Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Peristeri, west Athens. 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.
| Boxing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall |
| Dates | 14 – 29 August 2004 |
| Competitors | 280 from 72 nations |
Three days before the Games opening ceremony, the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and had been excluded from the event.
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. The tournament was also Mario Kindelán's final Olympic event before retirement, with a second lightweight gold medal after defeating 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight | Yan Bartelemí Cuba | Atagün Yalçınkaya Turkey | Zou Shiming China |
| Sergey Kazakov Russia | |||
| Flyweight | Yuriorkis Gamboa Cuba | Jérôme Thomas France | Fuad Aslanov Azerbaijan |
| Rustamhodza Rahimov Germany | |||
| Bantamweight | Guillermo Rigondeaux Cuba | Worapoj Petchkoom Thailand | Aghasi Mammadov Azerbaijan |
| Bahodirjon Sultonov Uzbekistan | |||
| Featherweight | Aleksei Tishchenko Russia | Kim Song-guk North Korea | Vitali Tajbert Germany |
| Jo Seok-hwan South Korea | |||
| Lightweight | Mario Kindelán Cuba | Amir Khan Great Britain | Serik Yeleuov Kazakhstan |
| Murat Khrachev Russia | |||
| Light welterweight | Manus Boonjumnong Thailand | Yudel Johnson Cuba | Boris Georgiev Bulgaria |
| Ionuţ Gheorghe Romania | |||
| Welterweight | Bakhtiyar Artayev Kazakhstan | Lorenzo Aragón Cuba | Kim Jung-joo South Korea |
| Oleg Saitov Russia | |||
| Middleweight | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Gennady Golovkin Kazakhstan | Suriya Prasathinphimai Thailand |
| Andre Dirrell United States | |||
| Light heavyweight | Andre Ward United States | Magomed Aripgadjiev Belarus | Ahmed Ismail Egypt |
| Utkirbek Haydarov Uzbekistan | |||
| Heavyweight | Odlanier Solís Cuba | Viktar Zuyev Belarus | Mohamed Elsayed Egypt |
| Nasser Al Shami Syria | |||
| Super heavyweight | Alexander Povetkin Russia | Mohamed Aly Egypt | Michel López Núñez Cuba |
| Roberto Cammarelle Italy |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | |
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