Boxing At The 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

Boxing events at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Boxingat the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Dates	24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events	13
Competitors	289 from 81 nations
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Boxing at the2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Men	Women
52 kg	51 kg
57 kg	57 kg
63 kg	60 kg
69 kg	69 kg
75 kg	75 kg
81 kg
91 kg
+91 kg
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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 was 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 signed 5-year contracts with AIBA and competed on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provided 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 cleared 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 except 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:

• Flyweight (52kg)
• Featherweight (57kg)
• Lightweight (63 kg)
• Welterweight (69kg)
• Middleweight (75kg)
• Light heavyweight (81kg)
• Heavyweight (91kg)
• Super heavyweight (+91kg)

Women contested matches in these five weight classes:

• Flyweight (51kg)
• Featherweight (57kg)
• Lightweight (60kg)
• Welterweight (69kg)
• Middleweight (75kg)

Qualifying criteria

[edit] Main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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•  Algeria (8)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (1)
•  Argentina (4)
•  Armenia (3)
•  Australia (5)
•  Azerbaijan (5)
•  Bahrain (1)
•  Belarus (4)
•  Botswana (2)
•  Brazil (7)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Burundi (1)
•  Cameroon (3)
•  Canada (5)
•  Cape Verde (1)
•  China (6)
•  Colombia (6)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Cuba (7)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
•  Dominican Republic (7)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Egypt (2)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Eswatini (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (6)
•  Georgia (3)
•  Germany (3)
•  Ghana (3)
•  Great Britain (11)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (9)
•  Iran (2)
•  Ireland (7)
•  Italy (4)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Japan (5)
•  Jordan (5)
•  Kazakhstan (9)
•  Kenya (4)
•  Kosovo (1)
•  Mauritius (2)
•  Mexico (3)
•  Mongolia (3)
•  Morocco (7)
•  Mozambique (2)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Panama (1)
•  Papua New Guinea (1)
•  Peru (2)
•  Philippines (4)
•  Poland (4)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Refugee Olympic Team (2)
•  ROC (11)
•  Samoa (2)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Somalia (1)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (4)
•  Tajikistan (3)
•  Thailand (5)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Tunisia (2)
•  Turkey (6)
•  Uganda (3)
•  Ukraine (5)
•  United States (10)
•  Uzbekistan (11)
•  Venezuela (4)
•  Vietnam (2)
•  Zambia (3)

Competition schedule

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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)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	4	0	1	5
2	Great Britain	2	2	2	6
3	ROC	1	1	4	6
4	Brazil	1	1	1	3
5	Turkey	1	1	0	2
6	Japan*	1	0	2	3
7	Ireland	1	0	1	2
8	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
10	United States	0	3	1	4
11	Philippines	0	2	1	3
12	China	0	2	0	2
13	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
14	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
15	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		13	13	26	52

Men

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

Women

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

See also

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• Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games
• Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Boxing at the 2019 Pan American Games

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.

External links

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• Results book Archived 15 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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