Morocco at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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]

Morocco at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية‎
Website	www.cnom.org.ma (in French)
in Rome
Competitors	47 (all men) in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Medalists

Further information: 1960 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1960 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	Athletics	Men's marathon	10 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
		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	N/A				Did not advance
Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	10,000 m	N/A						29:32.00	14
	Marathon	N/A						2:15:41.6
Bakir Benaïssa	Marathon	N/A						2:21:21.4	8
Allah Saoudi		N/A						2:59:41.0	61
Mohamed Zouaki	400 m hurdles	55.65	6	N/A		Did not advance
Mohamed Lahcen	3000 m steeplechase	9:29.4	11	N/A				Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abdel Kader Belghiti	Flyweight	Bye	Gattellari (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Ahmed Bouazza	Bantamweight	Bye	Taylor (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Mohamed Hassan	Featherweight	Kirsch (EUA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Abdel Kader Gangani	Lightweight	Bye	Ito (JPN) L 0-5	Did not advance
Mohamed Boubekeur	Light welterweight	Bye	Quartey (GHA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Mohamed Atmani	Welterweight	Bye	Aho (FIN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Moustafa Ben Lahbib	Middleweight	Napoleoni (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists represented Morocco in 1960.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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
Mohamed Ben Mohamed Mohamed Ghandora Abdallah Lahoucine Ahmed Omar	Time trial	2:27:41.35	19

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers represented Morocco in 1960.

Individual Foil

Round One

Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.

Pool 8

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Jean Link (LUX)	5	0	25	8
László Kamuti (HUN)	5	1	27	17
Brian McCowage (AUS)	4	2	23	21
Heizaburo Okawa (JPN)	3	3	23	19
Orvar Lindwall (SWE)	2	3	15	21
Charles El-Gressy (MAR)	0	5	8	25
Trần Văn Xuân (VIE)	0	5	12	25

•  Lindwall (SWE) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-2
•  Okawa (JPN) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-0
•  McCowage (AUS) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-4
•  Kamuti (HUN) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-2
•  Link (LUX) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-0

Pool 10

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Eberhard Mehl (EUA)	5	0	25	5
Ryszard Parulski (POL)	4	1	24	14
Albie Axelrod (USA)	3	2	17	16
Jaime Duque (COL)	1	3	12	17
Claudio Polledri (SUI)	1	3	13	17
Abderraouf El-Fassy (MAR)	0	5	7	25

•  Polledri (SUI) —  El-Fassy (MAR) 5-2
•  Duque (COL) —  El-Fassy (MAR) 5-2
•  Axelrod (USA) —  El-Fassy (MAR) 5-2
•  Parulski (POL) —  El-Fassy (MAR) 5-1
•  Mehl (EUA) —  El-Fassy (MAR) 5-0

Pool 12

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Alberto Pellegrino (ITA)	4	0	20	7
Ion Drîmbă (ROU)	4	1	24	12
André Verhalle (BEL)	4	1	23	12
Carl Schwende (CAN)	2	3	18	16
Brian Hamilton (IRL)	1	3	9	19
Emilio Echeverry (COL)	1	3	8	18
Mohamed Ben Joullon (MAR)	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

Round One

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

Team	W	L	TG	TR
United States (USA)	2	0	25	4
Poland (POL)	1	1	20	9
Morocco (MAR)	0	2	0	32

•  Poland (POL) —  Morocco (MAR) 16-0
•  United States (USA) —  Morocco (MAR) 16-0

Individual Épée

Round One

Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.

Pool 1

Team	W
Jack Guittet (FRA)	4
Brian Pickworth (NZL)	4
Bogdan Gonsior (POL)	3
Emilio Echeverry (COL)	3
Raoul Barouch (TUN)	1
Charles El-Gressy (MAR)	0

•  Barouch (TUN) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-3
•  Echeverry (COL) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-3
•  Gonsior (POL) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-3
•  Pickworth (NZL) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-1
•  Guittet (FRA) —  El-Gressy (MAR) 5-0

Pool 3

Team	W
Kazuhiko Tabuchi (JPN)	5
Alberto Pellegrino (ITA)	4
David Micahnik (USA)	4
Raúl Martínez (ARG)	3
George Carpenter (IRL)	3
Claudio Polledri (SUI)	2
Abderrahman Sebti (MAR)	0

•  Tabuchi (JPN) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-4
•  Pellegrino (ITA) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-3
•  Michanik (USA) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-0
•  Martínez (ARG) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-1
•  Carpenter (IRL) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-2
•  Polledri (SUI) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-3

Pool 6

Team	W
Bruno Habārovs (URS)	5
Janusz Kurczab (POL)	4
Jules Amez-Droz (SUI)	4
Robert Schiel (LUX)	2
Abbes Harchi (MAR)	2
Christopher Bland (IRL)	1
John Simpson (AUS)	0

•  Habārovs (URS) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-1
•  Kurczab (POL) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-2
•  Amez-Droz (SUI) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-2
•  Harchi (MAR) —  Bland (IRL) 5-4
•  Harchi (MAR) —  Simpson (AUS) 5-0

Team Épée

Round One

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

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	23	8
Luxembourg (LUX)	1	1	19	12
Morocco (MAR)	0	2	5	27

•  Great Britain (GBR) —  Morocco (MAR) 15-1
•  Luxembourg (LUX) —  Morocco (MAR) 12-4

Individual Sabre

Round One

Three fencers from Morocco participated in Round One which was a group stage.

Pool 2

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Wladimiro Calarese (ITA)	4	0	20	6
Nugzar Asatiani (EUA)	3	1	17	9
Günther Ulrich (AUT)	3	1	16	11
Michael Sichel (AUS)	1	3	11	16
Pablo Ordejón (ESP)	0	3	3	15
Abderrahman Sebti (MAR)	0	3	3	15

•  Asatiani (EUA) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-1
•  Ulrich (AUT) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-1
•  Sichel (AUS) —  Sebti (MAR) 5-1

Pool 3

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Jürgen Theuerkauff (GER)	4	0	20	9
Ryszard Zub (POL)	3	1	19	13
Boris Stavrev (BUL)	2	2	15	12
Tsugeo Ozawa (JPN)	1	3	9	17
Jacques Ben Gualid (MAR)	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

Team	W	L	TG	TR
Aladár Gerevich (HUN)	5	0	25	12
Michael D'Asaro Sr. (USA)	4	1	22	15
Emeric Arus (ROU)	3	2	23	16
Gustave Ballister (BEL)	2	3	18	18
Michael Ron (ISR)	1	4	13	22
Mohamed Ben Joullon (MAR)	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

Round One

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

Team	W	L	TG	TR
United States (USA)	2	0	25	6
Germany (GER)	1	1	21	10
Morocco (MAR)	0	2	1	31

•  United States (USA) —  Morocco (MAR) 16-0
•  Germany (POL) —  Morocco (MAR) 15-1

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual

Six gymnasts from Morocco took part in the individual event.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Mohamed Sekkat	All-around							78.85	123
	Floor	16.15	N/A					16.15	119
	Pommel horse	N/A	10.35	N/A				10.35	122
	Rings	N/A		13.35	N/A			13.35	122
	Vault	N/A			14.45	N/A		14.45	126
	Parallel bars	N/A				14.10	N/A	14.10	122
	Horizontal bar	N/A					10.45	10.45	124
Ahmed Fellat	All-around							70.70	124
	Floor	15.60	N/A					15.60	123
	Pommel horse	N/A	9.50	N/A				9.50	123
	Rings	N/A		8.75	N/A			8.75	125
	Vault	N/A			15.65	N/A		15.65	120
	Parallel bars	N/A				10.40	N/A	10.40	124
	Horizontal bar	N/A					10.45	10.45	124
Miloud M'Sellek	All-around							36.25	125
	Floor	12.15	N/A					12.15	128
	Pommel horse	N/A	7.00	N/A				7.00	127
	Rings	N/A		12.20	N/A			12.20	123
	Vault	N/A			16.80	N/A		16.80	109
	Parallel bars	N/A				9.50	N/A	9.50	126
	Horizontal bar	N/A					7.35	7.35	127
Abdesselem Regragui	All-around							62.50	126
	Floor	14.10	N/A					14.10	126
	Pommel horse	N/A	8.75	N/A				8.75	125
	Rings	N/A		7.50	N/A			7.50	128
	Vault	N/A			12.75	N/A		12.75	127
	Parallel bars	N/A				10.25	N/A	10.25	125
	Horizontal bar	N/A					9.15	9.15	125
Darif Tanjaoui	All-around							59.95	127
	Floor	15.95	N/A					15.95	121
	Pommel horse	N/A	9.05	N/A				9.05	124
	Rings	N/A		8.20	N/A			8.20	127
	Vault	N/A			11.50	N/A		11.50	128
	Parallel bars	N/A				9.25	N/A	9.25	127
	Horizontal bar	N/A					6.00	6.00	129
Kacem Klifa	All-around							6.50	130
	Parallel bars	N/A				2.50	N/A	2.50	129
	Horizontal bar	N/A					4.00	4.00	130

Men's Team

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
	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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
	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

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
El-Moustafa Haddad	Finn	30	19	28	30	33	28	20	1,442	31

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Morocco in 1960.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Naji El-Mekki	25m rapid fire pistol	N/A		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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michel Ben Akoun	Bantamweight	Cernea (ROU) L 4-0 ^VT	Alflen (NED) L 4-0 ^VT	Did not advance
Rahal Mahassine	Featherweight	Bye	Allen (USA) L 3-1 ^DE	Polyák (HUN) L 4-0 ^VT	Did not advance
Mohamed Moukrim Ben Mansour	Lightweight	Kitamura (JPN) L 4-0 ^VT	Arawiki (LIB) L 3-1 ^DE	Did not advance
Sam Azoulay	Welterweight	Ali (UAR) L 3-1 ^DE	Bye	Schiermeyer (FRA) L 4-0 ^VT	Did not advance
Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	Middleweight	Hunt (AUS) D 2-2 ^DR	Dubicki (POL) L 4-0 ^VT	Did not advance

References

1. "Morocco at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. "Morocco at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database