Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro – Pavilion 6
Dates6 – 21 August
Competitors286 (250 men, 36 women)
Boxing at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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 boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are scheduled to take place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.[1]

Competition format

On March 23, 2013, the Amateur International Boxing Association instituted significant changes to the sporting format. For the first time at the Olympics, professional boxers are eligible to compete in men's boxing. A semi-pro league has been launched to give amateur male boxers an opportunity to potentially prepare for their future professional boxing careers.[2][3] Other changes cover the introduction of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) and the AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament during the qualifying stage, the elimination of headgear due to higher Concussion risk with Headgear than without, and the instant 10-point pro-style scoring system to stimulate transparency and fair judgment throughout the tournament.[2][4]

Similar to 2012 format, men compete in the following ten events:

As for the women, they are eligible to compete in the following three events:

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee is permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (five men and one woman) are reserved for the host nation Brazil, while the remaining places are allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission. Because professional boxers are eligible to compete for the first time at the Olympics, a total of thirty-seven places have been reserved and thereby distributed to them; twenty are qualified through the AIBA Pro Boxing Series with two for each event, while seventeen through the World Series of Boxing. Each continent has a quota of places to be filled through the two amateur and semi-pro league tournaments.[5]

Qualification events are:

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Lightweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
Super heavyweight

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
Lightweight
Middleweight

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016: Boxing". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Changes of rules move Olympic Boxing closer to its professional counterpart and split opinions". Rio 2016. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Powers, John (2 April 2013). "Olympic boxing will welcome pros at 2016 Games". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Olympic boxing drops head guards". ESPN. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rio 2016 – AIBA Boxing Qualification System" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

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