Boxing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall |
Dates | 14 – 29 August 2004 |
Competitors | 280 from 72 nations |
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
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Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner. [1]
Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event. [2]
Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady Golovkin, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing. However, Cuban and Russian boxers do not typically turn pro as their government provides them with extensive funding which allows them to keep their “amateur” status and compete at multiple Olympics. [3] The tournament was also Mario Kindelán's final Olympic event before retirement, with a second lightweight gold medal after beating Amir Khan.
The pre-Olympic test event, better known as the 25th Acropolis Cup, was held from 26 to 30 May 2004 in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Athens, Greece.
The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
16 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
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