Venue Riocentro – Pavilion 6 No. of events 13 | Dates 6–21 August 2016 Competitors 286 from 76 nations | |
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.
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Competition format
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 and the adoption of the "10-point must" scoring system further clears the delineation between amateur and pro format.
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
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.
Qualification events were:
Competition schedule
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.
Men
Medal table
* Host nation (Brazil)
Controversy
On 17 August, The New York Times reported that the AIBA had removed several referees and judges after "less than a handful of the decisions were not at the level expected". It was reported that, in response to allegations of corruption, "AIBA invited people with evidence about bribing judges to step forward." The rules of the competition did not allow any results to be appealed, and the AIBA has stated that all the decisions will stand.