The super heavyweight class in the
boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.
Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers ...
competition is the heaviest class.
Super heavyweight
Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and bodybuilding, competitive bodybuilding.
Boxing
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Int ...
s were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.
16 boxers
qualified
Qualification may refer to:
Processes
* Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress
* Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...
for this category after the
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history.
The competition is under the super ...
and 9 Continental Qualification Tournaments.
Medalists
Draw
All times are China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard UTC offset, time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only ...
(UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
)
See also
*
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Super heavyweight
The Super heavyweight competition is the heaviest class featured at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).
Med ...
External links
AIBAResults
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 2008 Summer Olympics - Super Heavyweight
Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics