Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Dates	24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events	13
Competitors	289 from 81 nations
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Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Men	Women
	52 kg	51 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	63 kg	60 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	75 kg	75 kg
	81 kg
	91 kg
	+91 kg
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The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.^[1] Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events reduced by two and the number of women's events increased by the same number.

On 22 May 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had been stripped of the right to organise the tournament, due to "issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics and refereeing and judging".^[2] Boxing was instead organised by an ad-hoc task force led by Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation.^[2]

On March 23, 2013, the AIBA instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of pros who sign 5 year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees. The elimination of headgear and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between amateur and pro format.^[3][4]

The number of weight classes for men was reduced from ten to eight, with a featherweight class introduced and events at light-flyweight (introduced in 1968), bantamweight (staged at every Olympics since 1904 bar 1912, when boxing events weren't held) and light-welterweight (introduced in 1952) removed. The women's weight classes saw a corresponding increase from three to five, with featherweight and welterweight categories introduced.

The IOC confirmed weight limits for all 13 classes on 19 June 2019.^[5]

Men contested matches in these eight weight classes:

• Flyweight (52kg)
• Featherweight (57kg)
• Lightweight (63 kg)
• Welterweight (69kg)
• Middleweight (75kg)
• Light heavyweight (81kg)
• Heavyweight (91kg)
• Super heavyweight (+91kg)

Women contested matches in these five weight classes:

• Flyweight (51kg)
• Featherweight (57kg)
• Lightweight (60kg)
• Welterweight (69kg)
• Middleweight (75kg)

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (four men and two women) were reserved for the host nation Japan, while eight further places (five men and three women) were allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission.^[6]

All other places were allocated through four Continental Olympic Qualification Events (one each for Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe) between January 2020 and June 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed several events for the boxing including impacting the first 3 days of the European Qualification Event. The Americas Qualification Event and World Olympic Qualification Event were then cancelled in 2021.^[6]

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	4	0	1	5
2	Great Britain	2	2	2	6
3	ROC	1	1	4	6
4	Brazil	1	1	1	3
5	Turkey	1	1	0	2
6	Japan*	1	0	2	3
7	Ireland	1	0	1	2
8	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
10	United States	0	3	1	4
11	Philippines	0	2	1	3
12	China	0	2	0	2
13	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
14	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
15	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		13	13	26	52

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Galal Yafai  Great Britain	Carlo Paalam  Philippines	Saken Bibossinov  Kazakhstan
			Ryomei Tanaka  Japan
Featherweight details	Albert Batyrgaziev  ROC	Duke Ragan  United States	Lázaro Álvarez  Cuba
			Samuel Takyi  Ghana
Lightweight details	Andy Cruz  Cuba	Keyshawn Davis  United States	Harry Garside  Australia
			Hovhannes Bachkov  Armenia
Welterweight details	Roniel Iglesias  Cuba	Pat McCormack  Great Britain	Andrey Zamkovoy  ROC
			Aidan Walsh  Ireland
Middleweight details	Hebert Conceição  Brazil	Oleksandr Khyzhniak  Ukraine	Gleb Bakshi  ROC
			Eumir Marcial  Philippines
Light heavyweight details	Arlen López  Cuba	Benjamin Whittaker  Great Britain	Loren Alfonso  Azerbaijan
			Imam Khataev  ROC
Heavyweight details	Julio César La Cruz  Cuba	Muslim Gadzhimagomedov  ROC	Abner Teixeira  Brazil
			David Nyika  New Zealand
Super heavyweight details	Bakhodir Jalolov  Uzbekistan	Richard Torrez  United States	Frazer Clarke  Great Britain
			Kamshybek Kunkabayev  Kazakhstan

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Stoyka Krasteva  Bulgaria	Buse Naz Çakıroğlu  Turkey	Tsukimi Namiki  Japan
			Huang Hsiao-wen  Chinese Taipei
Featherweight details	Sena Irie  Japan	Nesthy Petecio  Philippines	Karriss Artingstall  Great Britain
			Irma Testa  Italy
Lightweight details	Kellie Harrington  Ireland	Beatriz Ferreira  Brazil	Sudaporn Seesondee  Thailand
			Mira Potkonen  Finland
Welterweight details	Busenaz Sürmeneli  Turkey	Gu Hong  China	Lovlina Borgohain  India
			Oshae Jones  United States
Middleweight details	Lauren Price  Great Britain	Li Qian  China	Nouchka Fontijn  Netherlands
			Zemfira Magomedalieva  ROC

• Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games
• Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Boxing at the 2019 Pan American Games

• Results book Archived 15 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine