Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Boxing
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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Venue Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall
Dates14 – 29 August 2004
Competitors280 from 72 nations
  2000
2008  

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner. [1]

Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event. [2]

Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady Golovkin, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing. However, Russian boxers don’t typically turn pro as their government provides them with extensive funding which allows them to keep their “amateur” status and compete at multiple Olympics. [3] The tournament was also Mario Kindelán's final Olympic event before retirement, with a second lightweight gold metal after beating Amir Khan.

Test event

The pre-Olympic test event, better known as the 25th Acropolis Cup, was held from 26 to 30 May 2004 in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Athens, Greece.

Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Africa
North and South America
Asia
Europe
Australia and Oceania

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light flyweight
details
Yan Bartelemí
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Atagün Yalçınkaya
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Zou Shiming
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sergey Kazakov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flyweight
details
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Jérôme Thomas
Flag of France.svg  France
Fuad Aslanov
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan
Rustamhodza Rahimov
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bantamweight
details
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Worapoj Petchkoom
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Aghasi Mammadov
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan
Bahodirjon Sultonov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Featherweight
details
Aleksei Tishchenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Kim Song-guk
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Vitali Tajbert
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jo Seok-Hwan
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Lightweight
details
Mario Kindelán
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Amir Khan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Serik Yeleuov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Murat Khrachev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Light welterweight
details
Manus Boonjumnong
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Yudel Johnson
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Boris Georgiev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Ionuţ Gheorghe
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Welterweight
details
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Lorenzo Aragón
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Kim Jung-Joo
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Oleg Saitov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Middleweight
details
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Gennady Golovkin
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Suriya Prasathinphimai
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Andre Dirrell
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Light heavyweight
details
Andre Ward
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Magomed Aripgadjiev
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Ahmed Ismail
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Utkirbek Haydarov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Heavyweight
details
Odlanier Solís
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Viktar Zuyev
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Mohamed Elsayed
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Nasser Al Shami
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Super heavyweight
details
Alexander Povetkin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mohamed Aly
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Michel López Núñez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Roberto Cammarelle
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)5218
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3036
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1113
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1113
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1012
6Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)0202
7Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)0123
8Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0101
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)0101
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
12Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)0022
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0022
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)0022
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)0022
16Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0011
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)0011
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)0011
Totals (20 entries)11112244

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