Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.

Boxing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events13
Competitors289 from 81 nations
← 2016
2024 →
Ryōgoku Kokugikan

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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
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Galal Yafai
  Great Britain
Carlo Paalam
  Philippines
Saken Bibossinov
  Kazakhstan
Ryomei Tanaka
  Japan
Featherweight
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Albert Batyrgaziev
  ROC
Duke Ragan
  United States
Lázaro Álvarez
  Cuba
Samuel Takyi
  Ghana
Lightweight
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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
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Arlen López
  Cuba
Benjamin Whittaker
  Great Britain
Loren Alfonso
  Azerbaijan
Imam Khataev
  ROC
Heavyweight
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Julio César La Cruz
  Cuba
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
  ROC
Abner Teixeira
  Brazil
David Nyika
  New Zealand
Super heavyweight
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Bakhodir Jalolov
  Uzbekistan
Richard Torrez
  United States
Frazer Clarke
  Great Britain
Kamshybek Kunkabayev
  Kazakhstan

Women

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