Boxing
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenuePeristeri Olympic Boxing Hall
Dates14 – 29 August 2004
Competitors280 from 72 nations

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.[1]

Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event.[2]

Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady Golovkin, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing. However, Russian boxers don’t typically turn pro as their government provides them with extensive funding which allows them to keep their “amateur” status and compete at multiple Olympics.[3] The tournament was also Mario Kindelán's final Olympic event before retirement, with a second lightweight gold metal after beating Amir Khan.

Test event

The pre-olympic test event, better known as the 25th Acropolis Cup, was held from 26 to 30 May 2004 in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Athens, Greece.

Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Africa
North and South America
Asia
Europe
Australia and Oceania
  • Qualification Tournament in Tonga from 26 April to 2 May 2004

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
Yan Bartelemí
 Cuba
Atagün Yalçınkaya
 Turkey
Zou Shiming
 China
Sergey Kazakov
 Russia
Flyweight
Yuriorkis Gamboa
 Cuba
Jérôme Thomas
 France
Fuad Aslanov
 Azerbaijan
Rustamhodza Rahimov
 Germany
Bantamweight
Guillermo Rigondeaux
 Cuba
Worapoj Petchkoom
 Thailand
Aghasi Mammadov
 Azerbaijan
Bahodirjon Sultonov
 Uzbekistan
Featherweight
Aleksei Tishchenko
 Russia
Kim Song-guk
 North Korea
Vitali Tajbert
 Germany
Jo Seok-Hwan
 South Korea
Lightweight
Mario Kindelán
 Cuba
Amir Khan
 Great Britain
Serik Yeleuov
 Kazakhstan
Murat Khrachev
 Russia
Light welterweight
Manus Boonjumnong
 Thailand
Yudel Johnson
 Cuba
Boris Georgiev
 Bulgaria
Ionuţ Gheorghe
 Romania
Welterweight
Bakhtiyar Artayev
 Kazakhstan
Lorenzo Aragón
 Cuba
Kim Jung-Joo
 South Korea
Oleg Saitov
 Russia
Middleweight
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
 Russia
Gennady Golovkin
 Kazakhstan
Suriya Prasathinphimai
 Thailand
Andre Dirrell
 United States
Light heavyweight
Andre Ward
 United States
Magomed Aripgadjiev
 Belarus
Ahmed Ismail
 Egypt
Utkirbek Haydarov
 Uzbekistan
Heavyweight
Odlanier Solís
 Cuba
Viktar Zuyev
 Belarus
Mohamed Elsayed
 Egypt
Nasser Al Shami
 Syria
Super heavyweight
Alexander Povetkin
 Russia
Mohamed Aly
 Egypt
Michel López Núñez
 Cuba
Roberto Cammarelle
 Italy

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)5218
2 Russia (RUS)3036
3 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1113
 Thailand (THA)1113
5 United States (USA)1012
6 Belarus (BLR)0202
7 Egypt (EGY)0123
8 France (FRA)0101
 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 North Korea (PRK)0101
 Turkey (TUR)0101
12 Azerbaijan (AZE)0022
 Germany (GER)0022
 South Korea (KOR)0022
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0022
16 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 China (CHN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (20 entries)11112244

References

  1. "Boxing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. Media
  3. "Feature: Why Putin's closest ally watches over Russian boxing". 5 May 2017.
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