Qualification for the
Boxing Events at the 2012 Summer Olympics is based on the WBS Individual Championships, the 2011 World Championships and 5 Continental Qualifying Events to be held in 2012. Qualification for the women's events was at the World Championships only.
Qualification summary
Qualification timeline
Men's events
Olympic Qualification System per Continent and by Weight Category.
* ( ) Tripartite Selection Quota
Light flyweight (49 kg)
Flyweight (52 kg)
''*'' Both England and Wales boxers qualified but
Andrew Selby
Andrew Selby (born 25 December 1988) is a Welsh professional boxer who held the British flyweight title from 2016 to 2019. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, Bronze at the 2013 World Championships, and gold ...
beat
Khalid Yafai in box-off for Olympic place.
Bantamweight (56 kg)
Lightweight (60 kg)
''*''
Wang Zhimin
Wang Zhimin (; born 8 August 1957) is a Chinese politician, a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and vice president of the Central Institute for Party History and Literature Research. He was the Director of the ...
from
China, who won the 2011 WSB Individual Championships at this weight, had his qualification withdrawn by the Chinese NOC.
Yerzhan Mussafirov from
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, as losing finalist in that competition would have inherited the Olympic berth but was also withdrawn by his NOC.
Rachid Azzedine from
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
inherited the qualification place by virtue of his third-place finish.
Light welterweight (64 kg)
Welterweight (69 kg)
Middleweight (75 kg)
''*''
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Sergiy Vyacheslavovich Derevyanchenko ( uk, Сергій В'ячеславович Дерев'янченко, Serhiy V'yacheslavovych Derev'yanchenko, born 31 October 1985), is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has challenged three times for w ...
from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, who won the 2011 WSB Individual Championships at this weight, had his qualification withdrawn by the Ukrainian NOC.
Soltan Migitinov from
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
inherited the qualification place by virtue of his second-place finish.
Light heavyweight (81 kg)
Heavyweight (91 kg)
Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
Women's events
Olympic Qualification System per Continent and by Weight Category.
* ( ) Tripartite Selection Quota
Flyweight (51 kg)
Lightweight (60 kg)
Middleweight (75 kg)
References
;General
London 2012 Olympic Games – Qualified Boxers’ List
;Specific
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Qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics