Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight

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Men's super heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date23 September to 1 October
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Audley Harrison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svg Paolo Vidoz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Rustam Saidov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
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The men's super heavyweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 23 September to 1 October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Being the heaviest class, super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).

Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding.

2000 Summer Olympics Games of the XXVII Olympiad, held in Sydney in 2000

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and also the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1956.

Sydney State capital of New South Wales and most populous city in Australia and Oceania

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2017, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 and is home to approximately 65% of the state's population.

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Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. [1] This event consisted of 16 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 23 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 8, and concluded with the final on 1 October. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. [1] Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

Competitors

NameCountry
Ahmed Abdel Samad Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Rustam Saidov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Art Binkowski Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Michael Macaque Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Grzegorz Kiełsa Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Alexis Rubalcaba Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Cengiz Koc Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Constantin Onofrei Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Samuel Peter Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Paolo Vidoz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Calvin Brock Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Audley Harrison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Alexei Lezin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Angus Shelford Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Aleksey Masikin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, September 23, 200013:00 & 19:30Round of 16
Wednesday, September 27, 200013:00 & 19:30Quarterfinals
Friday, September 29, 200019:30Semifinals
Sunday, October 1, 200013:00Final Bout

Results

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Flag of Egypt.svg  Ahmed Abdel Samad  (EGY)8 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Saidov  (UZB)21  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Saidov  (UZB)RSC 
Flag of Canada.svg  Art Binkowski  (CAN)21  Flag of Canada.svg  Art Binkowski  (CAN) 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Michael Macaque  (MRI)14   Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Saidov  (UZB)22 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov  (KAZ)16   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov  (KAZ)28 
Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Kiełsa  (POL)5  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov  (KAZ)25 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Alexis Rubalcaba  (CUB)KO  Flag of Cuba.svg  Alexis Rubalcaba  (CUB)12 
Flag of Germany.svg  Cengiz Koc  (GER)   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov  (KAZ)16
Flag of Romania.svg  Constantin Onofrei  (ROM)14   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Audley Harrison  (GBR)30
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Samuel Peter  (NGR)17  Flag of Nigeria.svg  Samuel Peter  (NGR)3 
Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Vidoz  (ITA)RSC  Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Vidoz  (ITA)14 
Flag of the United States.svg  Calvin Brock  (USA)   Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Vidoz  (ITA)16 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Audley Harrison  (GBR)RSC   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Audley Harrison  (GBR)32 
Flag of Russia.svg  Alexei Lezin  (RUS)  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Audley Harrison  (GBR)19   
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Angus Shelford  (NZL)5  Flag of Ukraine.svg  Aleksey Masikin  (UKR)9   
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Aleksey Masikin  (UKR)19 

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References

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