 El Idrissi akamiririra Morocco kumitambo yeOlympic ya2008 muBeijing, kwaakakwikwidza mumakwikwi evarume e5,000 metres. Akamhanya muchikamu chechitatu achipikisana nevamwe vatambi gumi nevana, kusanganisira Bernard Lagat wekuUnited States, uye Kenenisa Bekele wekuEthiopia, vese vaive vanodiwa zvakanyanya mumutambo uyu. Akapedza nhangemutange ari panzvimbo yegumi neimwe nemasekondi matanhatu kumashure kweSwitzerland Philippe Bandi, nenguva ye14:05.30. El Idrissi, zvisinei, akakundikana kuenda kumagumo, sezvo akaiswa makumi matatu nerimwe, uye akaiswa kure pasi pematanho mana ekumanikidza emutambo unotevera. 