Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight
Appearance
Women's middleweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 5 to 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Men | Women | |
49 kg | 51 kg | |
52 kg | 60 kg | |
56 kg | 75 kg | |
60 kg | ||
64 kg | ||
69 kg | ||
75 kg | ||
81 kg | ||
91 kg | ||
+91 kg | ||
The women's middleweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events were joined by three women's events: flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.[1]
Seventeen-year-old American Claressa Shields won gold in the women's middleweight, defeating Russia's veteran thirty-three-year-old Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19–12 in the final.[2] Her victory will be depicted in the film Flint Strong.[3]
Competition format
[edit]The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were four rounds of two minutes each.[4]
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday 5 August 2012 | 15:30 | Round of 16 |
Monday 6 August 2012 | 15:30 | Quarter-finals |
Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 14:30 | Semi-finals |
Thursday 9 August 2012 | 17:15 | Final |
Results
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 20 | ![]() | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | ![]() | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 24 | ![]() | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 17 | ![]() | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 19 | ![]() | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 18 |
References
[edit]- ^ Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
- ^ "Tongue Wagging, American Middleweight Wins Gold". The New York Times. Associated Press. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 7, 2016). "'Moonlight's Barry Jenkins To Script Story Of First American Female Gold Medal Boxer Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Women's competition format. Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.