The women's

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competition at the

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was held from 5 to 9 August at the

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. For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events were joined by three women's events: flyweight, lightweight and middleweight. Seventeen-year-old American

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won gold in the women's middleweight, defeating Russia's veteran thirty-three-year-old Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19–12 in the final. Her victory will be depicted in the film ''

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''.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a

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. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were four rounds of two minutes each.Women's competition format.
Accessed 2 May 2012.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC+01:00)

Results

References

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