Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight
{{short description|Boxing competitions}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Men's heavyweight boxing
| games = 2016 Summer
| image =
| caption =
| venue = Riocentro – Pavilion 6
| date = 6–15 August 2016
| competitors = 18
| nations = 18
| gold = Evgeny Tishchenko
| goldNOC = RUS
| silver = Vasily Levit
| silverNOC = KAZ
| bronze = Rustam Tulaganov
| bronzeNOC = UZB
| bronze2 = Erislandy Savón
| bronzeNOC2 = CUB
| prev = 2012
| next = 2020
}}
{{Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 15 August at the Riocentro.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/boxing-standings-bx-mens-heavy-91kg |title=Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight |accessdate=13 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008173451/https://www.rio2016.com/en/boxing-standings-bx-mens-heavy-91kg |archivedate= 8 October 2016 }}
The final and medal ceremony saw angry crowd reactions after Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko controversially beat Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan on a unanimous judge's decision.{{cite news|title=Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/15/sport/olympic-boxing-evgeny-tishchenko/|accessdate=16 August 2016|publisher=CNN|date=16 August 2016}} The competition had seen the return of judges scoring fighters on their overall performance in each round rather than a punch counting system originally introduced after controversy over judging in the Seoul Olympics.{{cite news|title=With a new scoring system, boxing ready for an Olympic fight|newspaper=Washington Post|date=7 August 2016}}
Schedule
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| Saturday 6 August 2016 | 12:59 | Round of 32 |
| Monday 8 August 2016 | 13:16 | Round of 16 |
| Wednesday 10 August 2016 | 13:35 | Quarter-finals |
| Saturday 13 August 2016 | 18:56 | Semi-finals |
| style=background:lemonchiffon|Monday 15 August 2016 | style=background:lemonchiffon| 19:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon| Final |
Results
=Finals=
{{Round4
|RD1 = Semi-finals
|RD2 = Final
| team-width=195
| score-width=20
|
|'''{{flagIOCathlete|Evgeny Tishchenko|RUS|2016 Summer}}
|3
|{{flagIOCathlete|Rustam Tulaganov|UZB|2016 Summer}}
|0
||{{flagIOCathlete|Vasily Levit|KAZ|2016 Summer}}|3'''|{{flagIOCathlete|Erislandy Savón|CUB|2016 Summer}}|0
|
|'''{{flagIOCathlete|Evgeny Tishchenko|RUS|2016 Summer}}
|3
|{{flagIOCathlete|Vasily Levit|KAZ|2016 Summer}}|0|||}}
=Top half=
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
|RD1=Round of 32
|RD2=Round of 16
|RD3=Quarter-finals
|RD4=Semi-finals
|team-width=185
|score-width=20
|RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Juan Nogueira|BRA|2016 Summer}}
|RD1-score03=3
|RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Jason Whateley|AUS|2016 Summer}}
|RD1-score04=0
|RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Evgeny Tishchenko|RUS|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score01=3
|RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Juan Nogueira|BRA|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score02=0
|RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Hassen Chaktami|TUN|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score03=0
|RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Clemente Russo|ITA|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score04=3
|RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Rustam Tulaganov|UZB|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score05=3
|RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|Julio Castillo|ECU|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score06=0
|RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Paul Omba-Biongolo|FRA|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score07=
|RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Abdulkadir Abdullayev|AZE|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score08=TKO
|RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Evgeny Tishchenko|RUS|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score01=3
|RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Clemente Russo|ITA|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score02=0
|RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Rustam Tulaganov|UZB|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score03=3
|RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Abdulkadir Abdullayev|AZE|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score04=0
|RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Evgeny Tishchenko|RUS|2016 Summer}}
|RD4-score01=3
|RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Rustam Tulaganov|UZB|2016 Summer}}
|RD4-score02=0
}}
=Bottom half=
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
|RD1=Round of 32
|RD2=Round of 16
|RD3=Quarter-finals
|RD4=Semi-finals
|team-width=185
|score-width=20
|RD1-team13={{flagIOCathlete|Lawrence Okolie|GBR|2016 Summer}}
|RD1-score13=3
|RD1-team14={{flagIOCathlete|Igor Jakubowski|POL|2016 Summer}}
|RD1-score14=0
|RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Vasily Levit|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score01=TKO
|RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Yu Fengkai|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score02=
|RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Chouaib Bouloudinat|ALG|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score03=1
|RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Kennedy St-Pierre|MRI|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score04=2
|RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Yamil Peralta|ARG|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score05=2
|RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|David Graf|GER|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score06=1
|RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Lawrence Okolie|GBR|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score07=0
|RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|Erislandy Savón|CUB|2016 Summer}}
|RD2-score08=3
|RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Vasily Levit|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score01=3
|RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Kennedy St-Pierre|MRI|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score02=0
|RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Yamil Peralta|ARG|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score03=0
|RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Erislandy Savón|CUB|2016 Summer}}
|RD3-score04=3
|RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Vasily Levit|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
|RD4-score01=3
|RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Erislandy Savón|CUB|2016 Summer}}
|RD4-score02=0
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Heavyweight}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's heavyweight}}