Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

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Men's middleweight
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Victory ceremony of the men's middleweight boxing event at Tokyo 2020.jpg
Venue Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Dates26 July 2021
7 August 2021
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hebert Conceição Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg Oleksandr Khyzhniak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Eumir Marcial Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Bronze medal icon.svg Gleb Bakshi Flag placeholder.svg  ROC
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The men's middleweight boxing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place between 26 July and 7 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. [1] 25 boxers from 25 nations are expected to compete. [2]

The medals for the competition were presented by Sergey Bubka, IOC Member, Ukraine; Olympian, Gold Medalist, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Willi Kaltschmitt Luján, BTF Member; Guatamala.

Background

This will be the 26th appearance of the men's middleweight event. The event appeared at the first Olympic boxing tournament in 1904 and has been held at every Games with boxing (that is, excluding 1912) since. The middleweight class remains at the 69–75 kg range it has used since the 2004 Games.

Reigning World Champion Gleb Bakshi of Russia has qualified for the Games. The 2016 Olympic champion, Arlen López of Cuba, has moved up to the light-heavyweight class for the 2020 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified boxer in the weight class. There were 24 quota places available for the men's middleweight, allocated as follows: [2]

In addition, a Refugee Olympic Team invitation was made to Eldric Sella, bringing the total number of boxers in the class to 25.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition begins with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors is reduced to 16, and concludes with a final. As there are fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers will receive a bye through the preliminary round. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals.

Bouts consist of three three-minute rounds with a one-minute break between rounds. A boxer may win by knockout or by points. Scoring is on the "10-point-must" system, with 5 judges scoring each round. Judges consider "number of blows landed on the target areas, domination of the bout, technique and tactical superiority and competitiveness." Each judge determines a winner for each round, who receives 10 points for the round, and assigns the round's loser a number of points between 7 and 9 based on performance. The judge's scores for each round are added to give a total score for that judge. The boxer with the higher score from a majority of the judges is the winner. [3]

Schedule

The middleweight starts with the round of 32 on 26 July. There are two rest days before the round of 16 on 29 July, then two more rest days before the quarterfinals on 1 August. After that, there are three rest days before the semifinals on 5 August but only one before the final on 7 August. [1] [4]

Legend
R32Round of 32R16Round of 16QFQuarterfinalsSFSemifinalsFFinal
DateJul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 2Aug 3Aug 4Aug 5Aug 6Aug 7Aug 8
EventAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAE
Men's middleweightR32R16QFSFF

Results

Finals

 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khyzhniak  (UKR)
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Hebert Conceição  (BRA)KO
 

Top half

Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals
              
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khyzhniak  (UKR)5
Flag of Japan.svg  Yuito Moriwaki  (JPN)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Shahin Mousavi  (IRI)2
Flag of Japan.svg  Yuito Moriwaki  (JPN)3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khyzhniak  (UKR)4
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Euri Cedeño  (DOM)1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Francisco Verón  (ARG)5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Adam Chartoi  (SWE)0
Flag of Argentina.svg  Francisco Verón  (ARG)2
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Euri Cedeño  (DOM)3
Olympic flag.svg  Eldric Sella  (EOR)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Euri Cedeño  (DOM)RSC
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khyzhniak  (UKR)3
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Eumir Marcial  (PHI)2
Flag of Armenia.svg  Arman Darchinyan  (ARM)5
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Andrej Csemez  (SVK)0
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Aaron Prince  (TTO)0
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Andrej Csemez  (SVK)4
Flag of Armenia.svg  Arman Darchinyan  (ARM)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Eumir Marcial  (PHI)KO
Flag of Algeria.svg  Younes Nemouchi  (ALG)5
Flag of Uganda.svg  Kavuma Ssemujju  (UGA)0
Flag of Algeria.svg  Younes Nemouchi  (ALG)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Eumir Marcial  (PHI)RSC–I

Bottom half

Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals
              
Flag of Brazil.svg  Hebert Conceição  (BRA)3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan  (CHN)2
Flag of India.svg  Ashish Kumar  (IND)0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan  (CHN)5
Flag of Brazil.svg  Hebert Conceição  (BRA)3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Abilkhan Amankul  (KAZ)2
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Fanat Kakhramonov  (UZB)5
Flag of Georgia.svg  Giorgi Kharabadze  (GEO)0
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Fanat Kakhramonov  (UZB)0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Abilkhan Amankul  (KAZ)5
Flag of Brazil.svg  Hebert Conceição  (BRA)4
Flag placeholder.svg  Gleb Bakshi  (ROC)1
Flag of Haiti.svg  Darrelle Valsaint  (HAI)4
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  David Tshama  (COD)1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  David Tshama  (COD)3
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Wilfried Ntsengue  (CMR)2
Flag of Haiti.svg  Darrelle Valsaint  (HAI)0
Flag placeholder.svg  Gleb Bakshi  (ROC)5
Flag of the United States.svg  Troy Isley  (USA)5
Flag of Belarus.svg  Vitali Bandarenka  (BLR)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Troy Isley  (USA)2
Flag placeholder.svg  Gleb Bakshi  (ROC)3

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