Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Workers Indoor Arena
Dates	9 August – 24 August
Competitors	283 from 77 nations

The boxing programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers. The 2008 games were the last Olympic boxing competition to exclude women, as the International Olympic Committee approved the introduction of female boxing events for the 2012 London Olympics.

Like other Olympic combat sports, two bronze medals are awarded; in the case of boxing, both losing semi-finalists receive a bronze medal, with no further play-off. As a result, the quarter-final essentially equates to a bronze medal match, a semi-final to a silver medal match, and the final to a gold medal match. 44 medals are therefore available, 22 of which are bronze medals.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight	Zou Shiming  China	Pürevdorjiin Serdamba  Mongolia	Paddy Barnes  Ireland Yampier Hernández  Cuba
Flyweight	Somjit Jongjohor  Thailand	Andry Laffita  Cuba	Georgy Balakshin  Russia Vincenzo Picardi  Italy
Bantamweight	Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan  Mongolia	Yankiel León  Cuba	Bruno Julie  Mauritius Veaceslav Gojan  Moldova
Featherweight	Vasyl Lomachenko  Ukraine	Khedafi Djelkhir  France	Yakup Kılıç  Turkey Shahin Imranov  Azerbaijan
Lightweight	Aleksei Tishchenko  Russia	Daouda Sow  France	Hrachik Javakhyan  Armenia Yordenis Ugás  Cuba
Light welterweight	Manuel Félix Díaz  Dominican Republic	Manus Boonjumnong  Thailand	Roniel Iglesias  Cuba Alexis Vastine  France
Welterweight	Bakhyt Sarsekbayev  Kazakhstan	Carlos Banteaux Suárez  Cuba	Hanati Silamu  China Kim Jung-Joo  South Korea
Middleweight	James DeGale  Great Britain	Emilio Correa  Cuba	Darren Sutherland  Ireland Vijender Singh  India
Light heavyweight	Zhang Xiaoping  China	Kenneth Egan  Ireland	Tony Jeffries  Great Britain
			Yerkebuian Shynaliyev  Kazakhstan
Heavyweight	Rakhim Chakhkiev  Russia	Clemente Russo  Italy	Osmay Acosta  Cuba
			Deontay Wilder  United States
Super heavyweight	Roberto Cammarelle  Italy	Zhang Zhilei  China	Vyacheslav Glazkov  Ukraine
			David Price  Great Britain

Medal table

1	China	2	1	1	4
2	Russia	2	0	1	3
3	Italy	1	1	1	3
4	Thailand	1	1	0	2
	Mongolia	1	1	0	2
6	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
7	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
9	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
10	Cuba	0	4	4	8
11	France	0	2	1	3
12	Ireland	0	1	2	3
13	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	22	44

Events

• Light flyweight (-48 kg)
• Flyweight (48-51 kg)
• Bantamweight (51-54 kg)
• Featherweight (54-57 kg)
• Lightweight (57-60 kg)
• Light welterweight (60-64 kg)
• Welterweight (64-69 kg)
• Middleweight (69-75 kg)
• Light heavyweight (75-81 kg)
• Heavyweight (81-91 kg)
• Super heavyweight (+91 kg)

Qualifying criteria

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 1 athlete in each event. Nine places will be reserved for the host nation, from which it will choose 6 places maximum, while the remaining places will be allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission. For each athlete from the host NOC who qualifies through the AIBA World Amateur Boxing Championships, the host nation will lose a guaranteed place.

Qualification events are:

• 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships - Chicago, United States, October 23-November 3 (8 athletes for -81 kg categories, 4 athletes for +81 kg)
• Continental Olympic Qualifying Events (during 2008, two events in Africa, America, Asia and Europe)
• 2008 Oceania Boxing Championships

The quota awarded to each of the continents is as follows:

Event	Africa	Asia	Europe	America	Oceania	Host/Invitation	TOTAL
Light Fly (-48 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Fly (48-51 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Bantam (51-54 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Feather (54-57 kg)	6	6	8	6	1	1	28
Light (57-60 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Light Welter (60-64 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Welter (64-69 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Middle (69-75 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Light Heavy (75-81 kg)	6	5	9	6	1	1	28
Heavy (81-91 kg)	3	2	7	3	1	-	16
Super Heavy (+91 kg)	3	2	7	3	1	-	16
TOTAL	60	53	91	60	11	9	284*

* Two additional places will be awarded by Tripartite Invitation Commission, so the athlete quota will be 286

Participating nations

Nation	-48kg	-51kg	-54kg	-57kg	-60kg	-64kg	-69kg	-75kg	-81kg	-91kg	+91kg	Total
Algeria			X	X	X			X	X	X	X	7
Argentina								X				1
Armenia	X				X	X		X				4
Australia		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	9
Azerbaijan		X		X								2
Bahamas							X					1
Belarus			X				X		X	X		4
Botswana			X	X								2
Brazil	X	X		X	X	X			X			6
Bulgaria						X					X	2
Cameroon	X					X	X					3
Canada							X					1
Central African Republic							X					1
China	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Colombia			X		X				X	X	X	5
Croatia									X		X	2
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	10
Dominican Republic	X	X		X		X	X	X				6
Democratic Republic of the Congo								X				1
Ecuador	X			X				X				3
Egypt							X	X	X			3
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		9
The Gambia								X				1
Georgia				X			X					2
Germany			X	X			X	X				4
Ghana	X		X	X		X		X	X			6
Great Britain		X	X			X	X	X	X		X	7
Greece								X		X		2
Grenada							X					1
Guatemala		X										1
Haiti									X			1
Hungary	X	X			X	X			X			5
India		X	X	X				X	X			5
Iran						X			X	X		3
Ireland	X		X			X		X	X			5
Italy		X	X	X	X					X	X	6
Japan				X		X						2
Kazakhstan	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	10
Kenya	X	X		X					X			4
Kyrgyzstan					X							1
Lesotho			X									1
Lithuania						X			X		X	3
Madagascar					X							1
Mauritius			X			X						2
Mexico			X	X	X							3
Moldova			X				X					2
Mongolia	X		X	X		X						4
Montenegro										X		1
Morocco	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	10
Namibia	X				X		X					3
Nigeria					X				X	X	X	4
North Korea					X							1
Papua New Guinea	X											1
Philippines	X											1
Poland	X	X										2
Puerto Rico		X	X		X	X			X			5
Romania					X	X						2
Russia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Samoa									X			1
Sierra Leone	X											1
South Africa		X										1
South Korea		X	X		X		X	X				5
Spain	X											1
Sri Lanka		X										1
Sweden								X	X			2
Tajikistan	X	X							X			3
Thailand	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				8
Tunisia		X		X	X	X			X			5
Turkey		X		X	X		X		X			5
Turkmenistan							X					1
Uganda	X											1
Ukraine	X			X	X		X	X		X	X	7
United States	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X		8
Virgin Islands							X		X			2
Uzbekistan	X	X	X	X			X	X	X			7
Venezuela	X		X			X		X	X		X	6
Zambia		X				X	X					3
Total: 77 NOCs	29	27	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	16	16	283

References

• Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics