# Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The following is the qualification summary for boxing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

## Qualification summary

| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Total |
| NOC | -48kg | -51kg | -54kg | -57kg | -60kg | -64kg | -69kg | -75kg | -81kg | -91kg | +91kg | Total |
| Algeria | | | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Argentina | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Armenia | X | | | | X | X | | X | | | | 4 |
| Australia | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 9 |
| Azerbaijan | | X | | X | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Bahamas | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Belarus | | | X | | | | X | | X | X | | 4 |
| Botswana | | | X | X | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Brazil | X | X | | X | X | X | | | X | | | 6 |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | X | | | | | X | 2 |
| Cameroon | X | | | | | X | X | | | | | 3 |
| Canada | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| China | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Colombia | | | X | | X | | | | X | X | X | 5 |
| Croatia | | | | | | | | | X | | X | 2 |
| Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 10 |
| Dominican Republic | X | X | | X | | X | X | X | | | | 6 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Ecuador | X | | | X | | | | X | | | | 3 |
| Egypt | | | | | | | X | X | X | | | 3 |
| France | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | 9 |
| The Gambia | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Georgia | | | | X | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Germany | | | X | X | | | X | X | | | | 4 |
| Ghana | X | | X | X | | X | | X | X | | | 6 |
| Great Britain | | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | | X | 7 |
| Greece | | | | | | | | X | | X | | 2 |
| Grenada | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Guatemala | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Haiti | | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Hungary | X | X | | | X | X | | | X | | | 5 |
| India | | X | X | X | | | | X | X | | | 5 |
| Iran | | | | | | X | | | X | X | | 3 |
| Ireland | X | | X | | | X | | X | X | | | 5 |
| Italy | | X | X | X | X | | | | | X | X | 6 |
| Japan | | | | X | | X | | | | | | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 10 |
| Kenya | X | X | | X | | | | | X | | | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Lesotho | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Lithuania | | | | | | X | | | X | | X | 3 |
| Madagascar | | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mauritius | | | X | | | X | | | | | | 2 |
| Mexico | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | 3 |
| Moldova | | | X | | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Mongolia | X | | X | X | | X | | | | | | 4 |
| Montenegro | | | | | | | | | | X | | 1 |
| Morocco | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 10 |
| Namibia | X | | | | X | | X | | | | | 3 |
| Nigeria | | | | | X | | | | X | X | X | 4 |
| North Korea | | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Philippines | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | | X | X | | X | X | | | X | | | 5 |
| Romania | | | | | X | X | | | | | | 2 |
| Russia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Samoa | | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Africa | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Korea | | X | X | | X | | X | X | | | | 5 |
| Spain | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Sweden | | | | | | | | X | X | | | 2 |
| Tajikistan | X | X | | | | | | | X | | | 3 |
| Thailand | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | 8 |
| Tunisia | | X | | X | X | X | | | X | | | 5 |
| Turkey | | X | | X | X | | X | | X | | | 5 |
| Turkmenistan | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Uganda | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ukraine | X | | | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | 7 |
| United States | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | 8 |
| Uzbekistan | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | | | 7 |
| Venezuela | X | | X | | | X | | X | X | | X | 6 |
| Virgin Islands | | | | | | | X | | X | | | 2 |
| Zambia | | X | | | | X | X | | | | | 3 |
| Total: 77 NOCs | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 283 |

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Event | Date | Venue |
| World Championships | World Championships | Oct 23 – Nov 3, 2007 | Chicago |
| African Qualifiers | 1st Qualifier | January 23–31, 2008 | Algiers |
| African Qualifiers | 2nd Qualifier | March 24–29, 2008 | Windhoek |
| Asian Qualifiers | 1st Qualifier Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine | Jan 25 – Feb 2, 2008 | Bangkok |
| Asian Qualifiers | 2nd Qualifier Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine | March 17–23, 2008 | Astana |
| American Qualifiers | 1st Qualifier | March 12–18, 2008 | Port of Spain |
| American Qualifiers | 2nd Qualifier | April 25–30, 2008 | Guatemala City |
| European Qualifiers | 1st Qualifier | Feb 25 – Mar 1, 2008 | Roseto degli Abruzzi |
| European Qualifiers | 2nd Qualifier | April 7–12, 2008 | Athens |
| Oceania Championships | Oceania Championships | April 21–25, 2008 | Apia |

## Light Flyweight (-48kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Jafet Uutoni Suleiman Bilali Manyo Plange |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Thomas Essomba Redouane Bouchtouk Ronald Serugo |
| Asia | World Championships | 3 | Zou Shiming Harry Tanamor Amnat Ruanroeng |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Birzhan Zhakypov Rafikjon Sultonov |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Sherali Dostiev Pürevdorjiin Serdamba |
| America | World Championships | 1 | Luis Yanez |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | José Luis Meza Eduard Bermúdez |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Paulo Carvalho Winston Mendez Yampier Hernández |
| Europe | World Championships | 4 | Nordine Oubaali Hovhannes Danielyan Georgiy Chygayev Patrick Barnes |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | David Ayrapetyan Lukasz Maszczyk |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Pál Bedák Kelvin de la Nieve |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Jack Willie |
| Tripartite Commission Invitation | Tripartite Commission Invitation | 1 | Saidu Kargbo |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 29 | |

## Flyweight (-51kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Walid Cherif Abdelillah Nhaila Molla Getachew |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Cassius Chiyanika Bernard Ngumba Jackson Chauke |
| Asia | World Championships | 2 | Somjit Jongjohor Anurudha Rathnayake |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Anvar Yunusov Lee Ok-Sung |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Mirat Sarsembayev Tulashboy Doniyorov Jitender Kumar |
| America | World Championships | 2 | Raushee Warren McWilliams Arroyo |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Juan Carlos Payano Andry Laffita |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Eddie Valenzuela Robenilson Vieria |
| Europe | World Championships | 4 | Vincenzo Picardi Samir Mammadov Rafal Kaczor Georgy Balakshin |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Norbert Kalucza Khalid Saeed Yafai |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Furkan Ulaş Memiş Jérôme Thomas |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Stephen Sutherland |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 27 | |

## Bantamweight (-54kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Abdelhalim Ouradi Hicham Mesbahi Khumiso Ikgopoleng |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Issah Samir Bruno Julie Emilian Polino |
| Africa | Re-allocation Places | 1 | Thabiso Nketu |
| Asia | World Championships | 2 | Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Gu Yu |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Akhil Kumar Worapoj Petchkoom |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Kanat Abutalipov Khurshid Tadjibayev Han Soon-Chul |
| America | World Championships | 4 | McJoe Arroyo Jonatan Romero Gary Russell Héctor Manzanilla |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Yankiel León Óscar Valdez |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 0 | |
| Europe | World Championships | 2 | Sergey Vodopyanov Joseph Murray |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 3 | John Joe Nevin Veaceslav Gojan Rustamhodza Rahimov |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Ali Hallab Khavazhi Khatsigov Vittorio Parrinello |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Luke Boyd |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 27 | |

## Featherweight (-57kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Mahdi Ouatine Abdelkader Chadi Alaa Shili |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Nick Okoth Thato Batshegi Prince Dzanie |
| Asia | World Championships | 3 | Li Yang Sailom Adi Anthresh Lalit Lakra |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Bahodirjon Sultonov Satoshi Shimizu |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Galib Jafarov Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig |
| America | World Championships | 2 | Raynell Williams Arturo Santos Reyes |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Idel Torriente Luis Enrique Porozo |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Robson Conceiçao Roberto Navarro |
| Europe | World Championships | 3 | Albert Selimov Vasyl Lomachenko Yakup Kilic |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Khedafi Djelkhir Shahin Imranov Wilhelm Gratschow |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Alessio di Savino Nikoloz Izoria |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Paul Flemming |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 28 | |

## Lightweight (-60kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Saifeddine Nejmaoui Hamza Kramou Tahar Tamsamani |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Jean de Dieu Soloniaina Rasheed Lawal Julius Indongo |
| Asia | World Championships | 2 | Kim Song Guk Pichai Sayotha |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Hu Qing Baik Jong-Sub |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Merey Akshalov Asylbek Talasbayev |
| America | World Championships | 1 | Darley Perez |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Yordenis Ugás Sadam Ali |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Jose Pedraza Éverton Lopes Francisco Vargas |
| Europe | World Championships | 5 | Frankie Gavin Domenico Valentino Alexey Tishchenko Onur Sipal Hrachik Javakhyan |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Olexandr Klyuchko Miklos Varga |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Daouda Sow Georgian Popescu |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Anthony Little |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 27 | |

## Light Welterweight (-64kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Driss Moussaid Hamza Hassini Hastings Bwalya |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Richarno Colin Samuel Kotey Neequaye Mahaman Smaila |
| Asia | World Championships | 3 | Serik Sapiyev Masatsugu Kawachi Morteza Sepahvand |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Manus Boonjumnong Maimaitituersun Qiong |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 1 | Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene |
| America | World Championships | 0 | |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Roniel Iglesias Jonny Sanchez Javier Molina |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Jonathan González Manuel Félix Díaz Myke Carvalho |
| Europe | World Championships | 5 | Gennady Kovalev Bradley Saunders Eduard Hambardzumyan Alexis Vastine Boris Georgiev |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Gyula Kate Ionut Gheorghe |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | John Joe Joyce Egidijus Kavaliauskas |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Todd Kidd |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 28 | |

## Welterweight (-69kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Hosam Bakr Abdin Joseph Mulema Choayeb Oussassi |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Mujandjae Kasuto Nickson Abaka Mehdi Khalsi |
| Africa | Re-allocation Places | 2 | Bruno Bongongo Precious Makina |
| Asia | World Championships | 3 | Non Boonjumnong Hanati Silamu Bakhyt Sarsekbayev |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Kim Jung-Joo Dilshod Mahmudov |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 1 | Aliasker Bashirov |
| America | World Championships | 2 | Demetrius Andrade Adam Trupish |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Carlos Banteaux John Jackson |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Gilbert Lenin Castillo Tureano Johnson |
| Europe | World Championships | 3 | Adem Kilicci Vitalie Gruşac Jack Culcay-Keth |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Mahamed Nurudzinau Oleksandr Stretskyy Billy Joe Saunders |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Jaoid Chiguer Kakhaber Zhvania Andrey Balanov |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Gerard O'Mahony |
| Tripartite Commission Invitation | Tripartite Commission Invitation | 1 | Rolande Moses |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 29 | |

## Middleweight (-75kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 1 | Said Rachidi |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Mohamed Hikal Ahmed Saraku Nabil Kassel |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Badou Jack Herry Saliku Biembe |
| Asia | World Championships | 2 | Bakhtiyar Artayev Wang Jianzheng |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Angkhan Chomphuphuang Elshod Rasulov |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Vijender Kumar Cho Deok-Jin |
| America | World Championships | 2 | Alfonso Blanco Argenis Casimiro |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Emilio Correa Carlos Góngora |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Shawn Estrada Ezequiel Maderna |
| Europe | World Championships | 3 | Matvey Korobov Sergiy Derevyanchenko Konstantin Buga |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Naim Terbunja James DeGale Andranik Hakobyan |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Darren Sutherland Jean-Mickaël Raymond Georgios Gazis |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Jarrod Fletcher |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 28 | |

## Light Heavyweight (-81kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 1 | Ramadan Yasser |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Abdelhafid Benchebla Mourad Sahraoui |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Bastir Samir Aziz Ali Dauda Izobo |
| Asia | World Championships | 2 | Abbos Atoev Yerkebuian Shynaliyev |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Djakhon Kurbanov Zhang Xiaoping |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Mehdi Ghorbani Dinesh Kumar |
| America | World Championships | 0 | |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 3 | Carlos Negron Luis González Washington Silva |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 3 | Eleider Alvarez Julius Jackson Azea Austinama |
| Europe | World Championships | 5 | Artur Beterbiev Daugirdas Semiotas Imre Szellő Marijo Sivolija Tony Jeffries |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 1 | Ismayl Sillakh Ramazan Magamedau |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Kenneth Egan Kennedy Katende |
| Europe | Re-allocation Places | 1 | Bahram Muzaffer |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Satupaitea Farani Tavui |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 28 | |

## Heavyweight (-91kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Abdelaziz Touilbini Mohamed Arjaoui |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 1 | Olanrewaju Durodola |
| Asia | World Championships | 1 | Yushan Nijiati |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 1 | Ali Mazaheri |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 0 | |
| America | World Championships | 0 | |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Osmay Acosta Deontay Wilder |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 1 | Deivi Julio Blanco |
| Europe | World Championships | 3 | Clemente Russo Rakhim Chakhkeiv John M'Bumba |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Viktar Zuyeu Oleksandr Usyk |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Milorad Gajovic Elias Pavlidis |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Bradley Pitt |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 16 | |

## Super Heavyweight (+91kg)

| Event | Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Africa | World Championships | 0 | |
| Africa | 1st Qualifier | 1 | Newfel Ouatah |
| Africa | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Mohamed Amanissi Onorede Ehwareme |
| Asia | World Championships | 1 | Zhang Zhilei |
| Asia | 1st Qualifier | 0 | |
| Asia | 2nd Qualifier | 1 | Ruslan Myrsatayev |
| America | World Championships | 0 | |
| America | 1st Qualifier | 1 | Robert Alfonso |
| America | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | José Payares Oscar Rivas |
| Europe | World Championships | 3 | Roberto Cammarelle Vyacheslav Glazkov Islam Timurziev |
| Europe | 1st Qualifier | 2 | Kubrat Pulev Marko Tomasović |
| Europe | 2nd Qualifier | 2 | Jaroslavas Jakšto David Price |
| Oceania | World Championships | 0 | |
| Oceania | Oceania Championships | 1 | Daniel Beahan |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 16 | |