# Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.
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 beating 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 details | Yan Bartelemí Cuba | Atagün Yalçınkaya Turkey | Zou Shiming China |
| Light flyweight details | Yan Bartelemí Cuba | Atagün Yalçınkaya Turkey | Sergey Kazakov Russia |
| Flyweight details | Yuriorkis Gamboa Cuba | Jérôme Thomas France | Fuad Aslanov Azerbaijan |
| Flyweight details | Yuriorkis Gamboa Cuba | Jérôme Thomas France | Rustamhodza Rahimov Germany |
| Bantamweight details | Guillermo Rigondeaux Cuba | Worapoj Petchkoom Thailand | Aghasi Mammadov Azerbaijan |
| Bantamweight details | Guillermo Rigondeaux Cuba | Worapoj Petchkoom Thailand | Bahodirjon Sultonov Uzbekistan |
| Featherweight details | Aleksei Tishchenko Russia | Kim Song-guk North Korea | Vitali Tajbert Germany |
| Featherweight details | Aleksei Tishchenko Russia | Kim Song-guk North Korea | Jo Seok-hwan South Korea |
| Lightweight details | Mario Kindelán Cuba | Amir Khan Great Britain | Serik Yeleuov Kazakhstan |
| Lightweight details | Mario Kindelán Cuba | Amir Khan Great Britain | Murat Khrachev Russia |
| Light welterweight details | Manus Boonjumnong Thailand | Yudel Johnson Cuba | Boris Georgiev Bulgaria |
| Light welterweight details | Manus Boonjumnong Thailand | Yudel Johnson Cuba | Ionuţ Gheorghe Romania |
| Welterweight details | Bakhtiyar Artayev Kazakhstan | Lorenzo Aragón Cuba | Kim Jung-joo South Korea |
| Welterweight details | Bakhtiyar Artayev Kazakhstan | Lorenzo Aragón Cuba | Oleg Saitov Russia |
| Middleweight details | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Gennady Golovkin Kazakhstan | Suriya Prasathinphimai Thailand |
| Middleweight details | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Gennady Golovkin Kazakhstan | Andre Dirrell United States |
| Light heavyweight details | Andre Ward United States | Magomed Aripgadjiev Belarus | Ahmed Ismail Egypt |
| Light heavyweight details | Andre Ward United States | Magomed Aripgadjiev Belarus | Utkirbek Haydarov Uzbekistan |
| Heavyweight details | Odlanier Solís Cuba | Viktar Zuyev Belarus | Mohamed Elsayed Egypt |
| Heavyweight details | Odlanier Solís Cuba | Viktar Zuyev Belarus | Nasser Al Shami Syria |
| Super heavyweight details | Alexander Povetkin Russia | Mohamed Aly Egypt | Michel López Núñez Cuba |
| Super heavyweight details | Alexander Povetkin Russia | Mohamed Aly Egypt | Roberto Cammarelle Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 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 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |