Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight
Appearance
Women's flyweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 5 to 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Men | Women | |
49 kg | 51 kg | |
52 kg | 60 kg | |
56 kg | 75 kg | |
60 kg | ||
64 kg | ||
69 kg | ||
75 kg | ||
81 kg | ||
91 kg | ||
+91 kg | ||
The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight.[1]
Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final.
Competition format
[edit]The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-finalists, Marlen Esparza of the United States and Mary Kom of India. Each bout comprised four rounds of two minutes each.[2]
Schedule
[edit]All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday 5 August 2012 | 13:30 | Round of 16 |
Monday 6 August 2012 | 13:30 | Quarter-finals |
Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 13:30 | Semi-finals |
Thursday 9 August 2012 | 16:30 | Final |
Results
[edit]Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 9 | ![]() | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 15 | ![]() | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 19 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 23 | ![]() | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | ![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 16 |
References
[edit]- ^ Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
- ^ Women's competition format. Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.