Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
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.
Three days before the Games opening ceremony the
International Olympic Committee
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announced that
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David Munyasia had tested positive for
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Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including
Amir Khan,
Andre Ward
Andre Michael Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super) ...
,
Gennady Golovkin,
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2009 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim championship in both t ...
, 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.
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
*
All-Africa Games in
Abuja, Nigeria from 4 to 20 October 2003
*
Qualification Tournament in
Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econo ...
from 15 to 22 January 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Gaborone
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Gaboron ...
, Botswana from 15 to 22 March 2004
;North and South America
*
Pan American Games in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 1 to 17 August 2003
*
Qualification Tournament in
from 12 to 20 March 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area an ...
from 4 to 11 April 2004
;Asia
*
Asian Championships
An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
;Aquatics
* Asia ...
in
Puerto Princesa, Philippines from 11 to 18 January 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Guangzhou, China
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from 18 to 26 March 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
from 5 to 12 May 2004
;Europe
*
European Championships in
Pula, Croatia from 19 to 29 February 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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from 29 March to 5 April 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Warsaw, Poland from 29 March to 5 April 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Gothenburg, Sweden from 20 to 25 April 2004
*
Qualification Tournament in
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...
from 27 April to 1 May 2004
;Australia and Oceania
*
Qualification Tournament in Tonga from 26 April to 2 May 2004
Medal summary
Medal table
References
External links
Official result book – Boxing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 2004 Summer Olympics
2004
Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics events