| Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Forum Centre, Wythenshawe |
| Dates | July 26 - August 3, 2002 |
| Competitors | 217 from 43 nations |
The boxing tournaments at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester took place from July 26 to August 3 at the Forum Centre, and the Manchester Evening News Arena. [1] [2]
The events competed in were as follows:
| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date → | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Flyweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Bantamweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Featherweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Lightweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Light welterweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Welterweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Light middleweight | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
| Middleweight | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Light heavyweight | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Heavyweight | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Super heavyweight | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
Source: [3]
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Australia (12)
Bahamas (5)
Barbados (2)
Belize (1)
Botswana (5)
Cameroon (2)
Canada (10)
Cyprus (5)
England (12)
Fiji (2)
Ghana (8)
Grenada (2)
Guyana (2)
India (7)
Jamaica (4)
Kenya (4)
Lesotho (8)
Malawi (4)
Malaysia (5)
Mauritius (5)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (5)
New Zealand (4)
Nigeria (12)
Niue (1)
Northern Ireland (10)
Pakistan (3)
Papua New Guinea (4)
Samoa (4)
Scotland (8)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (5)
Solomon Islands (1)
South Africa (6)
Sri Lanka (4)
Swaziland (4)
Tanzania (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (7)
Uganda (4)
Wales (11)
Zambia (5)
Zimbabwe (2)* Host nation (England)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | England* | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Zambia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 | |
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