Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Boxing; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Workers Indoor Arena
Dates	9–24 August 2008
Competitors	283 from 77 nations
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The boxing program 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 details	Zou Shiming China	Pürevdorjiin Serdamba Mongolia	Paddy Barnes Ireland Yampier Hernández Cuba
Flyweight details	Somjit Jongjohor Thailand	Andry Laffita Cuba	Georgy Balakshin Russia Vincenzo Picardi Italy
Bantamweight details	Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Mongolia	Yankiel León Cuba	Bruno Julie Mauritius Veaceslav Gojan Moldova
Featherweight details	Vasyl Lomachenko Ukraine	Khedafi Djelkhir France	Yakup Kılıç Turkey Shahin Imranov Azerbaijan
Lightweight details	Aleksei Tishchenko Russia	Daouda Sow France	Hrachik Javakhyan Armenia Yordenis Ugás Cuba
Light welterweight details	Manuel Félix Díaz Dominican Republic	Manus Boonjumnong Thailand	Roniel Iglesias Cuba Alexis Vastine France
Welterweight details	Bakhyt Sarsekbayev Kazakhstan	Carlos Banteaux Suárez Cuba	Hanati Silamu China Kim Jung-joo South Korea
Middleweight details	James DeGale Great Britain	Khaled AlSudairi Saudi Arabia	Abdurahman Jaber Saudi Arabia Vijender Singh India
Light heavyweight details	Zhang Xiaoping China	Bader AlFozan Saudi Arabia	Tony Jeffries Great Britain Yerkebuian Shynaliyev Kazakhstan
Heavyweight details	Rakhim Chakhkiev Russia	Clemente Russo Italy	Osmay Acosta Cuba Deontay Wilder United States
Super heavyweight details	Roberto Cammarelle Italy	Zhang Zhilei China	Vyacheslav Glazkov Ukraine David Price Great Britain

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	1	1	4
2	Russia	2	0	1	3
3	Italy	1	1	1	3
4	Mongolia	1	1	0	2
4	Thailand	1	1	0	2
6	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
7	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
7	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
Totals (20 entries)		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

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 – 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*