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Boxing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 248 boxers coming from the different NOCs, about forty fewer overall than those in Tokyo 2020. Each NOC could only send a single boxer in each of the thirteen weight categories (seven for men and six for women). In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association (amateur), International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging". Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process. The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 10 August. Preliminary boxing matches will occur at Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the iconic Roland Garros Stadium. The boxing program for Paris 2024 will feature the same amount of weight categories as those in the previous three editions, consisting of thirteen in total (seven for men and six for women). Pursuant to the International Olympic Committee's mission of attaining full gender equality, the program continues to remain updated with the number of men's weight classes reduced by one contrary to the women's side by an increase of one weight category. In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association (amateur), International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |