg, ninth place

  Tear: 110.0 kg, twelfth place

  Push: 140.0 kg, twelfth place

• Abdel Kader Ben Kamel
  • Lightweight

  Final: 337.5 kg, 20th place

  Military press: 105.0 kg, 22nd place

  Tear: 102.5 kg, rank 21

  Push: 130.0 kg, 20th place

• Mohamed Miloud
  • medium weight

  Final: 327.5 kg, 19th place

  Military press: 105.0 kg, 18th place

  Tear: 97.5 kg, rank 20

  Push: 125.0 kg, 18th place

• Abderrahim Tazi
  • lightweight

  Final: 307.5 kg, 23rd place

  Military press: 90.0 kg, rank 27

  Tear: 92.5 kg, rank 25

  Push: 125.0 kg, 20th place

athletics

• Rhadi Ben Abdesselam
  • 10,000 meter run

  Final: 29: 34.4 minutes (hand-stopped), 29: 32.00 minutes (automatically stopped), 14th place

  • marathon

  Final: 2:15: 41.6 hours, second place

• Bakir Benaïssa
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 21: 21.4 hours, eighth place

• Bouchaib El-Maachi
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.11 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (fifth place), 22.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.34 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Mohamed Lahcen
  • 3,000 meter obstacle course

  Round one: eliminated in run three (eleventh place), 9: 29.4 minutes (hand-stopped)

• Ahmed Lazreg
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (sixth place), 1: 55.7 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 55.91 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Mohamed Saïd
  • 5,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (tenth place), 14: 53.6 minutes (hand-stopped)

• Allah Saoudi
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 59: 41.0 hours, 61st place

• Mohamed Zouaki
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 52.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 52.65 seconds (automatically stopped)

Modern pentathlon

• Mohamed Ben Checkroun

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Pistol shooting: competition not started

  Epee fencing: competition not started

  Swimming: competition not started

  Show jumping: 671 points (751 points - 80 penalty points), 10: 23.0 minutes, rank 52

  Cross-country run: competition not started

• Naji El-Mekki
  • singles

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Pistol shooting: competition not started

  Epee fencing: competition not started

  Swimming: competition not started

  Show jumping: competition not finished (DNF)

  Cross-country run: competition not started

Cycling

Road
team time trial (100 km)

• Results

  Final: 2: 27: 41.35 hours, 19th place

• team

  Mohamed Ben Mohamed

  Mohamed Ghandora

  Abdallah Lahoucine

  Ahmed Omar

singles

• Mohamed Ben Mohamed
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:21:38 hours, 45th place

• Mohamed Ghandora
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:21:38 hours, 46th place

• Abdallah Lahoucine
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: 4:25:44 hours, rank 57

• Ahmed Omar
  • Road race (175.3 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

Wrestling

Greco-Roman freestyle

• Sam Azoulay
  • Welterweight

  15th place, eliminated after round three with seven minus points

  Round one: Losing points to Ben Ali of the United Arab Republic , three minus points

  Round two: BYE

  Round three: shoulder defeat against René Schiermeyer from France , seven minus points

• Michel Ben Akoun
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 25, eliminated after round two with eight minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Ion Cernea from Romania , four minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Loek Alflen from the Netherlands , eight minus points

• Mohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour
  • lightweight

  21st place, eliminated after round two with seven minus points

  Round one: Shoulders defeat against Mitsuharu Kitamura from Japan , four minus points

  Round two: point defeat against Ibrahim Awariki from Lebanon , seven minus points

• Hammou Haddaoui Khadir
  • medium weight

  15th place, eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: Draw against Ronald Hunt from Australia , two minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Bolesław Dubicki from Poland , six minus points

• Rahal Mahassine
  • Featherweight

  15th place, eliminated after round three with seven minus points

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Losing points to Lee Allen from the United States of America , three minus points

  Round three: Shoulders defeat against Imre Polyák from Hungary , seven minus points

shoot

• Mohamed Ben Boujemaa
  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: group two, 279 points, rank 42, overall rank 85, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 62 points, 42nd place

  Round two: 68 points, 42nd place

  Round three: 74 points, 42nd place

  Round four: 75 points, 42nd place

• Naji El-Mekki
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: Group one, 247 points, 33rd place, 66th overall, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 47 points, 33rd place

  Round two: 65 points, 32nd place

  Round three: 63 points, 33rd place

  Round four: 72 points, rank 32v

  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 501 points, rank 54

  Round one: 245 points, 55th place

  Round two: 256 points, 53rd place

• Abdesselem Lahmidi
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group one, 316 points, 75th overall, did not qualify for the final

  Kneeling: 97 points

  Round one: 49 points

  Round two: 48 points

  Lying: 158 points

  Round one: 77 points

  Round two: 81 points

  Standing: 61 points

  Round one: 33 points

  Round two: 28 points

• Bouchaib zeroual
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Qualification: Group two, 360 points, 74th overall, did not qualify for the final

  Kneeling: 97 points

  Round one: 37 points

  Round two: 60 points

  Prone: 155 points

  Round one: 68 points

  Round two: 87 points

  Standing: 108 points

  Round one: 50 points

  Round two: 58 points

  • Small caliber lying

  Qualification: group one, 335 points, rank 43, overall rank 84, not qualified for the final

  Round one: 87 points, rank 41

  Round two: 86 points, 42nd place

  Round three: 78 points, 43rd place

  Round four: 84 points, 43rd place

sailing

• El-Moustafa Haddad
  • Finn dinghy

  Final: 1,442 points, 31st place

  Race one: 168 points, 1:55:35 hours, 30th place

  Race two: 366 points, 2:08:42 hours, 19th place

  Race three: 198 points, 1:51:14 hours, 28th place

  Race four: 168 points, 2:21:31 hours, 30th place

  Race five: 127 points, 2:00:11 hours, 33rd place

  Race six: 198 points, 2:04:35 hours, 28th place

  Race seven: 344 points, 1:55:37 hours, 20th place

do gymnastics

Team all-around

• Results

  Final: 338.00 points (153.60 points compulsory - 184.40 points freestyle), 20th place

• team

  Ahmed Fellat

  Kacem Klifa

  Miloud M'Sellek

  Abdesselem Regragui

  Mohamed Sekkat

  Darif Tanjaoui

singles

• Ahmed Fellat
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 70.70 points (32.45 points compulsory - 38.25 points freestyle), rank 124

  Floor exercise: 15.60 points (7.65 points compulsory - 7.95 points freestyle), rank 123

  Horse jump: 15.65 points (8.30 points compulsory - 7.35 points freestyle), rank 120

  Bars: 10.40 points (3.50 points compulsory - 6.90 points freestyle), rank 124

  Horizontal bar: 10.80 points (5.00 points compulsory - 5.80 points freestyle), rank 123

  Rings: 8.75 points (4.00 points compulsory - 4.75 points freestyle), rank 125

  Pommel horse: 9.50 points (4.00 points compulsory - 5.50 points freestyle), rank 123

• Kacem Klifa
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 6.50 points (0.00 points compulsory - 6.50 points freestyle), rank 130

  Bars: 2.50 points (2.50 points freestyle), rank 129

  Horizontal bar: 4.00 points (4.00 points freestyle), rank 130

• Miloud M'Sellek
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 65.00 points (28.75 points compulsory - 36.25 points freestyle), rank 125

  Floor exercise: 12.15 points (6.65 points compulsory - 5.50 points freestyle), rank 128

  Horse jump: 16.80 points (8.30 points compulsory - 8.50 points freestyle), rank 109

  Bars: 9.50 points (4.00 points compulsory - 5.50 points freestyle), rank 126

  Horizontal bar: 7.35 points (1.00 points compulsory - 6.35 points freestyle), rank 127

  Rings: 12.20 points (5.80 points compulsory - 6.40 points freestyle), rank 123

  Pommel horse: 7.00 points (3.00 points compulsory - 4.00 points freestyle), rank 127

• Abdesselem Regragui
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 62.50 points (28.70 points compulsory - 33.80 points freestyle), 126th place

  Floor exercise: 14.10 points (6.70 points compulsory - 7.40 points freestyle), rank 126

  Horse jump: 12.75 points (6.00 points compulsory - 6.75 points freestyle), rank 127

  Bars: 10.25 points (4.50 points compulsory - 5.75 points freestyle), rank 125

  Horizontal bar: 9.15 points (4.00 points compulsory - 5.15 points freestyle), rank 125

  Rings: 7.50 points (3.50 points compulsory - 4.00 points freestyle), rank 128

  Pommel horse: 8.75 points (4.00 points compulsory - 4.75 points freestyle), 125th place

• Mohamed Sekkat
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 78.85 points (36.15 points compulsory - 42.70 points freestyle), ranked 123rd

  Floor exercise: 16.15 points (7.70 points compulsory - 8.45 points freestyle), 119th place

  Horse jump: 14.45 points (6.50 points compulsory - 7.95 points freestyle), rank 126

  Bars: 14.10 points (6.00 points compulsory - 8.10 points freestyle), rank 122

  Horizontal bar: 10.45 points (5.50 points compulsory - 4.95 points freestyle), rank 124

  Rings: 13.35 points (6.10 points compulsory - 7.25 points freestyle), rank 122

  Pommel horse: 10.35 points (4.35 points compulsory - 6.00 points freestyle), 122nd place

• Darif Tanjaoui
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 59.95 points (27.55 points compulsory - 32.40 points freestyle), rank 127

  Floor exercise: 15.95 points (7.55 points compulsory - 8.40 points freestyle), rank 121

  Horse jump: 11.50 points (6.00 points compulsory - 5.50 points freestyle), rank 128

  Bars: 9.25 points (3.00 points compulsory - 6.25 points freestyle), rank 127

  Horizontal bar: 6.00 points (3.00 points compulsory - 3.00 points freestyle), rank 129

  Rings: 8.20 points (4.20 points compulsory - 4.00 points freestyle), rank 127

  Pommel horse: 9.05 points (3.80 points compulsory - 5.25 points freestyle), 124th place

Web links

• Moroccan Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )