The men's
bantamweight
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boxing
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competition at the
2012 Olympic Games
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in
London
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was held from 28 July to 11 August at the
ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations competed.
Luke Campbell
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As an amateur ...
of
Great Britain
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won the gold medal, defeating
Ireland
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's
John Joe Nevin
John Joseph Nevin (born 7 June 1989, is an Irish professional boxer. He is a two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist.
Early life
John Joseph Nevin was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, and is a member of the Traveller communit ...
in the final. Nevin took the silver medal and bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers.
Competition format
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight
single-elimination tournament
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.
[Men's Bantam Men's Competition Format.]
Accessed 2 May 2012. The competition consisted of 28 boxers who had
qualified
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through various qualifying tournaments held in 2011 and 2012. The competition began with a preliminary round on 28 July, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 11 August.
Men's bantemweight
Accessed 18 July 2012. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss.
All bouts comprised three three-minute periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they could land on their opponent's head or upper body.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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(UTC+1)
Results
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's bantamweight
Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics