Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro – Pavilion 6
Dates6–21 August 2016
No. of events13
Competitors286 from 76 nations
Boxing at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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 boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.[1]

Competition format

On March 23, 2013, the Amateur International Boxing Association 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.[2][3]

Similar to 2012 format, men competed in the following ten events:

As for the women, they were eligible to compete in the following three events:

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (five men and one woman) were reserved for the host nation Brazil, while the remaining places were allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission. Because non-AIBA professional boxers were eligible to compete for the first time at the Olympics, a total of thirty-seven places had been reserved and thereby distributed to pros; twenty were qualified through the AIBA Pro Boxing Series with two for each event, while seventeen through the World Series of Boxing. Each continent had a quota of places to be filled through the two amateur and semi-pro league tournaments.[4]

Qualification events were:

Competition schedule

There were two sessions of competition on most days of the 2016 Olympics Boxing program, an afternoon session (A), starting at 11:00 BRT, and an evening session (E), starting at 17:00 BRT. Starting on August 17, days contained only one session, beginning at 14:00 BRT.

PPreliminary rounds ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Event ↓ A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A A A A A
Men's light flyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's flyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's bantamweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's lightweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's light welterweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's welterweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's middleweight P P P P ½ F
Men's light heavyweight P P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's heavyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's super heavyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Women's flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Women's lightweight P ¼ ½ F
Women's middleweight P ¼ ½ F

Participation

Participating nations

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
 Hasanboy Dusmatov
 Uzbekistan		 Yuberjén Martínez
 Colombia		 Joahnys Argilagos
 Cuba
Nico Hernández
 United States
Flyweight
 Shakhobidin Zoirov
 Uzbekistan		 Misha Aloyan
 Russia		 Yoel Finol
 Venezuela
Hu Jianguan
 China
Bantamweight
 Robeisy Ramírez
 Cuba		 Shakur Stevenson
 United States		 Vladimir Nikitin
 Russia
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
 Uzbekistan
Lightweight
 Robson Conceição
 Brazil		 Sofiane Oumiha
 France		 Lázaro Álvarez
 Cuba
Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai
 Mongolia
Light welterweight
 Fazliddin Gaibnazarov
 Uzbekistan		 Lorenzo Sotomayor
 Azerbaijan		 Vitaly Dunaytsev
 Russia
Artem Harutyunyan
 Germany
Welterweight
 Daniyar Yeleussinov
 Kazakhstan		 Shakhram Giyasov
 Uzbekistan		 Mohammed Rabii
 Morocco
Souleymane Cissokho
 France
Middleweight
 Arlen López
 Cuba		 Bektemir Melikuziev
 Uzbekistan		 Misael Rodríguez
 Mexico
Kamran Shakhsuvarly
 Azerbaijan
Light heavyweight
 Julio César La Cruz
 Cuba		 Adilbek Niyazymbetov
 Kazakhstan		 Mathieu Bauderlique
 France
Joshua Buatsi
 Great Britain
Heavyweight
 Evgeny Tishchenko
 Russia		 Vasiliy Levit
 Kazakhstan		 Rustam Tulaganov
 Uzbekistan
Erislandy Savón
 Cuba
Super heavyweight
 Tony Yoka
 France		 Joe Joyce
 Great Britain		 Filip Hrgović
 Croatia
Ivan Dychko
 Kazakhstan

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
 Nicola Adams
 Great Britain		 Sarah Ourahmoune
 France		 Ren Cancan
 China
Ingrit Valencia
 Colombia
Lightweight
 Estelle Mossely
 France		 Yin Junhua
 China		 Mira Potkonen
 Finland
Anastasia Belyakova
 Russia
Middleweight
 Claressa Shields
 United States		 Nouchka Fontijn
 Netherlands		 Dariga Shakimova
 Kazakhstan
Li Qian
 China

Medal summary

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Uzbekistan3227
2 Cuba3036
3 France2226
4 Kazakhstan1225
5 Russia1135
6 Great Britain1113
United States1113
8 Brazil1001
9 China0134
10 Azerbaijan0112
Colombia0112
12 Netherlands0101
13 Croatia0011
Finland0011
Germany0011
Mexico0011
Mongolia0011
Morocco0011
Venezuela0011
Total 19 NOCs 13 13 26 52

Controversy

On 17 August, The New York Times reported that the AIBA had removed several referees and judges after "less than a handful of the decisions were not at the level expected". It was reported that, in response to allegations of corruption, "AIBA invited people with evidence about bribing judges to step forward." The rules of the competition did not allow any results to be appealed, and the AIBA has stated that all the decisions will stand.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016: Boxing". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Changes of rules move Olympic Boxing closer to its professional counterpart and split opinions". Rio 2016. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Olympic boxing drops head guards". ESPN. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rio 2016 – AIBA Boxing Qualification System" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Belson, Ken (17 August 2016). "Boxing Judges and Refs Removed After Suspicious Results". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

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