Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[1] 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 will instead be organised by an ad-hoc task force led by Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation.[2]

Boxing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
Dates24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events13
Competitors from 76 nations
Boxing at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
MenWomen
52 kg51 kg
57 kg57 kg
63 kg60 kg
69 kg69 kg
75 kg75 kg
81 kg
91 kg
+91 kg

Competition format

On March 23, 2013, the AIBA instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league whicher 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 10 to 8, with the women's weight classes having a corresponding increase from 3 to 5. The IOC confirmed weight limits for all 13 classes on 19 June 2019.[5]

Men will contest matches in these eight weight classes:

Women will contest matches in these five weight classes:

Qualifying criteria
Main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 will be allocated through four Continental Olympic Qualification Events (one each for Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe) between January and April 2020, followed by a World Olympic Qualification Event in May 2020 for NOCs without a qualified boxer in the corresponding weight classes.[6]

Competition schedule
Legend 
[7][8]
R32Round of 32 R16Round of 16 QFQuarter-Finals SFSemi-Finals FFinal
DateJul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 2Aug 3Aug 4Aug 5Aug 6Aug 7Aug 8
EventAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAE
Men's flyweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's featherweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's lightweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's welterweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's middleweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's light heavyweightR32R16QFSFF
Men's heavyweightR16QFSFF
Men's super heavyweightR16QFSFF
Women's flyweightR32R16QFSFF
Women's featherweightR32R16QFSFF
Women's lightweightR32R16QFSFF
Women's welterweightR32R16QFSFF
Women's middleweightR16QFSFF

Participation

Medalists

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
Super heavyweight

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight

Medal summary

Medal table
Key

  *   Host nation (Japan)

See also

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020: Boxing". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. Ingle, Sean (22 May 2019). "Aiba stripped of right to run boxing tournament at Tokyo Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. "Changes of rules move Olympic Boxing closer to its professional counterpart and split opinions". Rio 2016. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. "Olympic boxing drops head guards". ESPN. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. "IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES QUALIFICATION PATHWAY FOR ATHLETES IN BOXING ON THE ROAD TO TOKYO 2020". olympic.org. IOC. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. "Tokyo 2020 – Boxing Qualification System" (PDF). IOC. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. "Schedule - Boxing Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. "Boxing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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