Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

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Men's middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Riocentro – Pavilion 6
Date8–20 August 2016
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Arlen López Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg Bektemir Melikuziev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Bronze medal icon.svg Kamran Shakhsuvarly Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Bronze medal icon.svg Misael Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
  2012
2020  

The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8 to 20 August at the Riocentro. [1]

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

2016 Summer Olympics Games of the XXXI Olympiad, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the fourth to be held in a developing country, after the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.

Rio de Janeiro Capital of state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

Contents

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

DateTimeRound
Monday, 8 August 201612:43Round of 32
Tuesday, 9 August 201612:04Round of 32
Friday, 12 August 201613:14Round of 16
Monday, 15 August 201612:55Quarter-finals
Thursday, 18 August 201615:00Semi-finals
Saturday, 20 August 201615:00Final

Results

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Arlen López  (CUB)3
 
 
 
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kamran Shakhsuvarly  (AZE)0
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Arlen López  (CUB)3
 
 
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Bektemir Melikuziev  (UZB)0
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Misael Rodríguez  (MEX)0
 
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Bektemir Melikuziev  (UZB)3
 

Top half

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
   
    Flag of Cuba.svg  Arlen López  (CUB)TKO 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Harcsa  (HUN)2  Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Harcsa  (HUN) 
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Arslanbek Achilov  (TKM)1   Flag of Cuba.svg  Arlen López  (CUB)3 
Flag of France.svg  Christian Mbilli Assomo  (FRA)3   Flag of France.svg  Christian Mbilli Assomo  (FRA)0 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Mytrofanov  (UKR)0  Flag of France.svg  Christian Mbilli Assomo  (FRA)2 
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Endry José Pinto  (VEN)0  Flag of Ecuador.svg  Marlo Delgado  (ECU)1 
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Marlo Delgado  (ECU)3   Flag of Cuba.svg  Arlen López  (CUB)3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhanibek Alimkhanuly  (KAZ)3   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kamran Shakhsuvarly  (AZE)0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Antony Fowler  (GBR)0  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhanibek Alimkhanuly  (KAZ)3 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Ilyas Abbadi  (ALG)3  Flag of Algeria.svg  Ilyas Abbadi  (ALG)0 
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Anauel Ngamissengue  (CGO)0   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhanibek Alimkhanuly  (KAZ)1 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Minggang  (CHN)0   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kamran Shakhsuvarly  (AZE)2 
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kamran Shakhsuvarly  (AZE)3  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kamran Shakhsuvarly  (AZE)2   
    Flag of Russia.svg  Artem Chebotarev  (RUS)1   
   

Bottom half

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
   
    Flag of Ireland.svg  Michael O'Reilly  (IRL)DSQ1 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Misael Rodríguez  (MEX)3  Flag of Mexico.svg  Misael Rodríguez  (MEX) 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Waheed Abdul-Ridha  (IRQ)0   Flag of Mexico.svg  Misael Rodríguez  (MEX)3 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Wilfried Ntsengue  (CMR)2   Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)0 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jorge Vivas  (COL)1  Flag of Cameroon.svg  Wilfried Ntsengue  (CMR)0 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Merven Clair  (MRI)0  Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)3 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)3   Flag of Mexico.svg  Misael Rodríguez  (MEX)0
Flag of India.svg  Vikas Krishan Yadav  (IND)3   Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Bektemir Melikuziev  (UZB)3
Flag of the United States.svg  Charles Conwell  (USA)0  Flag of India.svg  Vikas Krishan Yadav  (IND)3 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Önder Şipal  (TUR)2  Flag of Turkey.svg  Önder Şipal  (TUR)0 
Flag of Zambia.svg  Benny Muziyo  (ZAM)1   Flag of India.svg  Vikas Krishan Yadav  (IND)0 
Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Jabłoński  (POL)1   Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Bektemir Melikuziev  (UZB)3 
Flag of Australia.svg  Daniel Lewis  (AUS)2  Flag of Australia.svg  Daniel Lewis  (AUS)0   
    Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Bektemir Melikuziev  (UZB)3   
   

1 O'Reilly was ejected from the competition after being suspended when a sample he provided prior to coming to Rio tested positive for a banned substance.

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References

  1. "Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.