2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships

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2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
Location Antalya, Turkey
DatesOctober 21-27, 2002

The 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Turkey from October 21 to 27 2002 in Antalya. It was the 2nd championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Results

Bronze medals are awarded to both losing semi-finalists.

2002 World Women's Boxing Championship
WeightGoldSilverBronze
45 kg Flag of India.svg Mary Kom Flag of North Korea.svg Jang Song-ae Flag of Turkey.svg Derya Aktop Flag of Ukraine.svg Svetlana Miroshnichenko
48 kg Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Jong-hyang Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Hungary.svg Mónika Csík Flag of India.svg Kumari Meena
51 kg Flag of Italy.svg Simona Galassi Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kum-son Flag of Russia.svg Lidiya Andreyeva Flag of Greece.svg Elefheria Paleologou
54 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Xiyan Flag of Italy.svg Marzia Davide Flag of North Korea.svg Ha Son-bi Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Tápai
57 kg Flag of North Korea.svg Jo Pok-sun Flag of Norway.svg Henriette Kitel-Birkeland Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kulakova Flag of Greece.svg Maria Semertzoglu
60 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Smith-Ogg Flag of Greece.svg Areti Mastroduka Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Santos Flag of the United States.svg Naquana Smalls
63.5 kg Flag of France.svg Myriam Lamare Flag of Turkey.svg Yasemin Ustalar Flag of Romania.svg Daniela David Flag of Ukraine.svg Saida Gasanova
67 kg Flag of Russia.svg Irina Sinetskaya Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Brown Flag of Denmark.svg Tina Hansen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Desi Kontos
71 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg Larisa Berezenko Flag of the United States.svg Yvonne Reis Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Gabriela Casalinuovo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roxanne Lalancette
75 kg Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Slavinskaya Flag of Denmark.svg Betina Karlsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Shuai Flag of India.svg Karamjit Kaur
81 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg Anzhela Torskaya Flag of Belarus.svg Irina Smirnova Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennyfer Grenon Flag of Russia.svg Olga Novoselova
90 kg Flag of Hungary.svg Mária Kovács Flag of Russia.svg Mariya Yovorskaya Flag of the United States.svg Devonne Canady Flag of India.svg Jyotsana Haryana

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Medal count table

2002 World Women's Boxing Championship
PosCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 2215
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2125
3 Flag of Russia.svg Russia1135
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 112
4= Flag of Italy.svg Italy112
6 Flag of India.svg India134
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada123
7= Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary123
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China112
10 Flag of France.svg France11
11 Flag of the United States.svg United States224
12 Flag of Greece.svg Greece 123
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark112
13= Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 112
15 Flag of Norway.svg Norway11
16 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 11
16= Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia11
16= Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 11
16= Flag of Romania.svg Romania 11
Total12122448

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