Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Boxing

| games = 2004 Summer

| image = Boxing, Athens 2004.png

| image_size = 150px

| caption =

| venue = Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall

| dates = 14 – 29 August 2004

| competitors = 280

| nations = 72

| prev = 2000

| next = 2008

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Boxing 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/BOX/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/BOX/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Boxing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=20 January 2019}}

Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event.[http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?release=971 Media]

Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady Golovkin, Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing. However, Cuban and Russian boxers do not typically turn pro as their government provides them with extensive funding which allows them to keep their “amateur” status and compete at multiple Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/5/5/15557052/feature-boyar-igor-sechin-why-putin-closest-ally-watches-russian-boxing-karim-zidan-politics|title=Feature: Why Putin's closest ally watches over Russian boxing|date=5 May 2017}} The tournament was also Mario Kindelán's final Olympic event before retirement, with a second lightweight gold medal 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 from 15 to 22 January 2004
Qualification Tournament in Gaborone, 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 Tijuana, Mexico from 12 to 20 March 2004
Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 4 to 11 April 2004

;Asia

Asian Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines from 11 to 18 January 2004
Qualification Tournament in Guangzhou, China from 18 to 26 March 2004
Qualification Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan from 5 to 12 May 2004

;Europe

European Championships in Pula, Croatia from 19 to 29 February 2004
Qualification Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 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 from 27 April to 1 May 2004

;Australia and Oceania

Qualification Tournament in Tonga from 26 April to 2 May 2004

Medal summary

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| rowspan=2 | Light flyweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Yan Bartelemí|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Atagün Yalçınkaya|TUR|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Zou Shiming|CHN|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Flyweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Flyweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Yuriorkis Gamboa|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Jérôme Thomas|FRA|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Fuad Aslanov|AZE|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Bantamweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Guillermo Rigondeaux|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Worapoj Petchkoom|THA|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Aghasi Mammadov|AZE|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Featherweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Featherweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Aleksei Tishchenko|RUS|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Song-guk|PRK|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vitali Tajbert|GER|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Lightweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Lightweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Mario Kindelán|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Amir Khan|GBR|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Serik Yeleuov|KAZ|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Light welterweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Manus Boonjumnong|THA|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Yudel Johnson|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Boris Georgiev|BUL|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Welterweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Welterweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Bakhtiyar Artayev|KAZ|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Lorenzo Aragón|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Jung-joo|KOR|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Middleweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Middleweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov|RUS|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Gennady Golovkin|KAZ|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Suriya Prasathinphimai|THA|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Light heavyweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Andre Ward|USA|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Magomed Aripgadjiev|BLR|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ahmed Ismail|EGY|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Heavyweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Odlanier Solís|CUB|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Viktar Zuyev|BLR|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mohamed Elsayed|EGY|2004 Summer}}

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| rowspan=2 | Super heavyweight
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Alexander Povetkin|RUS|2004 Summer}}

| rowspan=2 | {{flagIOCmedalist|Mohamed Aly|EGY|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Michel López Núñez|CUB|2004 Summer}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 2004 Summer

| team =

| gold_CUB = 5 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 1

| gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 1

| gold_THA = 1 | silver_THA = 1 | bronze_THA = 1

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 2

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 0

| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0

| gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 2

| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 2

| gold_UZB = 0 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 2

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1

| gold_SYR = 0 | silver_SYR = 0 | bronze_SYR = 1

}}

References

External links

[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/55791/download Official result book – Boxing]

2004

Olympics

Category:Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics