Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

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Men's heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date1–11 August
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Oleksandr Usyk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Clemente Russo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Tervel Pulev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Teymur Mammadov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
  2008
2016  

The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 1 to 11 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.

Boxing combat sport

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

2012 Summer Olympics Games of the XXX Olympiad, held in London in 2012

The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremonies on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.

Contents

Fifteen boxers from 15 nations are competed.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each. [1]

Single-elimination tournament knock-out sports competition

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European football or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday 1 August 201214:30 & 21:30Round of 16
Sunday 5 August 201221:30Quarter-finals
Friday 10 August 201215:30Semi-finals
Saturday 11 August 201221:30Final

Results

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
   
    Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Usyk  (UKR)17 
Flag of Russia.svg  Artur Beterbiyev  (RUS)10+  Flag of Russia.svg  Artur Beterbiyev  (RUS)13 
Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Hunter  (USA)10   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Usyk  (UKR)21 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tervel Pulev  (BUL)10   Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tervel Pulev  (BUL)5 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xuanxuan  (CHN)7  Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tervel Pulev  (BUL)13 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Yamil Peralta  (ARG)13  Flag of Argentina.svg  Yamil Peralta  (ARG)10 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Chouaib Bouloudinat  (ALG)5   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Usyk  (UKR)14
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teymur Mammadov  (AZE)12   Flag of Italy.svg  Clemente Russo  (ITA)11
Flag of Australia.svg  Jai Opetaia  (AUS)11  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teymur Mammadov  (AZE)19+ 
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Julio Castillo  (ECU)12  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Siarhei Karneyeu  (BLR)19 
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Siarhei Karneyeu  (BLR)21   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teymur Mammadov  (AZE)13 
Flag of Cuba.svg  José Larduet  (CUB)   Flag of Italy.svg  Clemente Russo  (ITA)15 
Flag of Iran.svg  Ali Mazaheri  (IRI)DSQ  Flag of Cuba.svg  José Larduet  (CUB)10   
Flag of Angola.svg  Tumba Silva  (ANG)WO  Flag of Italy.svg  Clemente Russo  (ITA)12   
Flag of Italy.svg  Clemente Russo  (ITA) 

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