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Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Boxing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events13
Competitors289 from 81 nations
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Ryōgoku Kokugikan

The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[1] Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events reduced by two and the number of women's events increased by the same number.

On 22 May 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had been stripped of the right to organise the tournament, due to "issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics and refereeing and judging".[2] Boxing was instead organised by an ad-hoc task force led by Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation.[2]

Competition format

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On March 23, 2013, the AIBA instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of pros who sign 5 year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees. The elimination of headgear and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between amateur and pro format.[3][4]

The number of weight classes for men was reduced from ten to eight, with a featherweight class introduced and events at light-flyweight (introduced in 1968), bantamweight (staged at every Olympics since 1904 bar 1912, when boxing events weren't held) and light-welterweight (introduced in 1952) removed. The women's weight classes saw a corresponding increase from three to five, with featherweight and welterweight categories introduced.

The IOC confirmed weight limits for all 13 classes on 19 June 2019.[5]

Men contested matches in these eight weight classes:

Women contested matches in these five weight classes:

Qualifying criteria

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Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (four men and two women) were reserved for the host nation Japan, while eight further places (five men and three women) were allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission.[6]

All other places were allocated through four Continental Olympic Qualification Events (one each for Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe) between January 2020 and June 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed several events for the boxing including impacting the first 3 days of the European Qualification Event. The Americas Qualification Event and World Olympic Qualification Event were then cancelled in 2021.[6]

Weights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Men 27 27 29 23 25 22 17 17
Women 25 21 21 18 16

Participating nations

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Competition schedule

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Legend
R32 Round of 32 R16 Round of 16 QF Quarter-Finals SF Semi-Finals F Final
Date Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8
Event A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E
Men's flyweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's featherweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's lightweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's welterweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's middleweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's light heavyweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's heavyweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's super heavyweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's flyweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's featherweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's lightweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's welterweight R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's middleweight R16 QF SF F

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Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba4015
2 Great Britain2226
3 ROC1146
4 Brazil1113
5 Turkey1102
6 Japan*1023
7 Ireland1012
8 Bulgaria1001
 Uzbekistan1001
10 United States0314
11 Philippines0213
12 China0202
13 Ukraine0101
14 Kazakhstan0022
15 Armenia0011
 Australia0011
 Azerbaijan0011
 Chinese Taipei0011
 Finland0011
 Ghana0011
 India0011
 Italy0011
 Netherlands0011
 New Zealand0011
 Thailand0011
Totals (25 entries)13132652

Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details
Galal Yafai
 Great Britain
Carlo Paalam
 Philippines
Saken Bibossinov
 Kazakhstan
Ryomei Tanaka
 Japan
Featherweight
details
Albert Batyrgaziev
 ROC
Duke Ragan
 United States
Lázaro Álvarez
 Cuba
Samuel Takyi
 Ghana
Lightweight
details
Andy Cruz
 Cuba
Keyshawn Davis
 United States
Harry Garside
 Australia
Hovhannes Bachkov
 Armenia
Welterweight
details
Roniel Iglesias
 Cuba
Pat McCormack
 Great Britain
Andrey Zamkovoy
 ROC
Aidan Walsh
 Ireland
Middleweight
details
Hebert Conceição
 Brazil
Oleksandr Khyzhniak
 Ukraine
Gleb Bakshi
 ROC
Eumir Marcial
 Philippines
Light heavyweight
details
Arlen López
 Cuba
Benjamin Whittaker
 Great Britain
Loren Alfonso
 Azerbaijan
Imam Khataev
 ROC
Heavyweight
details
Julio César La Cruz
 Cuba
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
 ROC
Abner Teixeira
 Brazil
David Nyika
 New Zealand
Super heavyweight
details
Bakhodir Jalolov
 Uzbekistan
Richard Torrez
 United States
Frazer Clarke
 Great Britain
Kamshybek Kunkabayev
 Kazakhstan

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details
Stoyka Krasteva
 Bulgaria
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu
 Turkey
Tsukimi Namiki
 Japan
Huang Hsiao-wen
 Chinese Taipei
Featherweight
details
Sena Irie
 Japan
Nesthy Petecio
 Philippines
Karriss Artingstall
 Great Britain
Irma Testa
 Italy
Lightweight
details
Kellie Harrington
 Ireland
Beatriz Ferreira
 Brazil
Sudaporn Seesondee
 Thailand
Mira Potkonen
 Finland
Welterweight
details
Busenaz Sürmeneli
 Turkey
Gu Hong
 China
Lovlina Borgohain
 India
Oshae Jones
 United States
Middleweight
details
Lauren Price
 Great Britain
Li Qian
 China
Nouchka Fontijn
 Netherlands
Zemfira Magomedalieva
 ROC

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Boxing". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ingle, Sean (22 May 2019). "Aiba stripped of right to run boxing tournament at Tokyo Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Changes of rules move Olympic Boxing closer to its professional counterpart and split opinions". Rio 2016. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Olympic boxing drops head guards". ESPN. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ^ "IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES QUALIFICATION PATHWAY FOR ATHLETES IN BOXING ON THE ROAD TO TOKYO 2020". olympic.org. IOC. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 – Boxing Qualification System" (PDF). IOC. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Schedule - Boxing Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Boxing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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