# Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events reduced by two and the number of women's events increased by the same number.
On 22 May 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had been stripped of the right to organise the tournament, due to "issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics and refereeing and judging". Boxing was instead organised by an ad-hoc task force led by Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation.

## Competition format

On March 23, 2013, the AIBA 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.
The number of weight classes for men was reduced from ten to eight, with a featherweight class introduced and events at light-flyweight (introduced in 1968), bantamweight (staged at every Olympics since 1904 bar 1912, when boxing events weren't held) and light-welterweight (introduced in 1952) removed. The women's weight classes saw a corresponding increase from three to five, with featherweight and welterweight categories introduced.
The IOC confirmed weight limits for all 13 classes on 19 June 2019.
Men contested matches in these eight weight classes:
* Flyweight (52kg)
* Featherweight (57kg)
* Lightweight (63 kg)
* Welterweight (69kg)
* Middleweight (75kg)
* Light heavyweight (81kg)
* Heavyweight (91kg)
* Super heavyweight (+91kg)
Women contested matches in these five weight classes:
* Flyweight (51kg)
* Featherweight (57kg)
* Lightweight (60kg)
* Welterweight (69kg)
* Middleweight (75kg)

## Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Six places (four men and two women) were reserved for the host nation Japan, while eight further places (five men and three women) were allocated to the Tripartite Invitation Commission.
All other places were allocated through four Continental Olympic Qualification Events (one each for Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe) between January 2020 and June 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed several events for the boxing including impacting the first 3 days of the European Qualification Event. The Americas Qualification Event and World Olympic Qualification Event were then cancelled in 2021.
| Weights | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Men | 27 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 17 |
| Women | 25 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 16 | | | |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (8)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (4)
* Armenia (3)
* Australia (5)
* Azerbaijan (5)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (7)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Burundi (1)
* Cameroon (3)
* Canada (5)
* Cape Verde (1)
* China (6)
* Colombia (6)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (7)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
* Dominican Republic (7)
* Ecuador (4)
* Egypt (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Eswatini (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Georgia (3)
* Germany (3)
* Ghana (3)
* Great Britain (11)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (9)
* Iran (2)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (5)
* Jordan (5)
* Kazakhstan (9)
* Kenya (4)
* Kosovo (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Mongolia (3)
* Morocco (7)
* Mozambique (2)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (4)
* Poland (4)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (2)
* Refugee Olympic Team (2)
* ROC (11)
* Samoa (2)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Somalia (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (2)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (5)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (6)
* Uganda (3)
* Ukraine (5)
* United States (10)
* Uzbekistan (11)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (2)
* Zambia (3)

## Competition schedule

| R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-Finals | SF | Semi-Finals | F | Final |
| Date | Jul 24 | Jul 24 | Jul 25 | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 4 | Aug 5 | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 8 |
| Event | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E |
| Men's flyweight | | | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | SF | | | | F | | | |
| Men's featherweight | R32 | R32 | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | | | QF | QF | | | SF | SF | | | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's lightweight | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | SF | | | | F | |
| Men's welterweight | R32 | R32 | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | SF | SF | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's middleweight | | | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | | | SF | | | | F | | | |
| Men's light heavyweight | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | QF | QF | | | SF | SF | | | | | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's heavyweight | R32 | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | | | SF | SF | | | | | F | | | | | |
| Men's super heavyweight | | R32 | | | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | SF | | | | | | | | F | |
| Women's flyweight | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | SF | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's featherweight | R32 | R32 | | | R16 | R16 | | | QF | QF | | | | | SF | SF | | | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's lightweight | | | | | | | R32 | R32 | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | | | QF | QF | | | SF | | | | | | F | |
| Women's welterweight | R32 | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | | | | | SF | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's middleweight | | | | | | | | | R16 | R16 | | | | | QF | QF | | | | | | | | | | | SF | | | | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | ROC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan* | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Galal Yafai Great Britain | Carlo Paalam Philippines | Saken Bibossinov Kazakhstan |
| Flyweight details | Galal Yafai Great Britain | Carlo Paalam Philippines | Ryomei Tanaka Japan |
| Featherweight details | Albert Batyrgaziev ROC | Duke Ragan United States | Lázaro Álvarez Cuba |
| Featherweight details | Albert Batyrgaziev ROC | Duke Ragan United States | Samuel Takyi Ghana |
| Lightweight details | Andy Cruz Cuba | Keyshawn Davis United States | Harry Garside Australia |
| Lightweight details | Andy Cruz Cuba | Keyshawn Davis United States | Hovhannes Bachkov Armenia |
| Welterweight details | Roniel Iglesias Cuba | Pat McCormack Great Britain | Andrey Zamkovoy ROC |
| Welterweight details | Roniel Iglesias Cuba | Pat McCormack Great Britain | Aidan Walsh Ireland |
| Middleweight details | Hebert Conceição Brazil | Oleksandr Khyzhniak Ukraine | Gleb Bakshi ROC |
| Middleweight details | Hebert Conceição Brazil | Oleksandr Khyzhniak Ukraine | Eumir Marcial Philippines |
| Light heavyweight details | Arlen López Cuba | Benjamin Whittaker Great Britain | Loren Alfonso Azerbaijan |
| Light heavyweight details | Arlen López Cuba | Benjamin Whittaker Great Britain | Imam Khataev ROC |
| Heavyweight details | Julio César La Cruz Cuba | Muslim Gadzhimagomedov ROC | Abner Teixeira Brazil |
| Heavyweight details | Julio César La Cruz Cuba | Muslim Gadzhimagomedov ROC | David Nyika New Zealand |
| Super heavyweight details | Bakhodir Jalolov Uzbekistan | Richard Torrez United States | Frazer Clarke Great Britain |
| Super heavyweight details | Bakhodir Jalolov Uzbekistan | Richard Torrez United States | Kamshybek Kunkabayev Kazakhstan |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Stoyka Krasteva Bulgaria | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Turkey | Tsukimi Namiki Japan |
| Flyweight details | Stoyka Krasteva Bulgaria | Buse Naz Çakıroğlu Turkey | Huang Hsiao-wen Chinese Taipei |
| Featherweight details | Sena Irie Japan | Nesthy Petecio Philippines | Karriss Artingstall Great Britain |
| Featherweight details | Sena Irie Japan | Nesthy Petecio Philippines | Irma Testa Italy |
| Lightweight details | Kellie Harrington Ireland | Beatriz Ferreira Brazil | Sudaporn Seesondee Thailand |
| Lightweight details | Kellie Harrington Ireland | Beatriz Ferreira Brazil | Mira Potkonen Finland |
| Welterweight details | Busenaz Sürmeneli Turkey | Gu Hong China | Lovlina Borgohain India |
| Welterweight details | Busenaz Sürmeneli Turkey | Gu Hong China | Oshae Jones United States |
| Middleweight details | Lauren Price Great Britain | Li Qian China | Nouchka Fontijn Netherlands |
| Middleweight details | Lauren Price Great Britain | Li Qian China | Zemfira Magomedalieva ROC |