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Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.[1] However, boxing at the games was overshadowed with controversy after there were doubts raised that results in certain bouts had been manipulated. These concerns were upheld in a report published in 2021.

Boxing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro – Pavilion 6
Dates6–21 August 2016
No. of events13
Competitors286 from 76 nations
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Competition format

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On March 23, 2013, the Amateur International Boxing Association instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of pros who sign 5 year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees. The elimination of headgear for male boxers and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between amateur and pro format.[2][3]

Similar to 2012 format, men competed in the following ten events:

As for the women, they were eligible to compete in the following three events:

Qualifying criteria

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Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (five men and one woman) were reserved for the host nation Brazil, while the remaining places were allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission. Because non-AIBA professional boxers were eligible to compete for the first time at the Olympics, a total of thirty-seven places had been reserved and thereby distributed to pros; twenty were qualified through the AIBA Pro Boxing Series with two for each event, while seventeen through the World Series of Boxing. Each continent had a quota of places to be filled through the two amateur and semi-pro league tournaments.[4]

Qualification events were:

  • 2014–2015 World Series of Boxing (WSB) – The two top ranked boxers at the end of the 2014–2015 season in each weight category (except light flyweight, heavyweight, and super heavyweight with one each).[4]
  • 2014–2015 AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Ranking – The champion and world-ranked top challenger in each weight category of the APB World Ranking at the end of the first cycle in September 2015.[4]
  • 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Doha, Qatar, 5–18 October – The top three boxers from five weight categories (bantamweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and middleweight), the gold and silver medalists from three divisions (light flyweight, flyweight, and light heavyweight), and the champions in two heaviest classes (heavyweight and super heavyweight).[4]
  • 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Astana, Kazakhstan – The top four boxers in each weight category.[4]
  • 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier – The top three of the remaining boxers in each of the eight categories, and the champion in two heaviest classes.[4]
  • 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • 2016 AIBA Continental Olympic Qualifiers (both men and women)

Competition schedule

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There were two sessions of competition on most days of the 2016 Olympics Boxing program, an afternoon session (A), starting at 11:00 BRT, and an evening session (E), starting at 17:00 BRT. Starting on August 17, days contained only one session, beginning at 14:00 BRT.

P Preliminary rounds ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21
Event ↓ A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A A A A A
Men's light flyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's flyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's bantamweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's lightweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's light welterweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's welterweight P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's middleweight P P P P ½ F
Men's light heavyweight P P P P ¼ ½ F
Men's heavyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Men's super heavyweight P P ¼ ½ F
Women's flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Women's lightweight P ¼ ½ F
Women's middleweight P ¼ ½ F


Participation

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Participating nations

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Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
details 		Hasanboy Dusmatov
  Uzbekistan 		Yuberjen Martínez
  Colombia 		Joahnys Argilagos
  Cuba
Nico Hernández
  United States
Flyweight[a]
details 		Shakhobidin Zoirov
  Uzbekistan 		Yoel Finol
  Venezuela 		Hu Jianguan
  China
Bantamweight
details 		Robeisy Ramírez
  Cuba 		Shakur Stevenson
  United States 		Vladimir Nikitin
  Russia
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
  Uzbekistan
Lightweight
details 		Robson Conceição
  Brazil 		Sofiane Oumiha
  France 		Lázaro Álvarez
  Cuba
Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai
  Mongolia
Light welterweight
details 		Fazliddin Gaibnazarov
  Uzbekistan 		Lorenzo Sotomayor
  Azerbaijan 		Vitaly Dunaytsev
  Russia
Artem Harutyunyan
  Germany
Welterweight
details 		Daniyar Yeleussinov
  Kazakhstan 		Shakhram Giyasov
  Uzbekistan 		Mohammed Rabii
  Morocco
Souleymane Cissokho
  France
Middleweight
details 		Arlen López
  Cuba 		Bektemir Melikuziev
  Uzbekistan 		Misael Rodríguez
  Mexico
Kamran Shakhsuvarly
  Azerbaijan
Light heavyweight
details 		Julio César La Cruz
  Cuba 		Adilbek Niyazymbetov
  Kazakhstan 		Mathieu Bauderlique
  France
Joshua Buatsi
  Great Britain
Heavyweight
details 		Evgeny Tishchenko
  Russia 		Vasiliy Levit
  Kazakhstan 		Rustam Tulaganov
  Uzbekistan
Erislandy Savón
  Cuba
Super heavyweight
details 		Tony Yoka
  France 		Joe Joyce
  Great Britain 		Filip Hrgović
  Croatia
Ivan Dychko
  Kazakhstan

Men's flyweight Misha Aloian of   Russia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Tuaminoheptane.[5]

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details 		Nicola Adams
  Great Britain 		Sarah Ourahmoune
  France 		Ren Cancan
  China
Ingrit Valencia
  Colombia
Lightweight
details 		Estelle Mossely
  France 		Yin Junhua
  China 		Mira Potkonen
  Finland
Anastasia Belyakova
  Russia
Middleweight
details 		Claressa Shields
  United States 		Nouchka Fontijn
  Netherlands 		Dariga Shakimova
  Kazakhstan
Li Qian
  China

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Uzbekistan3227
2  Cuba3036
3  France2226
4  Kazakhstan1225
5  Great Britain1113
  United States1113
7  Russia1034
8  Brazil*1001
9  China0134
10  Colombia0123
11  Azerbaijan0112
12  Netherlands0101
  Venezuela0101
14  Croatia0011
  Finland0011
  Germany0011
  Mexico0011
  Mongolia0011
  Morocco0011
Totals (19 entries)13132652

Manipulated scorecards

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See also: Cheating in Sports

A report published in 2021 into the judging at the Rio Olympics found that there were systemic attempts to change the outcome of certain bouts. It also found that the methods that were employed to exploit results had begun in the Olympic qualifying rounds.[6] The boxing at Rio Olympics had been mired in controversy since they took place in 2016, in particular two results attracted attention (both involving Russian athletes being awarded dubious victories)

The AIBA removed an unspecified number of judges and referees following the controversy, stating that they "determined that less than a handful of the decisions were not at the level expected" and "that the concerned referees and judges will no longer officiate at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games"; however, the original decision would still remain.[10][11] Results were manipulated using a new judging system employed at Rio. Traditionally, judges would use a computer scoring system to count each punch landed but in 2016 the winner of each round was awarded 10 points and the loser a lower number, based on criteria which includes the quality of punches landed, effective aggression and tactical superiority. The new computer system took the scores of the five judges who judged the bout and supposedly a computer would randomly select three scores from those counted.[8]

In 2019 the IOC stripped the AIBA of the right to organise the tournament at the 2020 Olympics, due to "issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics and refereeing and judging".[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Boxing". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Changes of rules move Olympic Boxing closer to its professional counterpart and split opinions". Rio 2016. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Olympic boxing drops head guards". ESPN. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Rio 2016 – AIBA Boxing Qualification System" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ ANTI-DOPING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT ISSUES DECISIONS IN THE CASE OF MISHA ALOIAN
  6. ^ "Rio Olympics: System to manipulate outcome of boxing matches by officials in place at 2016 Games". BBC Sport. 30 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympic heavyweight final booed at Rio 2016". Boxing News. 16 August 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Rio Olympics 2016: Boxing judges are 'crazy' over new scoring system". BBC.
  9. ^ "Michael Conlan calls out Vladimir Putin in first tweet since controversial loss". SportsJOE.ie.
  10. ^ "Number of Olympic boxing judges dropped from duty". ITV. 17 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Olympic Boxing: Judges sent home amid criticism". SkySports. 17 August 2016.
  12. ^ Ingle, Sean (22 May 2019). "Aiba stripped of right to run boxing tournament at Tokyo Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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