Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Workers Indoor Arena
Dates	9–24 August 2008
Competitors	283 from 77 nations
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The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers. The 2008 games were the last Olympic boxing competition to exclude women, as the International Olympic Committee approved the introduction of female boxing events for the 2012 London Olympics. The other is baseball.

Like other Olympic combat sports, two bronze medals are awarded; in the case of boxing, both losing semi-finalists receive a bronze medal, with no further play-off. As a result, the quarter-final essentially equates to a bronze medal match, a semi-final to a silver medal match, and the final to a gold medal match. 44 medals are therefore available, 22 of which are bronze medals.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	1	1	4
2	Russia	2	0	1	3
3	Italy	1	1	1	3
4	Mongolia	1	1	0	2
	Thailand	1	1	0	2
6	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
7	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
9	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
10	Cuba	0	4	4	8
11	France	0	2	1	3
12	Ireland	0	1	2	3
13	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		11	11	22	44

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight details	Zou Shiming   China	Pürevdorjiin Serdamba   Mongolia	Paddy Barnes   Ireland Yampier Hernández   Cuba
Flyweight details	Somjit Jongjohor   Thailand	Andry Laffita   Cuba	Georgy Balakshin   Russia Vincenzo Picardi   Italy
Bantamweight details	Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan   Mongolia	Yankiel León   Cuba	Bruno Julie   Mauritius Veaceslav Gojan   Moldova
Featherweight details	Vasyl Lomachenko   Ukraine	Khedafi Djelkhir   France	Yakup Kılıç   Turkey Shahin Imranov   Azerbaijan
Lightweight details	Aleksei Tishchenko   Russia	Daouda Sow   France	Hrachik Javakhyan   Armenia Yordenis Ugás   Cuba
Light welterweight details	Manuel Félix Díaz   Dominican Republic	Manus Boonjumnong   Thailand	Roniel Iglesias   Cuba Alexis Vastine   France
Welterweight details	Bakhyt Sarsekbayev   Kazakhstan	Carlos Banteaux Suárez   Cuba	Hanati Silamu   China Kim Jung-joo   South Korea
Middleweight details	James DeGale   Great Britain	Emilio Correa   Cuba	Darren Sutherland   Ireland Vijender Singh   India
Light heavyweight details	Zhang Xiaoping   China	Kenny Egan   Ireland	Tony Jeffries   Great Britain Yerkebuian Shynaliyev   Kazakhstan
Heavyweight details	Rakhim Chakhkiev   Russia	Clemente Russo   Italy	Osmay Acosta   Cuba Deontay Wilder   United States
Super heavyweight details	Roberto Cammarelle   Italy	Zhang Zhilei   China	Vyacheslav Glazkov   Ukraine David Price   Great Britain

Events

• Light flyweight (−48 kg)
• Flyweight (48–51 kg)
• Bantamweight (51–54 kg)
• Featherweight (54–57 kg)
• Lightweight (57–60 kg)
• Light welterweight (60–64 kg)
• Welterweight (64–69 kg)
• Middleweight (69–75 kg)
• Light heavyweight (75–81 kg)
• Heavyweight (81–91 kg)
• Super heavyweight (+91 kg)

Qualifying criteria

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) were entitled to enter up to 1 athlete in each event. Nine places were reserved for the host nation, from which it would choose 6 places maximum, while the remaining places would be allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission. For each athlete from the host NOC who qualified through the AIBA World Amateur Boxing Championships, the host nation lost a guaranteed place.

Qualification events were:

• 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships – October 23 – November 3 (8 athletes for −81 kg categories, 4 athletes for +81 kg)
• Continental Olympic Qualifying Events (during 2008, two events in Africa, America, Asia and Europe)
• 2008 Oceania Boxing Championships

The quota awarded to each of the continents is as follows:

Event	Africa	Asia	Europe	America	Oceania	Host/Invitation	TOTAL
Light Fly (−48 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Fly (48–51 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Bantam (51–54 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Feather (54–57 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Light (57–60 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Light Welter (60–64 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Welter (64–69 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Middle (69–75 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Light Heavy (75–81 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Heavy (81–91 kg)	3	2	7	3	1	–	16
Super Heavy (+91 kg)	3	2	7	3	1	–	16
TOTAL	60	53	91	60	11	9	284*

* Two additional places will be awarded by Tripartite Invitation Commission, so the athlete quota will be 286

Participating nations

•   Algeria  (7)
•   Argentina  (1)
•   Armenia  (4)
•   Australia  (9)
•   Azerbaijan  (2)
•   Bahamas  (1)
•   Belarus  (2)
•   Botswana  (2)
•   Brazil  (6)
•   Bulgaria  (2)
•   Cameroon  (3)
•   Canada  (1)
•   Central African Republic  (1)
•   China  (10)
•   Colombia  (5)
•   Croatia  (2)
•   Cuba  (10)
•   Dominican Republic  (6)
•   Democratic Republic of the Congo  (1)
•   Ecuador  (3)
•   Egypt  (3)
•   France  (9)
•   The Gambia  (1)
•   Georgia  (2)
•   Germany  (4)
•   Ghana  (6)
•   Great Britain  (7)
•   Greece  (2)
•   Grenada  (1)
•   Guatemala  (1)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Hungary  (5)
•   India  (5)
•   Iran  (3)
•   Ireland  (5)
•   Italy  (6)
•   Japan  (2)
•   Kazakhstan  (10)
•   Kenya  (4)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (1)
•   Lesotho  (1)
•   Lithuania  (3)
•   Madagascar  (1)
•   Mauritius  (2)
•   Mexico  (3)
•   Moldova  (2)
•   Mongolia  (4)
•   Montenegro  (1)
•   Morocco  (10)
•   Namibia  (3)
•   Nigeria  (4)
•   North Korea  (1)
•   Papua New Guinea  (1)
•   Philippines  (1)
•   Poland  (2)
•   Puerto Rico  (5)
•   Romania  (2)
•   Russia  (11)
•   Samoa  (1)
•   Sierra Leone  (1)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   South Korea  (5)
•   Spain  (1)
•   Sri Lanka  (1)
•   Sweden  (2)
•   Tajikistan  (3)
•   Thailand  (8)
•   Tunisia  (5)
•   Turkey  (8)
•   Turkmenistan  (1)
•   Uganda  (1)
•   Ukraine  (7)
•   United States  (8)
•   Virgin Islands  (2)
•   Uzbekistan  (7)
•   Venezuela  (6)
•   Zambia  (3)

References

• Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Boxing – Official Results Book