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.

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.^[1]

[edit] Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Africa

• All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria from October 4 to 20 2003
• Qualification Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to 22 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to 22 2004

North and South America

• Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1 to 17 2003
• Qualification Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico from March 12 to 20 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil from April 4 to 11 2004

Asia

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

Europe

• European Championships in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to 29 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 29 to April 5, 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Warsaw, Poland from March 29 to April 5, 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to 25 2004
• Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004

Australia and Oceania

• Qualification Tournament in Tonga from April 26 to May 2, 2004

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight details	Yan Bhartelemy Varela Cuba (CUB)	Atagün Yalçınkaya Turkey (TUR)	Zou Shiming China (CHN)
			Sergey Kazakov Russia (RUS)
Flyweight details	Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano Cuba (CUB)	Jérôme Thomas France (FRA)	Fuad Aslanov Azerbaijan (AZE)
			Rustamhodza Rahimov Germany (GER)
Bantamweight details	Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz Cuba (CUB)	Worapoj Petchkoom Thailand (THA)	Aghasi Mammadov Azerbaijan (AZE)
			Bahodirjon Sooltonov Uzbekistan (UZB)
Featherweight details	Alexei Tichtchenko Russia (RUS)	Kim Song-Guk North Korea (PRK)	Vitali Tajbert Germany (GER)
			Jo Seok-Hwan South Korea (KOR)
Lightweight details	Mario César Kindelán Mesa Cuba (CUB)	Amir Khan Great Britain (GBR)	Serik Yeleuov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
			Murat Khrachev Russia (RUS)
Light welterweight details	Manus Boonjumnong Thailand (THA)	Yudel Johnson Cedeno Cuba (CUB)	Boris Georgiev Bulgaria (BUL)
			Ionuţ Gheorghe Romania (ROU)
Welterweight details	Bakhtiyar Artayev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros Cuba (CUB)	Kim Jung-Joo South Korea (KOR)
			Oleg Saitov Russia (RUS)
Middleweight details	Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia (RUS)	Gennadiy Golovkin Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Suriya Prasathinphimai Thailand (THA)
			Andre Dirrell United States (USA)
Light heavyweight details	Andre Ward United States (USA)	Magomed Aripgadjiev Belarus (BLR)	Ahmed Ismail Egypt (EGY)
			Utkirbek Haydarov Uzbekistan (UZB)
Heavyweight details	Odlanier Solis Fonte Cuba (CUB)	Viktar Zuyev Belarus (BLR)	Mohamed Elsayed Egypt (EGY)
			Naser Al Shami Syria (SYR)
Super heavyweight details	Alexander Povetkin Russia (RUS)	Mohamed Aly Egypt (EGY)	Michel Lopez Nunez Cuba (CUB)
			Roberto Cammarelle Italy (ITA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	5	2	1	8
2	Russia (RUS)	3	0	3	6
3	Thailand (THA)	1	1	1	3
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	1	3
5	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
7	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	2	3
8	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
12	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	2	2
	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	2	2
16	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

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