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.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Athletics at the [1960 Summer Olympics|Athletics]Men's marathon

Athletics

Morocco took 8 male athletes to the 1960 Olympic Games.
;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

Boxing

Morocco took seven boxers to the 1960 Olympic Games, none of whom won a fight.

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Morocco in 1960.

Road

;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mohamed Ben Mohamed
Mohamed Ghandora
Abdallah Lahoucine
Ahmed Omar
Time trial2:27:41.3519

Fencing

Seven fencers represented Morocco in 1960.

Individual Foil

Round One

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

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.

Individual Épée

Round One

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

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.

Individual Sabre

Round One

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

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.

Gymnastics

Men's Individual

Six gymnasts from Morocco took part in the individual event.
;Individual finals

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----
ApparatusCompulsoryOptionalTotalRank
Floor36.2537.7073.9520
Vault35.1036.0571.1520
Parallel bars21.0032.5053.5020
Horizontal bar18.5026.2544.7520
Rings23.6026.4050.0020
Pommel horse19.1525.5044.6520
Total153.60184.40338.0020

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Morocco in 1960, but neither completed the event.
;Individual

Sailing

Only one Moroccan sailor competed in the Olympic Regatta in Naples. El-Moustafa Haddad competed in the Finn class.

Shooting

Four shooters represented Morocco in 1960.

Wrestling

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.
;Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling